Articles tagged “global tourism”

Tourism

Here Comes the Sun. The Eclipse Is This Year’s Top Travel Phenomenon

On April 8, a total solar eclipse will pass diagonally across the U.S., from south to east, promising a tourism surge.

Dawit Habtemariam | 1 month ago

Here Comes the Sun. The Eclipse Is This Year’s Top Travel Phenomenon
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Tourism

Announcing the Skift Travel Spotlight Podcast

Saudi Arabia’s tourism sector is moving from vision to reality. Skift is exploring this journey in a new limited-series podcast, The Skift Travel Spotlight: The Future of Tourism in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Tourism Authority + Skift | 2 months ago

Announcing the Skift Travel Spotlight Podcast
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Tourism

Watch Now: Highlights from Skift Global Forum East 2023

As global tourism converges in the Middle East, leaders from across the region and the world gathered at Skift Global Forum East 2023 to discuss trends, opportunities, and strategies that will define the industry for the next decade and beyond.

Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) + Skift | 4 months ago

Watch Now: Highlights from Skift Global Forum East 2023

Tourism

U.S. Travel Caution FAQ: What the State Department Advice Means for Travelers

This worldwide caution for Americans to stay alert in tourist spots, even often safe European capitals, is quite notable.

Dawit Habtemariam | 6 months ago

U.S. Travel Caution FAQ: What the State Department Advice Means for Travelers

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Australia Reopens to Chinese Group Tourism

Australia has recommenced visa processing for Chinese group travel, Australia's Ministry of Trade and Tourism announced on Monday. The visa processing restart follows China's lifting of pandemic-era restrictions last month on outbound group tours to Australia, the U.S., Japan and multiple other countries. Australia reopened its borders to international travel in March this year. Since…

Dawit Habtemariam | 7 months ago

Overtourism

Venice Avoids Being Added to UNESCO List of Endangered Sites

Sorry, Italian officials. We side with UNESCO on this one. Venice faces long-standing but urgent issues, such as overtourism and climate change. This global gem needs a coordinated, strategic vision for its preservation.

Angelo Amante and John Irish, Reuters | 7 months ago

Venice Avoids Being Added to UNESCO List of Endangered Sites

Tourism

U.S. Tourism Without China and New Competition – Brand USA Chief

If the U.S. can't get Chinese tourists back, it will have to up its game attracting tourists from other international markets to make up for the spending shortfall.

Dawit Habtemariam | 9 months ago

U.S. Tourism Without China and New Competition – Brand USA Chief

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International Travel Volume to the U.S. in 2022 Reached 64 Percent of Pre-Pandemic Level

The U.S. hosted 51 million international visitors in 2022, amounting to 64 percent of its 2019 volume, according to the National Travel and Tourism Office’s latest data. Outbound travel from the U.S. totaled 80.8 million, down 19 percent from its pre-pandemic volume. About 24 million traveled from overseas, i.e. not Canada and Mexico, up 161…

Dawit Habtemariam | 1 year ago

Airlines

Azul’s Narrow Earnings Escape

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at globalization and tourism, Azul's quarterly luck, and Uber's business travel push.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

Azul’s Narrow Earnings Escape

Tourism

5 Ways Global Tourism Must Rethink Its Influence as an Industry

More than two years have passed. Where are the new metrics tourism desperately needs? How will this industry actually treat nature and communities as equal beneficiaries? Is tourism ready to demolish its neocolonial mindset? Those are the pressing questions facing the industry. For now, it's mostly talk and no walk.

Lebawit Lily Girma | 2 years ago

5 Ways Global Tourism Must Rethink Its Influence as an Industry