World Tourism

[ad_1] AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – Online travel specialist TravelBird has released the Green Cities Index 2018, highlighting the best urban destinations for environmentally-minded travellers. With sustainability and green living becoming increasingly prominent in contemporary life, TravelBird is sharing this study in order to further the dialogue around sustainable tourism. The results …

[ad_1] After rain and floods overwhelmed the island of Kauai during an unusually strong thunderstorm April 13-15, tourism is coming back. The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) recently put out an update regarding conditions on the island and the ongoing recovery, noting Kauai is open for business, with progress being made …

[ad_1] NEW YORK – TravelClick, a leading global provider of data and revenue-generating solutions for hoteliers, released new data from the Company’s April 2018 North American Hospitality Review (NAHR). According to this data, North American hoteliers are experiencing continued growth in the second quarter of 2018, with bookings up 2.7 …

[ad_1] Before we left for our late-February trip to Florida, which included a drive from Miami to Key West, it seemed like all of our friends were concerned—didn’t we know that a hurricane had swept through this past season? Can you still get there? Are things open? I knew the …

[ad_1] The U.S. hotel industry reported record-breaking performance during the first quarter of 2018, according to data from STR. Compared with Q1 2017: Occupancy: +0.9% to 61.6% Average daily rate (ADR): +2.5% to US$127.37 Revenue per available room (RevPAR): +3.5% to US$78.46 “The absolute levels for each of the three …

Dubai recorded a strong 6.2 per cent year-on-year increase in international overnight visitation in 2017, accelerating the five per cent growth witnessed in the previous year. The milestone propels the emirate towards its 2020 goal of welcoming 20 million visitors per year by the start of the next decade. According …

The number of British visitors to the Spanish city of Valencia continues to grow, surpassing the 100,000 mark in 2017. The record figure was aided by new direct flights from three UK airports – London Luton, Glasgow and Edinburgh – that made the city easily accessible to British travellers across …

Tourism receipts and visitor arrival figures have reached record highs for the second time in two years in Singapore. Tourism receipts rose by 3.9 per cent to S$26.8 billion, due primarily to growth in visitor arrivals across all top ten markets and higher visitor arrivals from high-spending markets such as …

The RMS St Helena, affectionately known as the RMS, made an emotional departure from St Helena Island earlier, following 27 years of dedicated service to the islanders. The RMS’ departure followed a true St Helenian style programme of farewell events. Island residents came out in the hundreds to say their …

[ad_1] Carlos Joaquin Gonzalez, the governor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, which includes the popular tourist destinations of Cancun and the Riviera Maya, revealed a new travel app for visitors to the state at the Tianguis Turistico tourism conference, which took place in Mazatlan, Mexico, from April 15-18, …