VENEZUELA: NEW EXCHANGE SYSTEM TO IMPACT VISITORS
Venezuela’s Tourism Minister, Andrés Izarra, announced that the Venezuelan government expects to receive USD 2.5 million from foreign exchange thanks to tourism. ...
UAE: DROP IN TRAVEL DEMAND DUE TO RAMADAN NOT THE CORONAVIRUS
Fears of the MERS-CoV, a SARS-like coronavirus, are not the reason behind travel cancellations to UAE, but more transparency is needed from UAE on the level of risk. ...
FRANCE RECORDED DROP IN CRUISE RESERVATIONS
Recent data published by the SNAV Barometer show that cruise bookings for June decreased by 10% for leisure tourists and by 6% for business travelers compared to June 2012. ...
MARSEILLE PLANS CASINO COMPLEX IN ITS PORT
The Municipal Casino of Marseille, the French city that hosts 4.5 million tourists per year, will not be developed at the former headquarters of the SNCM, a French ferry company, as it was planned. De ...
SWITZERLAND AND ITALY PLAN TO PROMOTE JOINT TOURISM PROJECT
Upper Valais region, the city of Bern in Switzerland, and the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola plan to increase tourism in Lötschberg/Simplon and promote the use of public transport together w ...