. Themed annual campaigns to attract visitors to Wales are working but more people could be coming from around the UK, the new tourism minister has said. Tourism is one of Wales’ most important industries with visitors spending about £5bn a year….
Hong Kong Airlines has commenced its new service to Los Angeles, further cementing its growing presence in North America, following the launch of a daily service to Vancouver earlier this year. Los Angeles also becomes the carrier’s first destination in the continental…
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…
Hotels and restaurants expect busy 2018 with inbound tourism to increase to almost 42m visits Tourist centres like London (pictured), Bath, Edinburgh and Cambridge can expect a record 2018. Photograph: Niklas Halle’N/AFP/Getty Images. Overseas visits to the UK are set to pass…
Tourism Day 2016 Theme is “Tourism for All – Promoting Universal Accessibility” Since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day on September 27. This date was chosen as on that day in 1970, the Statutes of the UNWTO were adopted. The…
Goa popular with tourists; but sharp fall this year; why so !! Goa has always been hotspot for tourists and the crowd usually gets building up around Christmas itself. Only this year, the tourists in large numbers appear to be heading elsewhere…
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…
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…
Decades of conflict and political instability have all but destroyed Afghanistan’s once-thriving heritage and tourism industry, but new efforts are being made to promote the country’s spectacular riches. A trickle of overseas visitors was recorded last year although many Western governments, including…
This is the holiday season, but here’s a modern dilemma – should our choice of destination be informed by local politics? These days, we’re encouraged to travel ethically – offsetting plane travel and fuel consumption, spending our cash supporting local businesses, and…
