ITALIAN TOURISM: A COMPLICATED END OF THE YEAR

Theodore Slate -
The omicron variant is causing trouble to the Italian tourism industry ahead of the Christmas season. The number of cancellations of trips booked for the Christmas holidays, museums and exhibitions is ...

ABANDONED GHOST TOWNS AROUND THE WORLD ATTRACT VISITORS

Larry Brain -
Abandoned places, especially towns, attract visitors, both the individual ones as well as organized groups. Why? There are many reasons indeed, even though some travelers may find these places very sc ...

INDONESIAN TOURISM TO RELY ON DOMESTIC MEDICAL TOURISM Video

Andrea Hausold -
The Covid-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented effect on tourism worldwide. The Indonesian tourism industry is no exception in this state of affairs, with the last couple of months having had a deva ...

TOURISTS’ STEREOTYPES - MORE OR LESS JUSTIFIED CLICHÉS

Joe McClain -
Each nationality has its own set of clichés... more or less justified. As the vacation time approaches, let’s take a look at some of the best-known clichés with Laurent Tissot, a tourism historian and ...

JAPAN TO FINALLY REOPEN TO INDIVIDUAL TRAVELERS

Japan, like many others, has closed its borders due to the Covid pandemic. While other nations have opened borders to any tourist (even Japanese), in Japan only in recent months have the first progres ...