CHINESE TOURISTS TRAVELED IN RECORD NUMBERS DURING THE NEW YEAR

Nik Fes -
China celebrated the Lunar New Year last week and as always it was a week of numerous travels. According to official data, during the whole festival about 386 million trips of Chinese tourists were ma ...

HIGH TAXES TO IMPACT GREEK TOURISM

Wayne M. Gore -
Greek tourism is booming. Since 2013 the industry has been setting new records every year. It is soon expected to make up a quarter of the country’s GDP. However, the new high taxes might have a negat ...

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN MEXICO GETS SUPPORTED

Cecilia Garland -
An area between Puerto Morelos and Tulum would be declared the first Sustainable Tourism Development Zone (known as ZDTS by its initials in Spanish) in Mexico, with the main goal of guaranteeing a pro ...

PROTEST: HOTEL SECTOR IN BARCELONA LOST EUR 50 MILLION

Ashley Nault -
The hotel sector in Barcelona lost half a million euros of daily revenue per available room (RevPar) during the third quarter of the year due to the Catalan crisis, after growing at a record rate of 1 ...

CHINESE TOURISTS REVIVE THE LUXURY WATCHES MARKET IN FRANCE

Ashley Nault -
Luxury watches sales increased by 8% in France in 2017, largely thanks to the return of Chinese tourists to France, after a loss of interest linked to the terror attacks, now the watch market is reviv ...