[ad_1] Like many families, we have a dream to take our kids to as many National Parks as we can. On our recent trip to the Florida Keys, we couldn’t resist a chance to visit one of the most remote parks, Dry Tortugas National Park. Dry Tortugas National Park is …
Read More »69% of people are feeling immense stress about holiday travel
[ad_1] Overpriced plane tickets and obnoxious layovers aren’t the worst parts of holiday travel. Sometimes too much quality time with our relatives can be problematic. AreaVibes surveyed over 1,000 people about their proximity from immediate family, who they tend to favor and where they run off to when long-stay visits …
Read More »Five Things to Know About Road Tripping the Florida Keys
[ad_1] You can fly directly into the Florida Keys’ flagship destination Key West without a problem, but doing so would mean that you’d miss, well, everything else. The Keys stretch on for about 120 miles, with more than 40 different islands dispersed throughout. Here are five things to know about …
Read More »Q3 2018: European intra-regional air capacity is healthily growing
[ad_1] The latest results from the Air Travellers’ Traffic Barometer*, produced by European Cities Marketing and ForwardKeys, highlighted that arrivals from all long-haul travellers enjoyed single-digit growth and went up by an overall 5.6%, not balancing enough the decrease of the intra-European arrivals (-7.8%) which represented half of International arrivals …
Read More »Iberá National Park gives eco-tourism a boost in Argentina
The National Congress of Argentina has approved the creation of the Iberá National Park. Located in the province of Corrientes, in the north-east of the country, it has a surface of 159,800 hectares and will become one of the attractions of the Litoral Eco-touristic Corridor. This new protected space (located …
Read More »LATAM Brazil to launch new Munich connection in June
LATAM Airlines Brazil has announced it will commence its non-stop service to Munich, Germany, from São Paulo on June 25th next year with tickets now on sale. LATAM will operate four weekly flights on the route using Boeing 767 aircraft with capacity for 191 passengers in economy and 30 in …
Read More »Tatum to lead Hawai‘i Tourism Authority
The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority’s board of directors has announced the appointment of long-time tourism executive, Chris Tatum, as its new president and chief executive. Tatum’s appointment concludes a four-month search and review of more than 100 candidates to find and appoint a new leader of the agency responsible for managing …
Read More »New trade leadership for South African Tourism in UK
Steven Balderston has joined South African Tourism as trade training specialist, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role from years of working in the travel industry. Originally from Australia, Balderston previously worked for Tourism Northern Territory in the UK for the last two and a half years. …
Read More »Cuba Welcomed Record Number of Visitors in 2018
[ad_1] Cuba welcomed a record 4.75 million tourists in 2018, a 60 percent increase over tourism numbers from four years ago. According to the Daily Mail, one of the main reasons behind the jump in arrivals was attributed to the cruise industry and the 48 percent increase in passengers docking …
Read More »Credit card rewards earned differently by region
[ad_1] AUSTIN, TEXAS – Thirty-five percent of rewards cardholders say they earn the most rewards on grocery purchases, according to a new CreditCards.com report. Another 27% say travel is their top earning category, followed by gas (23%) and dining (14%). Interestingly, there are regional differences in how Americans earn credit …
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