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Airfare caps on domestic routes helped tourism industry limp back to normal in January
The recent domestic airfare cap brought in by the aviation regulator in the wake of the IndiGo crisis helped the tourism industry to bounce back significantly, with the airfares remaining between ₹8,000 and ₹10,000 even on the longest…
Jilin's tourism move breaks the law - Opinion
China Daily | Updated: 2017-12-01 08:12 TOURIST SITES with a 4A rating or above in Northeast China's Jilin province will reportedly charge visitors only half the ticket prices as long as they are registered residents of the Yangtze River Delta, the…
Riding the wave: can surf tourism save Peru's ancient reed-boat fishing culture?
Just before dawn, in a scene that has repeated itself over thousands of years on the north coast of Peru, fishers drag boats made of bound reeds to the water's edge and, kneeling on them, use paddles shaped from split bamboo to row out into the…
How K-pop fans are reshaping Korean tourism
'Your hips need to push outward while your solar plexus goes down. You do a slight jump in this movement,' a professional dance instructor said to a room of struggling students. About 20 foreigners gathered at 1MILLION Dance Studio in Seoul's…
Wuthering Heights film sparks fresh tourism boom in Brontë sisters' village
A fresh wave of 'Brontëmania' has swept through the historic home of the literary sisters, following the release of a new film adaptation of Wuthering Heights. The Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, West Yorkshire, a global hub for…
Hong Kong 2026-27 budget: 'Symphony of Lights' to go dark under tourism revamp
Hong Kong will cancel the two-decade-old “A Symphony of Lights” within the year, with the South China Morning Post learning that the fixture will be replaced with immersive projections across various districts to upgrade the city's…
Houlton club pitches snowmobile and ATV trailhead to boost tourism
HOULTON, Maine — Building a local trailhead is the first step in expanding a southern Aroostook town's outdoor economy and infrastructure, according to planners. As part of a multi-year outdoor economic development initiative, the Houlton…
Football spurs international sport tourism, survey shows
Feb 26, 202607:00 GMT by Samantha Mayling Sport tourism is a “mass-market behaviour” – with football as its single biggest driver, according to a study by pollsters YouGov. The research company found that travelling for sports…
Philadelphia opens an LGBTQ+ tourism center in the Gayborhood
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Local and state officials gathered in Philadelphia to unveil one of the first LGBTQ+ visitors centers in the country. The Philly…
Europe's sustainable tourism conference comes to Nicosia
A major European conference on sustainable tourism will take place in Nicosia on Friday, bringing together policymakers, industry leaders and environmental experts. The European conference on sustainable tourism, organised by the national tourism…
Malaysia bets on durian trails, wildlife to extend tourism boom
KUALA LUMPUR – The drive up to Bloopy Durians' orchard is not for ordinary cars. The narrow, rutted track snakes across the remote hills of central Malaysia, taking visitors through sticky heat and dense trees. But the rough journey is as…
Trip.com Group Points to Massive Inbound Tourism Opportunity in China
Trip.com Group sees significant opportunity for inbound tourism growth in China and has invested heavily in related initiatives. The company is under an antitrust investigation by China's market regulator, with no specific details or impact…
Taiwan Tourism Administration Launches 2nd Wave of its 'Catch The Waves Of Wonder' Campaign in Vancouver
VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 25, 2026 /CNW/ -- Following the success of last year's Catch The Waves Of Wonder campaign, the Taiwan Tourism Administration (TTA) is making an even bigger splash in Vancouver with the second wave of its city-wide transit…
Chinese tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka record 3.5 pct growth in November
Chinese tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka witnessed a 3.5 percent growth last month when compared to the same period last year, with over 19,200 visitors arriving in the island country, statistics from the Sri Lanka Tourism Ministry showed here…
Summer 'exclusion zone' returns to tourism hotspot on North Wales coast
A six-month exclusion zone on a section of Anglesey's coast is be re-instated this summer. Adventure activities such as coasteering and rock climbing will again be banned from a 1.8‑mile stretch of coastline to enable wildlife to recover.
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