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Tourism industry wary of prolonged impact of Japan-China tensions
Japan's tourism industry is concerned that the country's tensions with China over Taiwan could have a prolonged impact. Amid the tensions, the Chinese government has advised its citizens not to visit Japan, resulting in flight and hotel…
Introducing the new tourism playbook
European tourism boards are rethinking how they connect with travellers and who tells their stories as Chinese outbound travel to Europe rebounds after the pandemic. With tourists from China increasingly seeking independent, immersive, and…
Sri Lanka's tourism season hit as locals count the cost of deadly floods
Sri Lanka's picturesque hill country, which is usually bustling with tourists from November to January, has been devastated by Cyclone Ditwah, which claimed nearly 500 lives last week. Among those grappling with the aftermath is Herath Gedara Rohan…
Deadly cyclone dents Sri Lanka's peak tourism season
KANDY, Sri Lanka, Dec 5 (Reuters) - November to January are usually the busiest season for Herath Gedara Rohan Anil Kumara's three-bedroom homestay in Sri Lanka's hill country, famed for its tea plantations, historic sites and quaint villages. But…
Bali Ponders Airbnb Ban in Latest Effort to Curb Tourism Mess
Bali is considering a ban on Airbnb Inc. 's accommodation, its latest attempt to impose order on a resort island struggling to cope with a record surge in tourism. Use of Airbnb-style rentals has exploded in recent years, eroding tax revenue from…
Government lifts Wi-Fi ban in secretive 'quiet zone' amid observatory tourism
A highly restrictive area in Green Bank, West Virginia, has introduced Wi-Fi for the first time ever — with visitors continuing to check out the secretive community. Dubbed the Quiet Zone, the area is home to the U.S. National Science…
Blue Origin's next space tourism flight will break new ground for people with disabilities
Blue Origin is gearing up for its NS-37 flight, which will rocket six passengers to suborbital space and back. One traveler on board that mission, which does not yet have a set launch date, is Michaela 'Michi' Benthaus. Her voyage carries special…
Island's NY tourism team shifts to remote working
Erin Wright, the acting chief executive of the BTA (Photograph supplied) The Bermuda Tourism Authority's New York office will close its doors on January 16, with all staff switching to remote working. The authority described the change as part of a…
Las Vegas adds thousands of jobs despite tourism slump
Despite Las Vegas' ongoing tourism slump, Southern Nevada added thousands of jobs in September, a new report shows. Employment in the Las Vegas area increased by 4,400 jobs, a bump of 0.4 percent, from August to September, the Nevada Department of…
Tanzania tourism suffers after election killings
The election on October 29 erupted into days of violent protests over allegations that President Samia Suluhu Hassan had rigged the vote. Police responded by shooting dead more than 1,000 people, according to the opposition, though the government…
Deadly cyclone dents Sri Lanka's peak tourism season
KANDY - November to January are usually the busiest season for Herath Gedara Rohan Anil Kumara's three-bedroom homestay in Sri Lanka's hill country, famed for its tea plantations, historic sites and quaint villages. But after Cyclone Ditwah tore…
Delta Flight Reconnects Atlanta With Ghana as Business, Tourism Links Grow
Busara Advisors is the presenting sponsor of Global Atlanta's Africa Channel. Subscribe here for monthly Africa newsletters. A daily flight linking Atlanta to the Ghanaian capital of Accra took off Dec. 1, one of two new nonstop routes Delta Air…
How Sri Lanka was devastated by impact of deadly Cyclone Ditwah
Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Cyclone Ditwah caused devastating flooding in Sri Lanka last week, claiming nearly 500 lives and leaving hundreds more missing. The disaster affected almost 10% of the country's population…
U.S. Travel & Tourism Grows While Cutting Emissions, WTTC reveals
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today released new data showing that the U.S. Travel & Tourism sector continued to grow in 2024 while reducing greenhouse (GHG) emissions. This performance reflects encouraging progress as the sector works…
Opinion | Why Gulf region's dreams of aviation domination are built on sand
We should call it the “Neom factor”: the force that transforms reasonable aggressive ambition into hallucinogenic fantasyland. It glared out at me last week in a Financial Times headline: “Three ‘Heathrows' of growth:…
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