Tourists from Canada who have ordinary passports will no longer have to pay the reciprocity rate to enter Argentina. The elimination will take effect on January 1st, 2018. Argentine minister of tourism, Gustavo Santos, said: “It is very important to provide new mechanisms for tourists who want to visit our …
Read More »Strong growth in Abu Dhabi visitor figures
Abu Dhabi accelerated its growth in hotel guest arrivals during October with 418,883 guests checking into the emirate’s 163 hotels and hotel apartments, representing an 18 per cent increase over the same month last year. The cumulative number of guest arrivals for the first ten months of 2017 has increased …
Read More »CruiseDeals.co.uk prepare to launch new transactional site
[ad_1] 2018 looks set to be another year of change for the UK cruise industry, with discount cruise retailer CruiseDeals.co.uk the latest to announce plans to launch a fully transactional website. Customers can currently use the site to search for cruises from a number of the world’s leading cruise lines, …
Read More »Cruise report: Getting sick remains top travel concern
[ad_1] WARWICK, R.I. – InsureMyTrip, the travel insurance authority, announced the results of its travel survey of 2,289 U.S. respondents. The poll reveals that a vast majority of cruisers have experienced some kind of travel itinerary disruption during a trip. Twenty-four percent polled had filed a travel insurance claim for …
Read More »Trump travel ban comes into full effect following supreme court ruling
The United States supreme court has ruled a travel ban proposed by president Donald Trump on visitors from six mainly Muslim countries can go into full effect. The decision is pending legal challenges. The move means travellers from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen will face restrictions on their …
Read More »LOT Polish Airlines connects Berlin to Warsaw with new flight
LOT Polish Airlines now flies twice daily from Tegel Airport to Warsaw. With the attractive connections, passengers can easily get to the Polish capital and quickly transfer to numerous onward flights to eastern Europe, North America, central Asia and the Far East. LOT Polish Airlines operates the route between Tegel …
Read More »Etihad Airways to boost Maldives connections from June 2018
Etihad Airways has announced four additional weekly flights on the popular Abu Dhabi-Malé route, taking frequency to the idyllic Maldives to 11 services a week from June next year. The extra flights, effective June 15th, will operate year-round and provide more travel options with an early morning arrival enabling guests …
Read More »UK visitors flock to Estonia ahead of centenary celebrations
Estonia has experienced a strong uplift in visitor numbers in 2017, with the number of UK tourists increasing by nearly a fifth compared to the same period last year. Figures for January to September show an uplift of 19 per cent on the previous year, with over 46,000 UK visitors …
Read More »AB tourism picks up the pace into 2018
Recent statistics from Alberta’s two largest urban centres paint a positive picture for the province’s tourism industry. Edmonton and Calgary experienced year-over-year increases for 2017 in different areas, welcome news as things begin to pick up across the province. Overall air passenger counts to Edmonton grew by 3.8 per cent …
Read More »Tourism exhibitors sought for 2018 Spring Training and Showcase
Alberta Culture and Tourism is looking for exhibitors to showcase tourism attractions, events, experiences, or destinations at the 2018 Spring Training and Showcase. The event prepares front-line visitor information centre (VIC) staff for the upcoming season by providing engaging and effective Alberta product knowledge and travel counselling training. This is …
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