World Tourism

Tourism Ireland has welcomed the inaugural Hainan Airlines flight from Shenzhen, in south-eastern China, to Dublin. This is the second service from mainland China to Ireland – with Hainan operating a service from Beijing since last year. It is hoped the new flight will help to significantly boost tourism from …

UK tourists to some of Europe’s most popular holiday destinations could face hours of delays because of additional entry checks at EU airports in a no-deal Brexit, a new Which? Travel investigation has found. Which? has identified the EU airports where UK passport holders could face disruption and found that …

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[ad_1] NEW YORK – TravelClick, an Amadeus company, announced that global distribution system (GDS) hotel bookings experienced a record year in 2018, generating over 75 million annual reservations globally, up from 70 million in 2017. The company noted that this global GDS growth coupled with sustained increases in average daily …

[ad_1] Sierra Leone is expanding its tourism horizons and, after a successful visit from world-renowned conservationist Jane Goodall, the country is ramping up tourism promotion and making it easier for travelers to visit. The new program was revealed during a State Dinner held in honor of Goodall, who visited the …

[ad_1] More than 650 direct exhibitors and co-exhibitors from as many as 38 countries presented their travel offers, accommodation capacities, culture, customs, many different kinds of wine and specialties in the halls of the Belgrade Fair all under one slogan “The Summer is Closer Than You May Think”, and together …

Belfast’s official tourism marketing agency, Visit Belfast, has launched a brand-new marketing campaign designed to rapidly accelerate the volume of inbound business conferences and events taking place in the city. Emphasising the importance of business tourism to Belfast and Northern Ireland and developed by Visit Belfast with 13 major partners …

Qatar Airways has announced it will be increasing the number of weekly flights on its popular routes to South Africa from July. Weekly flight frequencies to Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest metropolis, will increase from 14 to 18 from July, rising to 19 in August. A further two flights will be …

Nakheel, sponsor of the UAE Tour White Jersey, hosted 140 of the world’s best cyclists at Dubai’s world-famous Palm Jumeirah earlier as stage four of the event got under way. The riders gathered at the Pointe at Palm Jumeirah, Nakheel’s new, AED800 million waterfront dining and lifestyle destination, for the …

The global tourism sector grew at 3.9 per cent last year, to contribute a record $8.8 trillion and 319 million jobs to the world economy, according to figures from the World Travel & Tourism Organisation. For the eighth consecutive year, this was above the growth rate of world GDP. The …