VIENNA DOUBLES TOURIST TAX TO ATTRACT HIGH-END TOURISM

With overnight stays jumping from 8.8 million in 2005 to 20.1 million in 2025 for a city of just 2 million people, Vienna plans to more than double its tourist tax by 2027 in order to fund high-end to ...

CHINA SET TO OPEN WORLD’S FIRST FULLY ROBOT-OPERATED HOTEL BY 2027

Sara Thopson -
Shenzhen is a city known worldwide for its cutting-edge technology and innovative developments. Recently, the city has announced the opening of the world’s first-ever robot-operated hotel. The hotel i ...

ITALIAN CAR RENTAL SECTOR CLOSES STRONG Q2 2026

Theodore Slate -
The Italian car rental sector has closed the second quarter of 2026 on a positive note, registering a total of 165,804 new passenger cars and LCVs. The figure recorded in Q2 2026 is up by 3.3% year-ov ...

TUNISIA: TOURISM REVENUE HITS 1 BILLION EUROS IN FIRST HALF OF 2026

Laura Loss -
Tourism is once again an important pillar of the Tunisian economy, contributing to the state revenue by 3,352 billion dinars (almost 1 bln euros) in the first half of 2026, which is up by 8.3 percent ...

GENERATION Z AND ALPHA CUSTOMERS RESHAPING CAMPSITE TOURISM IN EUROPE

Richard Moor -
The face of the tourism market is changing. Generation Z (born between 1995 and 2010) and the beginning of Generation Alpha (born from 2010) are taking a growing role in the European tourism market. T ...