World Tourism

Fitness First has now opened the doors at its newest club in Nakheel Mall, Palm Jumeirah. Spanning 1,652 square metres, the facility is centred around five brand new Fitness First concepts – including Kube, Box, Spin, Hot Studio and GX Studio. “With this incredible new club at Nakheel Mall, we …

Hong Kong will drastically cut cross-border travel between the island city and mainland China as a new coronavirus continues to spread. More than 100 people have now died in and around Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak. Confirmed infections have also surged to more than 4,500, with reports of …

The British Foreign & Commonwealth Office has begun to “advise against all but essential travel” to mainland China as the impact of an ongoing coronavirus outbreak continues to spread. The warning comes in addition to earlier alerts urging British travellers to avoid all travel to the Hubei province. Officials said …

GCC tourists to Egypt will spend $2.36 billion in 2020, an increase of 11 per cent over 2019, with visitors from Saudi Arabia driving this growth. That is according to new data published ahead of Arabian Travel Market. Visitors from Saudi Arabia to Egypt made 1.4 million trips in 2019, …

The coronavirus outbreak in China could have a damaging and lasting economic impact on the global tourism sector unless lessons are learned from previous viral epidemics. That is according to a statement from Gloria Guevara, chief executive of the World Travel & Tourism Council, and comes as the coronavirus crisis …

The British Foreign & Commonwealth Office has begun to advise against all travel to Hubei province in China due to the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak. The organisation urged British nationals in the area to leave, if they were able to do so. The news comes as the number of people …

The Jamaica Tourist Board has unveiled ‘Jamaica, Heartbeat of the World’, the new destination brand positioning for the country. The campaign is designed to recognise Jamaica’s outsized influence on the global community.  Strengthening the island’s position as a global culturally relevant brand, the campaign extends beyond tourism and encompasses all …

Experience Hub, the trade and promotion arm of Yas Island Abu Dhabi, has signed a partnership with Etihad Holidays. The deal is designed to enhance Abu Dhabi’s positioning as a global destination for leisure and cultural experiences. It outlines how the two organisations will collaborate to increase awareness and visitation …

Three Chinese cities are now in lockdown as authorities attempt to limit the spread of a deadly coronavirus. A total of 20 million people are believed to have been impacted by the decision, with a number of major public events also cancelled. Authorities banned transport links from Wuhan, the capital …

Bahamas welcomed a record-breaking seven million visitors in 2019. The ministry of tourism attributes this historic success to data-driven, agile marketing, authentic storytelling, and aggressive PR, sales and airlift strategies. “It is with great pride and pleasure that I report the Bahamas’ strongest tourism numbers in history,” said minister of …