BENIN FOCUSES ON THE INVESTMENT IN CULTURAL HERITAGE

Laura Maudlin -
Over the past decade Benin has strategically invested heavily in its cultural heritage and tourism sector. This has been done with the aim of boosting economic growth and building soft power through i ...

TOP GERMAN SPA DESTINATIONS REVEALED

Nils Kraus -
Baden-Baden is the most searched-for official spa town in Germany with 451,000 queries on Google and Bing every month. Oberstdorf in Bavaria and Winterberg in North Rhine-Westphalia are the second and ...

TOURIST TAXES THAT INSURE VISITORS: HOW DESTINATION COVER WORKS

Chris Grad -
A growing number of destinations now fold medical cover into the price of getting through the door. For tour operators and agents, that turns a government levy into a product their clients will ask ab ...

CHINESE TOURISTS ARE FREQUENT TARGETS FOR PICKPOCKETS IN EUROPE

When talking about traveling, what are your first impressions? The Eiffel Tower and Mona Lisa in Paris, the frescoes in Florence Cathedral, the Colosseum in Rome, or the stained glass in Barcelona’s S ...

RIYADH AIRPORT CLOSURE DISRUPTS EVENTS, TRAVEL, AND DAILY LIFE

Theodore Slate -
In Riyadh, the Saudi capital, the closure of King Khalid International Airport following days of large-scale Houthi (Ansar Allah) attacks has thrown international events organized in the city into cha ...