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scmp.com - SCMP Editorial - Editorial | More work needed to ensure Hong Kong's tourism pie is bigger and better
Editorial | More work needed to ensure Hong Kong's tourism pie is bigger and better
South China Morning Post

Being “bigger and better” has become the ethos for Hong Kong's development. This is also the strategy for the tourism industry as the government strives to grow the pie with more offerings. With its first five-year blueprint being…

travelweekly.co.uk - Samantha Mayling - Greek tourism minister hails Jet2 as company hosts Athens summit
Greek tourism minister hails Jet2 as company hosts Athens summit
Travel Weekly

Jun 26, 202615:14 GMT by Samantha Mayling Steve Heapy, second left, with Jet2 colleagues at the summit in Athens Senior executives from Jet2 have hosted travel bosses from the Greek tourism industry at a recent summit organised by the company in…

irishcentral.com - IrishCentral Staff - WATCH: How glamorous was Galway in this 1957 tourism video?
WATCH: How glamorous was Galway in this 1957 tourism video?
IrishCentral

Galway, old and new, is captured in glorious color in this 1957 Bord Fáilte (now Fáilte Ireland) tourism film produced and directed by Colm Ó Laoghaire. You won't want to miss this glimpse of old Galway. We've always known that…

axios.com - Justin Kaufmann - Why Chicago sees LGBTQ+ tourism as a growing economic opportunity
Why Chicago sees LGBTQ+ tourism as a growing economic opportunity
Axios

This Sunday, the Pride Parade will draw hundreds of thousands of spectators to Northalsted for one of the country's biggest neighborhood parades. Why it matters: As some states become less welcoming to LGBTQ+ visitors, Northalsted is betting that…

travelweekly.co.uk - Ian Taylor - Report highlights discrimination against women in tourism transport
Report highlights discrimination against women in tourism transport
Travel Weekly

Jun 26, 202608:21 GMT by Ian Taylor Picture by Yakobchuk Viacheslav/Shutterstock UN Tourism and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) have called for action to address the “severe” underrepresentation of women in…

chron.com - Carla Vecchiola - Techno tourism in Detroit - what do visitors owe the city that created the music?
Techno tourism in Detroit - what do visitors owe the city that created the music?
Chron

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) In 1997, I was one of relatively few tourists in Detroit. Well before #vanlife was a hashtag, I left my home state…

sfstandard.com - Jessica Blough - SF adds jobs, but tourism and tech tell a complicated story
SF adds jobs, but tourism and tech tell a complicated story
The San Francisco Standard

Amid the arrival of the foggy summer months and Mayor Daniel Lurie's unceasing social media videos about downtown's recovery, San Francisco's leisure and hospitality industries showed sluggish but consistent job growth over the last year. Tourism…

skift.com - Bailey Schulz - California Poaches NYC's Tourism Chief Ahead of 2028 Olympics
California Poaches NYC's Tourism Chief Ahead of 2028 Olympics
Skift

Julie Coker, currently leading NYC Tourism + Conventions and a veteran of Philadelphia and San Diego destination marketing, becomes Visit California's president and CEO on October 1, succeeding retiring three-decade leader Carolina Beteta.

theconversation.com - Carla Vecchiola - Techno tourism in Detroit - what do visitors owe the city that created the music?
Techno tourism in Detroit - what do visitors owe the city that created the music?
The Conversation

In 1997, I was one of relatively few tourists in Detroit. Well before #vanlife was a hashtag, I left my home state of California and drove around the country for five months living in a 1982 Volkswagen Vanagon. Though I had few planned stops…

cyprus-mail.com - Tourism enters era of last-minute bookings
Tourism enters era of last-minute bookings
Cyprus Mail

Cyprus tourism is facing a profound transformation that is reshaping the entire structure of the market. The period when holidays were booked months ahead of summer, allowing businesses to forecast the season with relative certainty, appears to…

newswire.ca - Korea Tourism Organization Canada - Korea Tourism Organization Canada Launches 'Ride to Korea' City-Wide LED Truck Campaign and Flight Giveaway in Toronto
Korea Tourism Organization Canada Launches 'Ride to Korea' City-Wide LED Truck Campaign and Flight Giveaway in Toronto
CNW

TORONTO, June 26, 2026 /CNW/ - Get ready, Toronto--South Korea is coming straight to your doorstep this summer. The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) Toronto has officially launched 'Ride to Korea,' a massive urban takeover running from June 5 to…

cyprus-mail.com - Climate extremes threaten Mediterranean agricultural and tourism sectors
Climate extremes threaten Mediterranean agricultural and tourism sectors
Cyprus Mail

Extreme heat waves and droughts are increasingly threatening economic growth across the European Union, with the agricultural sector in regions such as Cyprus facing substantial risks from compounding climate shocks, a new study published by the…

breakingtravelnews.com - How Vietnam is Redrawing the Southeast Asian Tourism Map
How Vietnam is Redrawing the Southeast Asian Tourism Map
Breaking Travel News

Digital travel platform Agoda has recorded close to a 50% year-on-year rise in international accommodation searches into Vietnam in 2025. The data points to a destination that has moved decisively up travelers' shortlists, likely fueled by a…

forbes.com - Caroline Reid - Meet The Man Giving A Magic Touch To The Middle East's Theme Park Industry
Meet The Man Giving A Magic Touch To The Middle East's Theme Park Industry
Forbes

The man behind some of the Middle East's top water park attractions is bringing his expertise to the region's new theme park body. Few markets have experienced such rapid growth in the theme park industry as the Middle East. In just the past decade…

pbs.org - Thomas Adamson, Associated Press - Heat catches Europe's fashion industry unprepared as models face the sun in fur and wool
Heat catches Europe's fashion industry unprepared as models face the sun in fur and wool
PBS

PARIS (AP) — The most coveted accessory at the Paris Fashion Week shows this week was not a bag, a sneaker or a watch. It was an ice pack. As a historic heat wave gripped the French capital, fashion houses fought to keep guests cool with…

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