AUSTRIAN TOURISM: FOREIGNERS SPEND MORE BUT COME LESS

Sara Thopson -
Foreign tourists spent more money in Austria in 2009 than in the previous year. The number of overnight stays however is going down. ...

SWIMMING WITH PENGUINS: GERMAN RESORT OFFERS UNIQUE ATTRACTION

Pat Hyland -
Spreewelten bath in Lübbenau (Germany) offers its guests an opportunity to swim together with penguins. No wonder this attraction has become very popular. ...

AN ULTIMATE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE CHALLENGE – CRUISE LINES

Laura Maudlin -
The rest of us in Retail and the service industry have it easy. We say visit our shops, dine with us, spend a night, give us a call, enjoy a round of golf, try this on, watch your favorite team and so ...

ECUADOR IN BLOOM: RUTA DE LAS FLORES FOR VISITORS INTRODUCED

Tomas Haupt -
Flower growing is one of the main export articles in Ecuador and in order to promote this industry, Ecuador has recently introduced a very tourist-friendly and colorful attraction – ‘Ruta de Las Flore ...

GENEALOGICAL TRAVELS GO BACK IN TIME, FORWARD IN TOURISM

Vanderlei J. Pollack -
The US tourism market has been slowly changing. Expensive long distance trips have become a rarity, leaving room for innovation. Genealogical tourism, whereby tourists trace the history of their famil ...