ST. PETERSBURG TO WELCOME MORE THAN 5 MILLION TOURISTS IN 2022

Andrea Hausold -
As Covid-19 restrictions are being lifted, tourism is slowly awakening around the world, with the most popular destinations ready to welcome more and more visitors after two very difficult years. One ...

CHINESE TOURISTS STILL NOT HEADING TO EUROPE

Theodore Slate -
Many tour operators in Europe have expressed their concern by the low number of bookings from the Chinese tourists which has been totally unexpected. There are a few groups that have looked forward t ...

CHINA-LAOS RAILWAY TOURISM HELPS LAOS REVIVE THE ECONOMY

Pat Hyland -
Laos shows signs of economic improvement as its projected growth rate is expected to reach 4% in 2023, 1.7 percentage points higher than in 2022. It is also expected to return to pre-pandemic levels. ...

CHINESE TOURISM: NOT LIKELY TO RECOVER THIS YEAR

Larry Brain -
In 2021, global tourism had 448 million tourists and $637 billion in spending, a third of the pre-Covid level. In perspective, the volume of global tourism is now equivalent to that of the 1990s in te ...

THAILAND LAUNCHES AUTOMATED PASSPORT CONTROL

Alec Hills -
Starting December 15, Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand will implement an automated passport control system. The objective is to ease congestion at boarding gates, enabling passengers to board more qui ...