INBOUND TOURISM IN RUSSIA – 30 TIMES LOWER THAN IN 2019

Laura Maudlin -
The situation in the tourism industry in Russia continues to be worrying. The most recent data on inbound tourism in Russia show that the number of foreign visitors has decreased by 30 times. The main ...

TOURISM: VIENNA WANTS TO SUSPEND LOCAL TAXES

Nils Kraus -
"The city hotel industry continues to be hard hit," says Markus Wölbitsch, chairman of the Vienna ÖVP (the New People's Party). If you walk through the streets, you see significantly more tourists tha ...

CUBA ANNOUNCES GRADUAL BORDER REOPENING

Sara Thopson -
Cuba has just announced a gradual border reopening, deeming it an appropriate time after “the proved effectiveness of the vaccination campaign”, stating that the progress made suggests that 90% of the ...

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXPECTS 4.8 MILLION FOREIGN TOURISTS THIS YEAR

Larry Brain -
The Dominican Republic expects 4,840,376 tourists at the end of this year, though still far from the 6,446,036 arrivals recorded in 2019 before the pandemic, according to forecasts revealed last week ...

CANCUN’S HOTEL ROOM RATES DOWN TO ALMOST HALF

Andrew J. Wein -
While this year the hotel industry in Cancun has shown a significant recovery, the hotel room rates have been cut by almost half compared to 2019. Even so, hoteliers remain optimistic, hoping that few ...