World Tourism

Tianjin Airlines has debuted its first flight from Auckland to Tianjin, via Xi’an. This is Tianjin Airlines’ second intercontinental flight between China and New Zealand, coming after the flight from Auckland to Tianjin via Chongqing which began to operate in December 2016. When the flight connecting time is more than …

[ad_1] So everybody’s traveling to Croatia to live out their Game of Thrones fantasies, descending upon the walls, staircases and forts of Dubrovnik like madness and pouring into the Fortress of Klis as if Daenerys was still storming Meereen. All this GoT tourism is certainly helping put Croatia on the …

[ad_1] DENVER – According to Acuity Market Intelligence, more than 4,800 Automated Border Control (ABC) eGates and Automated Passport Control (APC) Kiosks are now deployed in 73 countries worldwide. This represents a total of 223 biometric ABC eGate and APC Kiosk deployments across six continents. “The age of seamless international …

[ad_1] Cold weather across Europe caused travel headaches Monday, but it was a rare snowstorm in Rome Sunday night that resulted in the majority of flight delays and cancellations. According to Reuters.com, weather experts in Europe dubbed the cold front sweeping across Europe from Siberia as the “beast from the …

[ad_1] BRUSSELS – Positive indicators mirror outbound travel growth forecasts around the celebration of the Chinese New Year, one of the key periods when Chinese take holidays. According to the latest results of the Long-Haul Travel Sentiment Survey and Index Chinese willingness to travel overseas remains positive in the first …

The Cyprus Tourism Organisation has revealed November 2017 was a successful month for both UK and global visitors with year-on-year arrivals up 18.4 per cent and 16.5 per cent respectively. Last month, the organisation revealed January to October 2017 figures had already exceeded total visitor arrivals in 2016. From January …

Due to demand, the producers of Dinosaurs in the Wild have announced new dates and time slots for London as the time travel adventure extends its stay in the capital to July. After successful runs at Birmingham’s NEC and Manchester’s EventCity in 2017, the multimillion-pound hit show’s unique time machine …

Holiday travellers are escaping to the Caribbean, with hotels in most destinations not impacted by this year’s hurricanes reporting occupancies in excess of 90 per cent over the holiday season. “More than 70 per cent of the Caribbean was not impacted by hurricanes Irma and Maria and travellers are discovering …

It has been a record year-to-date for inbound tourism to the UK, with growth set to continue in 2018 according to forecasts from national tourism agency VisitBritain. Overseas visits to the UK are forecast to break through the 40 million mark for the first time in 2018, reaching 41.7 million, …

[ad_1] Why It Rates: Portugal is hot right now, and doesn’t seem to be cooling off anytime soon.—Michael Schottey, TravelPulse Director of Digital Content. Portugal is being re-discovered. The country welcomed a record of more than record 20 million visitors in 2017, with 685,000 from the USA, a record high …