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Japan's thriving corporate museums offer tourism appeal and learning experiences
Corporate museums, where companies showcase their products, values and histories, are taking on roles that extend well beyond public relations in Japan. With more than 1,000 such facilities believed to exist across the country, corporate museums…
Medical tourism drives foreign card spending in Korea
Medical tourism has emerged as the fastest-growing category of foreign visitor spending in Korea during the first half of the year, as overseas travelers increasingly combined health care with leisure activities, according to data released by BC…
Tourism price wars threaten to dim a rare bright spot in China's consumer spending
China's domestic tourism is underperforming expectations, as Hilton's China revenue per available room fell 2.2% year-on-year in the second quarter. Industry RevPAR has deteriorated by 6% in July, according to a Goldman Sachs report. Industry…
Busan turns to tourism to save its female free-divers
Along the rocky coastlines of Korea, the ancient art of the 'haenyeo' — traditional female free-divers who harvest sea life without breathing apparatus — has long stood as one of the country's most remarkable cultural institutions.
GTA endorses 6th Inter-Tourism Expo Accra - The Ghanaian Chronicle
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has endorsed the 6 Inter-Tourism Expo Accra (INTTA) and the 24-Hour Africa Tourism, Agribusiness, Digital Sovereignty and AfCFTA Industrial Acceleration Conference and Investment Programme, slated for October 21 to…
Redefining innovation in Caribbean tourism
One of the Caribbean's foremost tourism strategists, Beverly Nicholson Doty, argues that the region's greatest innovations are not found in artificial intelligence or smart cities but in its leadership in sustainability, resilience and stewardship.
Accor Concentrates on Makkah and Madinah as Gulf Tourism Cools
Riyadh sets the pilgrim quota. Accor is building around it. Accor is accelerating growth in Saudi Arabia's holy cities, as religious tourism acts as a buffer amid the broader pullback in Gulf tourism demand tied to the Iran war disruption. The…
Bali's fishing canoes are vanishing as tourism changes Indonesia's coastline
Five decades ago, Bali's coastline was adorned with traditional fishing canoes with colourful carvings of mythical elephant-fish. Where did they go? The disappearance of these canoes tells a much bigger story about how tourism, collecting and…
Jeju racing park hits 3 million visitors on AI, tourism boost
DSM Corporation, a South Korean company spanning mobility, energy and entertainment, said Monday that its smart racing theme park, 9.81 Park Jeju, on Jeju Island has drawn more than 3 million paying visitors over six years. The company's Monolith…
Cubans struggle to bounce back after 6th nationwide blackout this year
Cubans on Monday were recovering from the sixth islandwide blackout this year, as the nation remains in free-fall after the Trump administration effectively cut it off from oil in January. The energy grid collapses leave people with fewer options…
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How 'Event Tourism' Is Making Pattaya Near Bangkok a Year-Round Destination
Amari Pattaya and OZO North Pattaya invite travellers to extend their Pattaya Marathon 2026 trip into a seaside escape amid the vibrancy of Pattaya — an event city filled with sport, music, cafés and lifestyle activities throughout…
Andy Burnham told to scrap 'toxic' major tax plan that could kill one industry
A prominent hospitality trade organisation has called on Andy Burnham to abandon proposals to roll out the so-called 'tourist tax' nationwide as part of his devolution campaign. UK Hospitality (UKH) has penned a letter to the Prime Minister…
Cubans struggle to bounce back after 6th nationwide blackout this year
HAVANA -- HAVANA (AP) — Cubans on Monday were recovering from the sixth islandwide blackout this year, as the nation remains in free-fall after the Trump administration effectively cut it off from oil in January. The energy grid collapses…
Cuba faces sixth nationwide blackout as electrical grid collapses - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
(CNN) — Cuba's energy grid collapsed late Sunday, the state-owned electricity utility announced on social media, plunging the Caribbean country into its sixth nationwide blackout this year. Sunday's blackout is the first of August and comes…
Exmoor rewards tourists for litter picks and wildlife spotting
A new 'Pay with Care' scheme has been launched in Exmoor National Park to encourage tourists to give something back to the area during its peak season. Visitors can earn discounts with sustainable actions like picking up litter, recording wildlife…
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