ABANDONED GHOST TOWNS AROUND THE WORLD ATTRACT VISITORS
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 ...
TOURISTS’ STEREOTYPES - MORE OR LESS JUSTIFIED CLICHÉS
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 ...
RUGBY WORLD CUP BOOSTED FRENCH TOURISM
The Rugby World Cup played a significant role in achieving good French tourism results. According to Atout France, the state promotion agency, revenues increased to 50.4 billion euros from January to ...
TOURIST NUMBERS IN FRANCE ARE ABOVE PRE-CRISIS LEVELS
Insee has just published its Focus N°275 which analyzes summer visits to France by both residents and international visitors. The results are very positive. The data confirm the results from the regio ...
