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Tourism

Best Tourism Videos of 2017 Highlight the Art of Storytelling

These winning tourism videos don't use radical production elements to tell the stories of their countries. Instead, they let the landscapes and handshakes speak for themselves, and show why travel is such a beautiful and enlightening thing.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Best Tourism Videos of 2017 Highlight the Art of Storytelling

Tourism

UNWTO Appoints Secretary-General Who Wants to Win Over Holdout Countries

The UNWTO has been touting impressive growth in global tourism for years but, has only recently started to get more serious about the reality of overtourism. Travel brands will be watching how Pololikashvili responds to the problem, and whether he can get through to destinations that are struggling.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

UNWTO Appoints Secretary-General Who Wants to Win Over Holdout Countries

Tourism

Destinations Struggle to Use Data to Manage Tourism Growth

Some destinations are still early to the party in harvesting data from residents and travelers on tourism trends and impacts. Many have plans with how to use the information they've gathered but how that information is shared with local politicians and residents is still a work in progress.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Destinations Struggle to Use Data to Manage Tourism Growth

Tourism

Destinations Concede Their Food Tourism Marketing Efforts Fall Short

Most tourism boards understand that travelers need to eat well if they want them to be happy and return. One challenge with that is determining what food trend to focus on -- and whether it will fizzle out or stick around -- before throwing marketing dollars at promoting food.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Destinations Concede Their Food Tourism Marketing Efforts Fall Short

Tourism

Chinese Travelers Set a New Record for Global Tourism Spending in 2016

With less than five percent of Chinese travelers holding passports, last year's spending totals for international Chinese travelers represents only a fraction of the market's spending potential as millions more Chinese choose to travel abroad each year.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Chinese Travelers Set a New Record for Global Tourism Spending in 2016

Tourism

UNWTO Has 7 Candidates Who Want to Be the Next Leader of Global Tourism

There are some well-qualified insiders and total outsiders with little experience in tourism among the candidates for the new UNWTO Secretary-General. Whoever is nominated and elected later this year will need to work more closely with governments at the national and local level to show them why tourism matters.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

UNWTO Has 7 Candidates Who Want to Be the Next Leader of Global Tourism

Tourism

Western European Destinations Had Little to No Tourism Growth in 2016

Although the term arrival is somewhat ambiguous and different destinations have their own definitions for what counts as an arrival, it's clear some European destinations had a tough year convincing international travelers to visit and Western Europe bore the brunt of that.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Western European Destinations Had Little to No Tourism Growth in 2016

Tourism

International Tourist Arrivals Have Grown in 2016, But Europe Is Slow

International tourism remains strong this year in the face of plenty of reasons to avoid it. But regions like Western Europe, the Caribbean and South America, while seeing their arrivals grow year-over-year, are missing out on more arrivals because of a series of events including terrorism, the Zika virus and weak local economies.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago

International Tourist Arrivals Have Grown in 2016, But Europe Is Slow

Tourism

Interview: UNWTO Secretary-General on the World-Changing Power of Travel

If you want to understand what's happening right now in global tourism, the first person you should listen to is the UNWTO's Taleb Rifai.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 8 years ago

Interview: UNWTO Secretary-General on the World-Changing Power of Travel

Tourism

International Tourism Is Growing in 2016, Despite High-Profile Challenges

International travel has definitely been impacted by terrorism and economic woes so far in 2016 but global tourism still grew in most regions around the world, some places significantly.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago

International Tourism Is Growing in 2016, Despite High-Profile Challenges