World Tourism

Japan National Tourism Organisation has welcomed news that British Airways will launch a direct flight between London and Osaka early next year ahead of the Japan Rugby World Cup. Operations on the new route will commence on March 31st, departing from Heathrow Terminal 5 and landing into Osaka’s Kansai International …

[ad_1] Water shoes may not be the most attractive footwear while walking along the beach, but three female travelers wish they had been wearing them while visiting Negril, Jamaica. Two weeks ago, Tara Benedek, Karin Weatherbie, and Brigitte May were like many other travelers on a Jamaican vacation – they …

[ad_1] MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA – Empty hotel rooms are costing the Caribbean billions of dollars in economic opportunity each year, warned Frank Comito, CEO and Director General of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA). With an estimated 84,000 hotel rooms vacant each night, filling just 10 percent of them …

[ad_1] Miami welcomed a record-breaking 16 million visitors between late 2017 and mid-2018, a number that was achieved despite the destination being hit by Hurricane Irma. The increase in overnight visitors drove even more good news for the destination, including a record-breaking $26.5 billion in expenditures, which is an increase …

[ad_1] A recent poll by luxury holiday park operator, Away Resorts, has found that as many as 30% of people have visited a location just to take an Instagram photo. Respondents were also asked if they had been influenced by someone else’s social media post to visit somewhere, with 53% …

The German National Tourist Office has announced that as the temperatures rose this summer, so did the incoming overnights for destination Deutschland.  Latest statistics from Germany’s Federal Statistical Office show an increase by visitors from the UK (registered as overnight stays) of 5.7 per cent for the month of July, …

Tourism Toronto is entering a new collaboration with Google to drive growth in the domestic visitor economy. The Markets & Insights strategy is the first of its kind for Google and a major Canadian city. The strategy will see Tourism Toronto tap into the latest in trends, insights, data and …

The Dominican Republic has joined the Central America Tourism Agency as a fully participating member, further diversifying the region’s multi-destination offering for UK travellers. The addition of the Dominican Republic to the member organisation enhances the region’s rich cultural, historical and natural diversity. The synergies between the seven Central American …

The Saint Lucia Tourism Authority has successfully hosted its eighth annual showcase, welcoming more than 150 UK travel industry specialists to the event. To introduce the programme, the minister for tourism, information and broadcasting, Dominic Fedee, announced the launch a new National Tourism Advisory Committee, with the aim of creating …

[ad_1] Did you hear that Southern California has a lot of breweries? Did you hear it has a lot of traffic? Well then, the only logical conclusion would be to plan a trip to drink beer and to travel by train. Here is your ultimate guide to beer in So …