Island Dispute Hurts Taiwanese Tourism
The number of Japanese visiting Taiwan fell unexpectedly in September, likely because of the ongoing territorial dispute between Taiwan and Japan over the Diaoyutai Islands, the Tourism Bureau ...
Temporary Olympic terminal planned for Heathrow
LONDON, England - August 13 is likely to be Heathrow Airport's busiest day in its history, so the airport is building a temporary terminal to check through more than 10,000 athletes on that one ...
African Tourism
Africa's share of international tourist arrivals is expected to increase from 50 million to 60 million this year, according to the latest United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) ...
Sri Lanka Tourism
COLOMBO - A record number of tourists visited Sri Lanka this year with the 800,000th visitor for 2011 arriving from London recently, marking a milestone in the country’s tourism records.
Tourism Fiji
Outgoing Tourism Fiji CEO Josefa Tuamoto said he is confident Fiji is well on the way to surpassing a 660,000 visitor arrivals target set in January this year.
Record-breaking couple arrives from France
Seychelles, the mid-ocean tropical tourist paradise, has reached its 2010 record in visitor arrival numbers with nearly six weeks to go to the end of the year.
Sri Lanka becomes one of the most preferred destinations for Belgian tourists
Belgian tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka grew by 114.5 percent during the first nine months of 2011, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha said.
Russian Tourism To Turkey
According to a major tour operator, Russian tourists continued to arrive in Turkey despite aftershocks from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that leveled buildings and killed some 270 people in the ...
New record of 440 million arrivals
International tourism grew by almost 5% in the first half of 2011, totalling a new record of 440 million arrivals.
Pacific Asia Travel Association
BANGKOK, Thailand - Preliminary results released by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) today showed that international visitor arrivals into Asia/Pacific destinations1 grew by 6% ...
Arrivals up 27 percent
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
(eTN) - The Rwanda Development Board’s (RDB) Tourism and Conservation Division earlier in the week released their latest data on the trends the tourism industry has taken in 2011.
St. Kitts Cruise Tourism
Basseterre, St. Kitts - Senator Ricky Skerritt, Minister of Tourism & International Transport, has announced that cruise visitor arrivals to St.
Arab tourism to Egypt declines
The number of Arab tourists who visited Egypt in the first half of 2011 dropped by 15.3 percent compared to the previous year, a tourism official said Monday.
Bahamas Tourist Arrivals Up
The Bahamas will record a 3 to 4 percent increase in tourist arrivals for all of 2011 despite a 4.4 percent decline in the first four months of the year, said Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, the ...
Pacific Asia Travel Association
BANGKOK, Thailand - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) today released preliminary results of international visitor arrivals into Asia/Pacific destinations1 for April 2011.
Turkish Tourism Increases
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey tourist numbers rose 31% on the year in April to 2.29 million, the Culture and Tourism Ministry announced today.
Asia Pacific Tourism
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has released preliminary figures for international visitor arrivals into Asia and the Pacific for the first quarter of 2011 showing a year-on-year ...
Tourism Nepal
KATHMANDU - After posting hopeful growth of 26 and 12 percent in January and February, respectively, tourist arrivals via air in March fell into single digit growth.
Fiji's International Visitor Arrivals Soar
Bearing out provisional international visitor figures recently released by Attorney General and Minister for Tourism, Mr Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Fiji is bang on target to attract record breaking ...
Super Bowl Travel
DFW AIRPORT, Texas - DFW International Airport and the majority of the 15 North Texas regional airports are open and continue to welcome air traffic today, in spite of a winter snowfall which left ...
Bahamas Tourist Numbers Up Nearly 15 Percent
NASSAU, The Bahamas - – Propelled by the most successful promotion in its history, arrivals in 2010 to The Islands Of The Bahamas jumped nearly 15 percent above 2009 figures, landing just north ...
Christmas Tourism To Israel
The Tourism Ministry is preparing for the expected arrival in Israel of 90,000 tourists over the Christmas period (which is celebrated over a two week period by the different churches) - about one ...
Chinese tourism to US
NANJING - Over 2 million Chinese tourists are expected to visit the United States, and 3 million U.S.
Record Number of Chinese Tourists came to NZ
WELLINGTON - More Chinese tourists came to New Zealand in August this year than in any other August on record, Statistics New Zealand said on Tuesday.
The last Shangri-La
Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, is aiming to increase its annual number of tourists by 300%.
Hong Kong Tourism To Philippines
By Norman Bordadora
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang is expecting a 10 percent decrease in tourist arrivals from Hong Kong due to the botched hostage rescue and police assault at the Quirino Grandstand last August ...
UNWTO World Tourism Barometer
The first six months of 2010 saw international tourist arrivals grow by 7 percent according to the August Interim Update of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.
Singapore forecasts healthy arrival numbers
Singapore predicted it will have 11.4 million - 12.5 million foreign tourists up to the end of 2010.
Responding To Increased Arrivals
Starting November of this year, passengers traveling to Chennai, India, will have the possibility of doing so in one non-stop flight, with Air Seychelles.
Spanish Tourism Recovery
Spain's government says the nation's tourist arrivals rose by 4.5 percent in July, the biggest year-on-year increase in more than two years.
