DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOCUSING ON BUSINESS TRAVELERS
The Dominican Republic tries to attract business tourists attending congresses. Each business tourist participating on a convention is estimated to spend 200 and 300 dollars per day during a 3-day sta ...
HOTELS OPEN THEIR OWN SPAS
Nowadays customers request their hotels to have spas. The biggest trend is a massage. Especially business travelers who work whole day appreciate for example an evening massage. ...
CHINA-AFRICAN TOURIST EXCHANGE
According to Beijing, China-Africa tourism exchanges have been on the rise since 2000 with China playing host to as many as 294,000 African tourists (a year-on-year growth of 23.4%). ...
TIBET STRIVES FOR 3 MILLION TOURISTS
Tibetan tourist officials have been far from modest in setting their targets for 2007. They intend to increase job opportunities for local people and train local tour guides. ...
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TO LEAD WORLD TOURISM GROWTH?
In recent decades, African history has been littered with events, which have put off many tourists from visiting. There was the horrific Rwandan genocide of 2004, in which almost 1 million people were ...