PRIME SPANISH TOURIST DESTINATIONS ATTRACTED 86% OF HOTEL INVESTMENT

Five 'prime' tourist destinations – Madrid, Barcelona, Balearic Islands, Costa del Sol and Canary Islands – have accumulated a total of 1.3 billion euros in hotel investment in the first half of the y ...

THE LEVEL OF PROFITABILITY OF BRUSSELS HOTELS REMAINS QUESTIONABLE

William Law -
The hotel sector in Brussels is showing signs of recovery. The year 2023 ended positively with an occupancy rate of 68.3%, compared to 59.4% in 2022, which was still partially affected by the health c ...

ITALY: NUMBER OF TOURISM WEBSITES INCREASED BY 543%

James Morris -
“In the first half of 2022, there have been 8,000 more websites than in 2021,” reported the analysts of Vamonos-Vacanze, Italian tour operator. ...

THAILAND: FOREIGN TOURISTS TAX COMING INTO FORCE ON JANUARY 1, 2023

Alec Hills -
Foreign travelers arriving by air will soon have to pay an entry fee of 300 baht in Thailand - a little more than US$ 8, and this is likely to start on January 1, 2023, report local media. ...

CRUISE TOURISM IN MALLORCA DRASTICALLY REDUCED IN 2023

Theodore Slate -
Since the Balearic government and the cruise association CLIA agreed in December 2021 that in future only a maximum of three cruise ships would be moored in Palma's port at any time, the number of shi ...