Hannah Sampson, Skift
Florida's tourism picture is still setting records, but the persistent drop in overseas visitors is troubling — especially for a warm-weather destination with global appeal.
3 hours ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
It was only a couple of years ago that the Turkish tourism industry was on its knees. How quickly things can change.
5 days ago
Lenka Ponikelska, Bloomberg
It'll probably take a lot more than the appointment of a Night Mayor to address the careful balance between attracting party-loving tourists and keeping locals happy.
6 days ago
Isaac Carey, Skift
It didn't take long for travelers across the world to start booking their vacations in the Caribbean again, even in the hardest-hit areas. That being said, the threat of another disaster always looms.
1 week ago
Maria Lenhart, Skift
Consumer research indicates that Baby Boomers are not only the highest-spending travel demographic, but the one most likely to place trust in a travel advisor. This is illustrated by the success of The Roaming Boomers, an agency that derives almost all of its business from the Woodstock generation.
1 week ago
Hannah Sampson, Skift
Mexico's tourism promotion body probably needed some changes, but this is likely going too far. Will Mexico's travel industry find a way to fill the gap?
1 week ago
Meghan Carty, Skift Research
We see food tourism as being more than just a buzzy trend. Understanding what it is today can help stakeholders find their place in the potentially lucrative space.
1 week ago
Kim Bhasin and Polly Mosendz, Bloomberg
The old adage is that there is no such thing as bad publicity. The Bahamas plans to turn the popular focus on the Fyre Festival debacle into a showcase for the beauty that led those scammers to select the destination in the first place.
2 weeks ago
Dan Peltier, Skift
Skift has covered every angle of the overtourism debate for the past three years and the more we’ve reported on destinations at capacity, the more we’ve realized those places are outnumbered by many others that understand tourism is about quality rather than quantity.
2 weeks ago
Tassia Sipahutar, Bloomberg
Indonesia never drew so many visitors as it did last year, especially from Malaysia and China. But the country still missed its target to draw 17 million visitors, after it was struck by multiple earthquakes and tsunamis. We wish it better luck, on all fronts, next year.
2 weeks ago
Andrew Sheivachman, Skift
Trump's policies and a strong dollar have led to stagnant international tourism growth in the U.S. Expect the slowdown to continue in 2019.
3 weeks ago
Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, Bloomberg
This isn't such a bad thing for Iceland, which has started to feel the strain of overtourism. Plus, even with the decline, the small country still expects to see millions of tourists.
3 weeks ago