AIRBNB LEAVES CHINA – NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF COVID

Alec Hills -
Airbnb has decided to suspend its rental accommodation offering in China due to repeated confinements since early 2020, according to a source close to the matter. The room, apartment and house booking ...

MEXICAN TOURISM ENDANGERED BY SECURITY PROBLEMS

Justin N. Froyd -
Despite the authorities' efforts to present an optimistic security outlook, negative perceptions regarding the current strategy are increasing and affecting Mexican tourism. ...

GLOBAL TOURISM RECOVERY IS ACCELERATING

Sara Thopson -
According to the latest WTO World Tourism Barometer, global tourism has seen a 182% year-on-year increase in January-March 2022, with destinations around the world hosting around 117 million internati ...

TOURISM ENEMY NO. 1 IS TERRORISM

Kevin Eagan -
Between November 2015 and July 2016, three jihadist attacks in Paris and Nice killed 224 people, wounding at least 850 others. The attacks put France on alert, but also the hundreds of thousands of pe ...

SKI RESORTS IN THE HIMALAYAS HAVE A SEVERE LACK OF SNOW

Laura Maudlin -
In the Himalayas, winter should bring a thick blanket of snow, but Gulmarg, which is one of the highest ski resorts in the world (it is between 2650 and 3980 m above sea level), located in Indian Kash ...