INCREASING THREATS IN SINAI LEADS TO DECREASE VISITOR NUMBERS TO EGYPT
Tourism is important to Egypt, with the sector's contributions making up around 11% of the nation's GDP, but this industry is increasingly under threat as the much-publicised violence and political un ...
BERLIN INTRODUCES BED TAX FOR DOGS
Dog owners who travel to Berlin with their pets will be required to pay a city tax from now on. This is according to the financial administration in Berlin regarding the controversial introduction of ...
AUSTRIA LOST MORE THAN HALF A MILLION NIGHTS, IN JANUARY
The number of overnight stays in Austria's tourism brought the anticipated collapse in January. The recently published numbers of Austria's statistics show a minus of 3.3 percent to 13.87 million over ...
SPAIN RECEIVED MORE THAN 7.6 MILLION CRUISE PASSENGERS IN 2013
Spanish ports received more than 7.66 million cruise passengers during 2013, which indicates an increase of 1.3% compared to the year before, and 3,846 boats of this type stopped in Spain, 3.3% more w ...
QUALITY OF LIVING SURVEY SHOWS A SECOND TIER OF DEVELOPING CITIES LOOKING TO ATTRACT MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES
Many cities rely on workers from overseas companies as much as native ones and it is common for multinational companies to relocate employees, with many paying a mobility premium to compensate them. T ...