FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS IN CHILE FELL 75.1% IN 2020

The Undersecretary of Tourism of the Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism of Chile published the monthly report of the Tourism Barometer in January 2021. The report presented the sector’s main ...

MAURITIUS: DECREASING TOURIST ARRIVALS BUT VISITORS STAY LONGER

Theodore Slate -
While it is difficult to compare 2020 with 2021 because of the closed borders, the latest statistics of Mauritius for 2021 show a decline in tourist arrivals, from 442,749 in 2020 to 246,260 in 2021, ...

VISA ON ARRIVAL: ALGERIA PLANS TO BOOST ITS TOURISM SECTOR

Kevin Eagan -
To boost its tourism sector, Algeria plans issuing visas on arrival to tourists who would like to travel to the south of the country, according to a document from the country's Ministry of the Interio ...

TOURISM: VIENNA WANTS TO SUSPEND LOCAL TAXES

Nils Kraus -
"The city hotel industry continues to be hard hit," says Markus Wölbitsch, chairman of the Vienna ÖVP (the New People's Party). If you walk through the streets, you see significantly more tourists tha ...

ALPINE TOURS ARE MORE DANGEROUS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

According to experts, hiking and mountaineering in the Alps have become riskier due to climate change. The danger in the mountains is unquestionably increasing. During the pandemic, the desire to be ...