Tourism News

Americans might be traveling again, but if they're taking their devices and headaches with them, does it even count?

Although China represents the largest growth in inbound visitors, America's neighbors Mexico and Canada continue to deliver the highest volume of visitors and base of the U.S. tourism industry.

Teaming up with Changi Airport is never a bad idea -- even if your ultimate goal is heading out to sea.

When it comes to making the lines for visas more efficient in Brazil, it is indeed a small world after all, as the State Department contracted with Disney for advice on speeding the process.

The Netherlands' challenge of getting tourists out of the capital and into the countryside is one that several European destinations can understand. Identifying different market's primary interests in the first step in wooing them away from the big city.

Manchester is poised to lead a new era of global cities positioning themselves as thought leaders integrating business, tech, academia and culture as a unified travel package for business, leisure and group market segments.

Investing in a photo and video strategy with user generated contests and periodic programming has allowed this government agency to compete with big brands and destinations in the travel world.

The push for more high-tech, design-conscious convention centers is becoming a competitive advantage for cities going after high-tech, design-conscious delegations.

This is a blow to national tourism marketing organizations worldwide -- including our own BrandUSA -- and could spur a rethink worldwide on how to fund tourism promotion.

Smaller cities and countries including the Estonian capital of Tallinn and South Korea have had the most success at blanketing their borders with free wireless service. New York City's attempt at free city-wide Wi-Fi will be a well-watched experiment by cities around the world.