AIRBNB EXPANDING MORE AND MORE

Nik Fes -
The ambitions of Airbnb are enormous. After acquiring Gaest.com, a platform that allows users to find and book a place for meetings, earlier this year, the company is looking for more and more potenti ...

CUBA EXPECTS ANOTHER YEAR OF TOURISM GROWTH

Nik Fes -
Cuba, which recently surpassed 1 million foreign visitors so far this year, expects to maintain its tourism growth trend throughout 2019. Tourism has become the most dynamic industry of the island's e ...

OVER-TOURISM OPPONENTS ARE RADICALIZING

Nik Fes -
The phenomenon of over-tourism is spreading across Europe. With the masses of tourists arriving in the continent’s metropolises, more and more opponents of uncontrolled travel are arising amongst the ...

PANAMA’S TOURISM INJECTED MILLIONS INTO LOCAL ECONOMY

Nils Kraus -
In 2018, the Panama received US$4,605 million in expenditure incurred by visitors, which represents a 3.3% increase in comparison to 2017, according to the Panama Tourism Authority (ATP, in Spanish). ...

PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO BOOST THE WINE TOURISM

Tomas Haupt -
The Portuguese Secretary of State for Tourism announced a set of measures to turn the country into a popular wine tourism destination. The measures should focus on professional training, product qual ...