Nordic carrier was the only airline in the early 1980s to offer direct flights between Western Europe and Japan This weekend, Finnair will celebrate 40 years of flying to Japan in a major milestone for the Nordic carrier. Finnair’s first flight to the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’ took off on 22 April 1983, with […]
A new tourism sustainability and resilience program is offering training and mentoring opportunities to BC destinations with the aim of supporting a thriving future for tourism across the province. The program formally kicked off on March 16, 2023, with an introductory webinar on the global picture of tourism and today’s challenges. The webinar featured keynote […]
By 2025 the Sultanate of Oman aims to implement a total, by both public and private sector investors, including 363 tourism projects. The total investment volume amounts to OMR 2.29 billion (approx. EUR 5.37 billion). Further projects are expected to be acquired, increasing investments to OMR 3 billion (around EUR 7 billion). This is part […]
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) reported that in 2022 total economic output from visitor spending hit a record $79.3 billion, a 24.7% increase from the previous record year, 2019. The annual Southern Nevada Tourism Industry Economic Impact Report outlines the economic impacts associated with the region’s tourism industry and business travel, including […]
This year started with high expectations for the tourism sector in Greece. Official data shows that Greek tourism possibly hits a new record this year, with performances higher than in 2019, when 18.2 billion euros were earned. The optimism comes largely from the pre-booking data for the summer season for all major source markets (Germany, […]
In the western Japanese city of Osaka, a 1.8 trillion yen (about 13.5 billion euros) investment was approved. A plan to build the country’s first casino complex, with an opening scheduled for 2029, aims at attracting domestic tourists and increasing spending by international tourists. The giant resort complex on Yumeshima, an island in Osaka Bay […]
While tourism is booming in Mallorca, the beaches are shrinking. Experts caution that without human intervention, there will be no beaches in the future. Palma – Mallorca is one of the most popular travel destinations in Europe. So, it’s no wonder 2023 could be a record year after the pandemic break. The tourism industry already […]
The debate about sharing valuable water resources with tourists is rising in Barcelona in the face of the threat of a dry summer and restrictions on consumption. Drought gives wings to tourism phobia. At a time when Catalonia is suffering on the front line of the most prolonged drought in recent years in Spain, experts […]
Tourism activity has established itself as a powerful engine in Mexico’s economy and development since it rose from 17th to ninth place in foreign exchange capture in 2021. Last year, 28 billion dollars in tourism revenue was reported, 14 percent more than before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2023 the expected tourism income […]
Dozens of tourists have been deported from Bali in recent weeks. Some had even posed nude or semi-nude for photographs at holy sites, and others misused their tourist visas to work or broke traffic rules. Now the regional government wants to complete a guide for foreign guests, which has been in the pipeline for some […]