Tourism News

Lifting the travel ban to Cuba is totally sensible and necessary for U.S. travelers, although President Obama will ignite a new firestorm if he takes steps to ease the decades-old embargo.

Many African countries are ripe for tourism innovation; however, it will take on-the-ground product development in addition to smart marketing campaign to shift travelers' perceptions and drive bookings.

The success or failure of BTA's marketing and product development will contain key lessons for other large and small destinations looking to attract a younger visitor base.

The story of travel in 2014 is one of evolutionary leaps and breaks from the past. Understand the year in 25 travel moments.

It wasn't easy, but Brand USA finally got the reauthorization that it and much of the travel industry coveted.

This content strategy works because the website is dynamic with new in-house and user generated content posting on a daily basis, and it's seamlessly integrated with social.

Some travelers love knowing exactly what to expect before they step foot in a destination so Oculus offers another fun way to get that insight. The question that remains is will travelers actually buy these headsets, and how long will it take before virtual reality becomes mainstream for destinations?

As Chinese and other Asian students watch their countries' outbound tourism increase, they're seeing an opportunity to better tourism in their own backyards by getting educated in countries where their friends and families are traveling to. They can then adapt some of these learnings for local tourism needs.

We're interested to see how far outside the circle of 100 or so attendees this message spreads.

Travelers had more or less made up their minds about where they're headed for the upcoming holiday, which may have diverted their attention from destinations' social media channels.