Bodies located abroad that issue visas will resume reviewing and provision of all types of visas to foreign citizens heading to China On its official WeChat page, China’s Foreign Ministry announced today that its Department of Consular Affairs will resume reviewing and provision of visas for foreigners, starting tomorrow. Chinese Foreign Ministry also confirmed that […]
The Group result climbed by 81.5 percent year-on-year to €166.6 million, surpassing Fraport’s own guidance set at the start of the year Fraport AG’s business performance improved significantly in fiscal year 2022 (ending Dec 31). In the wake of the ending Covid pandemic and the gradual lifting of travel restrictions during 2022, high travel demand […]
In December 2022 international visitor arrivals to the United States increased +46.2% compared to December 2021 Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in December 2022 international visitor arrivals to the United States totaled 5,015,338 – an increase of +46.2% compared to December 2021. International Arrivals to the United […]
Compared to pre-pandemic February 2019, FRA’s passenger traffic was still down by 25.0 percent in February 2023 Some 3.4 million passengers travelled via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in February 2023 – a surge of 60.9 percent compared to the same month last year. Without the impacts of a one-day public-service strike and the disruptions caused by […]
SAUDIA, national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, has been named Official Global Airline Partner of the AMF1 from the 2023 season. Executive Chairman, Lawrence Stroll, signaled his ambition for the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One™ Team (AMF1) with the signing of two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso to drive alongside Lance Stroll in the 2023 […]
Last year, 1.7 million tourists visited Armenia. The government has set a goal to increase this number to 2.5 million by 2026. According to Mekhak Apresyan, the President of the Armenian Tourism Federation, having up to 2.5 million tourists per year does not require much effort, we can easily reach this figure in the next […]
The corona pandemic hit city tourism in Austria particularly hard. Slowly but surely, however, it is approaching the pre-pandemic levels again. Austria’s provincial capitals and the federal capital Vienna recorded more than 20 million overnight stays in 2022. They thus grew twice as much as the rest of Austria in the previous year, as ARGE […]
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) expects 6 million tourists from Europe this year, about 80% of the pre-pandemic total, to bring in more than 420 billion baht by the end of the year as part of the total revenue of 1.5 trillion baht. “I am confident that Thailand will remain the top destination in […]
Europe remains one of the most dynamic tourism markets in the world, having seen a strong rebound in international arrivals in 2022 and an acceleration from long-haul markets is expected this year. The importance of foreign visitors for the relaunch of the travel industry emerged from the European Travel Commission. “Long-haul international tourism generated up […]
The luxury hotel segment keeps growing in Spain. High-end hotels (5 stars and 5 stars GL) represented 37% of total hotel investment in the hotel sector last year, reaching 1.2 billion euros, according to data from the CBRE real estate consulting and services company. The increasingly growing weight of this segment is a consequence of […]