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Tourism News

The latest tourism and destination news from around the world. Read exclusive interviews with leaders, see the latest marketing campaigns, and understand the bigger issues like coronavirus recovery and destination development.

Tourism

Georgia on my mind? Tbilisi sees a hotel boom over last three years

Everything about the former Asian republics of the Soviet Union is complicated, but it seems, at least, that Georgia is seeing enough growth to justify construction of new hotel rooms in recent years.

N. Kirtzkhalia, Baku Trend News Agency | 12 years ago

Cruises

Carnival introduces new 40-minute time limit for holding lounge chairs

Either Carnival views chair hogging as a serious cruise faux pas irritating their customers, or they’ve created a clever way to build a buzz about their newest ship, Carnival Breeze, where the program will be tested.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

World’s biggest blackout halts transportation in India for a second day

Although the power blackout has halted over 300 trains and clogged city traffic, New Delhi's airport continues to run on back-up energy supplies and borrowed energy from their neighbors in Bhutan.

Ravi Nessman, Associated Press | 12 years ago

Tourism

How hosting the Olympics hurt London’s tourism business this summer

The Olympic build up scared off tour groups and tourists during booking season and now the rest of the city’s attractions are eerily empty. London can only hope this long-term investment makes up for the short-term losses.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Vladimir Putin makes it slightly easier to travel between the U.S. and Russia

The Berlin wall may have fallen two decades ago, but it's still a hassle to get into Russia. Putin's fiefdom should expect a spike in U.S. visitors now that a symbolic wall has come down.

Associated Press | 12 years ago

Tourism

Thai tourist survey says that security is visitors’ primary concern

Visitors to Thailand from Asia and other parts of the world pointed to security concerns as well as worries that they were being overcharged and would be ignored in a crisis situation.

Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Bangkok Post | 12 years ago

Airlines

Dubai International Airport sees 14% jump in traffic in the first half of 2012

Over the past decade Dubai has risen from an airport few could place on a map to one that most long-haulers get excited about transiting through. Expect it to grow even more as its main competitors have maxed out their real estate options.

Associated Press | 12 years ago

Tourism

Egypt pulls a Geraldo: Opening tombs to generate publicity and spur tourism

It goes without saying that opening millennia-old tombs isn't sustainable. Here's hoping that Egypt's tourism officials will focus on long-term solutions to their current tourism problems.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Now the Colosseum of Rome is leaning, repairs shutdown a possibility

What if the Colosseum has to be shut down for repairs, the way Leaning Tower of Pisa was closed for more than a decade all through the 1990s? What losses could it inflict on Italian tourism?

Josephine McKenna, Telegraph UK | 12 years ago

Tourism

London’s workers stay home today, ease Olympic transit crunch

Ever since Friday night's opening ceremony, Londoners have turned their Olympic frown upside down. Today's Tube solidarity is another sign of success.

David Millward, The Daily Telegraph | 12 years ago