BALI TO INTRODUCE RULES FOR VISITORS AND TOURIST TAX

Andrea Hausold -
Dozens of tourists have been deported from Bali in recent weeks. Some had even posed nude or semi-nude for photographs at holy sites, and others misused their tourist visas to work or broke traffic ru ...

TOURISM IN LAS VEGAS ENJOYS EXCEPTIONAL TOURISM NUMBERS

Anna Luebke -
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) reported that in 2022 total economic output from visitor spending hit a record $79.3 billion, a 24.7% increase from the previous record year, 20 ...

THE FIRST CASINO WILL BE OPENED IN JAPAN TO ATTRACT TOURISTS

Andrew J. Wein -
In the western Japanese city of Osaka, a 1.8 trillion yen (about 13.5 billion euros) investment was approved. ...

TOURISM PHOBIA REVIVES IN BARCELONA

Anna Luebke -
The debate about sharing valuable water resources with tourists is rising in Barcelona in the face of the threat of a dry summer and restrictions on consumption. ...

WHERE IN THE EU DOES THE TOURISM SECTOR CONTRIBUTE THE MOST TO GVA?

Ashley Nault -
In 2019, the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the tourism sector hard, the Gross Value Added (GVA) generated directly by the sector amounted to around €572 billion, or 5% of the total Gross ...