Reports from various French regional tourism committees indicate that French cultural sites, which have been missing some foreign visitors (especially Asian) due to the Covid pandemic, have experienced a significant increase in visits in 2022. As a result, they are trending toward 2019 attendance levels. With around 7.7 million visitors last year, the Louvre, the […]
The prominent French tourism companies gathered in the Alliance France Tourism think-tank are tackling a phenomenon that has been criticized. In tourism, hypertelorism, over-tourism, overcrowding, or “tourism phobia” are all terms used to describe a perceived or real saturation of sites that leads to conflict and rejection. What can be done to limit or even […]
Finnair announced new routes to Wroclaw and Gdansk, Poland, Japan, and Manchester, Edinburgh, and Dublin for summer 2024. The new schedule was announced in response to demand for global travel across both Europe and Asia, and includes new routes and numerous frequency additions. From April 2, 2024, 7 weekly flights between Helsinki and the Polish […]
The Hawaii Tourism Authority’s (HTA) Signature Events and Community Enrichment programs demonstrate its longstanding commitment to reinvesting in the community and implementing its Strategic Plan and Destination Management Action Plans. HTA today announced it is awarding $3.78 million in funding to support 76 community projects, festivals, and events throughout the state as part of its […]
Boostly has today announced its partnership with Hospitable, empowering vacation rental owners representing over 300,000 properties to increase their direct bookings and maximize revenue potential. From today, hosts and property managers using Hospitable’s vacation rental software platform can seamlessly sync property listings, real-time availability, and nightly rates with a Boostly direct booking website. The partnership […]
In May 2023, some 5.1 million passengers traveled via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) – an increase of 12.2 percent year-on-year. Compared to pre-crisis May 2019, FRA’s passenger traffic was still down by 17.5 percent in the reporting month. The cargo volume continued to decline in the month under review, reflecting an overall economic cooling. With 155,963 […]
Carnival Cruise Line welcomed the first guests to sail on Carnival Venezia from New York City today. The ship’s launch in New York coincides with the busy summer travel season and builds on an exciting period of growth for Carnival, as the first of three ships to join the fleet over the next year. A […]
There was no immediate reports of injuries, deaths or structural damage after powerful earthquake by the Fiji Islands. An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck south of the Fiji Islands today, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. There was no immediate reports of injuries, deaths or structural damage. No tsunami warning has been issued. Preliminary […]
The World Travel Expo (WTE) in Miami, Florida, is taking place at the Miami Airport Convention Center from June 13 to 15, 2023. What specific measures has Jamaica implemented to leverage tourism as a catalyst for economic and social development? Tourism remains the number one driver of economic growth in Jamaica. Jamaica has implemented several […]
After English-speaking visitors noticed the pun in taking route 666 to “Hell”, the bus line became a tourist attraction. Polish transit operator PKS Gdynia announced that due to complaints from the Roman Catholic Church it will be renumber its notorious ‘Satanic Bus’ route serving Pomeranian resort area. According to the operator, bus route 666, serving […]