Myanmar Tourism
Yangon - Tourist arrivals to Myanmar increased 37.4 per cent year-on-year in the first seven months of 2010, thanks in part to a new visa-on-arrival system, media reports said Sunday.
Best Caribbean Island in 2010
CASTRIES, St Lucia – Tourism officials in St Lucia are reporting that record growth in visitor arrival figures for the first half of 2010 are being matched by impressive global accolades for the ...
Misses Million Visitor Mark
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
(eTN) - Officials of the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) have scratched their heads in recent days, when the available half-year figures of arrivals and revenues from tourism to Tanzania suggested ...
Syria
DAMASCUS — The number of visitors to Syria for the first seven months of this year has risen by 55 percent compared to the same period last year, the tourism ministry said on Wednesday.
Kenya Tourism
By Helen Nyambura
NAIROBI - Kenya's tourist arrivals rose to 483,000 in the first half of 2010, officials said on Monday, putting east Africa's largest economy on track to beat record foreign visitor numbers set in ...
Happy Surprise
SEYCHELLES, Africa – A bride-to-be – Katy Uijleman from Holland – disembarked from Qatar Airways yesterday morning as the 100,000th visitor to Seychelles this year.
Kenya to see over 1 million tourists in 2010
By MICHAEL KARANJA
NAIROBI - The Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) has expressed optimism of surpassing the one million-tourist arrival mark this year.
First Half Of 2010 Sees 20 Percent Jump
(eTN) - The first six months of 2010 have seen tourist arrivals boosted by a remarkable 20+ percent in Kenya, a huge boost for the country’s entire tourism industry and the country as a ...
Cyprus Tourism On The Rise
Tourist arrivals to Cyprus continued to grow for the second month running in June after a sharp fall in April, official figures showed Wednesday.
Nepal
KATHMANDU - Tourist arrivals in Nepal by air in May have increased by 6 percent to 26,634 compared to the same month last year, local media reported on Wednesday.
Arrival Data
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
The Kenyan tourism industry is confident, following the publication of first quarter arrival data, that they are firmly on course to a record year, exceeding the arrivals of 2007.
Airline Passenger Projections
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
The projections for Seychelles’ 2010 arrival numbers are still on course, in spite of the setback during the ash crisis, which also affected the Seychelles.
Top 10 International Markets
By Steve Craven
Where are Hawaii's international visitors coming from?
International Arrivals Up By 7 Percent
By eTN Staff Writer
Cape Town Tourism CEO Mariëtte du Toit-Helmbold said the latest international tourism statistics show that international tourism is steadily gaining momentum, following an extremely challenging ...
Arrivals Gaining Momentum
By eTN Staff Writer
International tourism is steadily gaining momentum in the US following an extremely challenging 2009.
Hawaii Tourism Authority Releases March Arrival And Spending Numbers
Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii by air in March 2010 rose 12.7 percent from the same month last year to US$874.2 million, boosted by increased arrivals and higher daily visitor ...
Macau Arrivals Up
MACAU - Macau's visitor arrivals in March 2010 totaled 2.01 million, up by 6.7 percent year on year, according to the figures released Friday by the city's Statistics and Census Service ...
Fourth Quarter Upswing
By eTN Staff Writer
In the month of December 2009, total international visitors to the US reached 4.1 million, an increase of 5 percent over December 2008.
Sri Lankan Tourism
By Chris Mackay
The number of people taking holidays in Sri Lanka is at a record level, official figures have shown.
Greece
By Renee Maltezou
ATHENS - Revenues from tourism, the biggest earner for Greece's embattled economy, will drop again this year after a 10 percent fall in 2009, a hotel industry body said on Tuesday.
Signs Of Recovery At European Airports
Traffic figures for the beginning of the new year reveal improving signs of recovery at European airports.
Arrivals Up Nearly 70 Percent In February
By Srilal Miththapala, eTN
Tourist arrivals for February 2010 reached a high of 57,300, surpassing February 2009 arrivals by a resounding 67.7 percent.
First Ever For UAL
By eTN Staff Writer
United Airlines announced the schedule for the airline’s first-ever nonstop service to the African continent, with once-daily service linking Washington with Accra, the capital of Ghana, ...
Bermuda Experiences Drop In Air Arrivals
By Ruth O'Kelly-Lynch
The primary purpose of almost 40 percent of visitors who flew to the Island last year was business or visiting friends and family, statistics released this week show.
January Hotel Performance
By Srilal Miththapala, eTN
The January performance of Sri Lankan hotels has been excellent, with arrivals reaching 50,750, which is a 32 percent increase on last January.
Tourism Arrival Statistics
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
Is there not a better tool to judge and benchmark the efficiency of a tourism policy than looking yearly at tourist arrivals data?
Considering Cap On Tourist Arrivals
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
While in the Seychelles recently it emerged in discussions with leading stakeholders and tourism planners that the island is considering a cap on tourism arrivals, probably by 2017 or slightly ...
Singapore Touris Numbers Decline
SINGAPORE - Singapore received 9.7 million foreign tourists last year, registering a year-on-year percentage decrease of 4.3 percent, according to the figures released by the country's National ...
Saudi Arabia's Tourism To Grow
Saudi Arabia's tourism industry is unique in that despite the limitations of strict entrance visa regulations, the industry has strong growth potential.
South Africa's Tourism Numbers Grow
The total number of travellers who visited South Africa through all its ports of entry during October 2009 lifted 4.6% year-on-year (y/y) to 2.375 million from the 10.4% y/y increase in September, ...
