Articles tagged “space tourism”

With its staggering unemployment, even modest growth like this helps. But visitors are unlikely to keep pouring into a country with depressed, underemployed, and impoverished citizens.

There are political and natural factors that influence even the best country brands, which is why some countries doing their best to promote tourism are still seeing little economic impact.

Only one out of a possible seven hotels will get closed down, but 25 others will be temporarily shut down signifying that Spain’s extremely profitable tourism sector is no longer weathering the recession well.

Virgin Galactic is having problems getting off the ground itself, but when it’s time, some already registered space tourists may be surprised to find that more than money is needed to get aboard.

The Parador hotels are hit with financial issues because of slacking demand, but a second wave of strikes planned for New Year’s Eve will only hurt the hotels’ reputations.

The ailing hotel industry is a victim of Spain’s economic recession, which is prompting the government to impose taxes that actually hinder the growth of tourism, its greatest commodity.

Just because something makes perfect sense doesn't mean it's possible. But Catalan leaders have massive economic powers at their disposal and a Spanish government that is weaker than it would like to be.

It feels just like summer again as an one-day general strike sweeps across the transportation industry and halting travel in Spain and Greece.

IAG may be struggling to lift Iberia out of the doldrums, but its consideration of Vueling is so mired in its recent failures that it is hard to see how IAG will make a success out of any purchase.

The launch won’t drive Spanish speakers to Southwest’s website as other airlines and booking sites already offer translated web pages, but it is a sign of the airline’s commitment to expansion in Latin America.