Travelocity Data

Holiday air and hotel rates decline in top destinations

For those who priced out a December trip earlier this year and found travel was out of their reach this holiday season, it's time for another look.

Business Travel

Airlines record sharp drop in business travel

GENEVA - Business and first-class air travel dropped sharply in September due to the global financial crisis, the airline industry body IATA said on Wednesday.

Hawaii - Pricing Itself Into A Corner

Hotels saw big slump in revenues this summer

Revenue at Hawai'i hotels slid by $156 million in April through August of this year in comparison to the same period last year, according to an industry analysis released today by Hospitality Advisors

Thailand

Thailand lifts emergency, citing drop in tourism

BANGKOK, Thailand — The Thai government ended a state of emergency imposed in the capital to control a violent political crisis, saying on Sunday it had only served to scare away tourists crucial to

Royal Caribbean Drops Visits

Sydney to lose cruise business

A cruise itinerary change by Royal Caribbean International because of high fuel costs will cost two Maritime ports hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue next year.

US Hardest Hit

OAG reports 7% Drop in global airline capacity in 4th quarter

WASHINGTON, DC (August 5, 2008) - The world's airlines will offer 59.7 million fewer seats in the 4th quarter of 2008 than they did a year ago, according to OAG (Official Airline Guide, www.oagcorpora

Crocosaurus Cove

Theme park's Cage of Death drops tourists into crocodile tank

A new Australian theme park hopes to lure tourists into their "Cage of Death" for a close encounter with an 18-foot crocodile, the Northern Territory News reported.

China-France Tourism

Beijing tourists to France drop 70 percent, ambassador says

BEIJING - The number of Chinese tourists from Beijing to France has fallen by 70 percent in recent weeks, the French ambassador here has said, following attacks on the Olympic torch in Paris.

Asian Aviation

Airline safety drops in Asia

The One-Two-Go Airlines plane crash in Phuket and a spate of accidents in Indonesia downgraded the safety records of Asia Pacific carriers last year.

The region's civil aircraft accident rate increased to 2.76 hull losses per million flights, compared to 0.67 in the previous year, according to the International Air Transport Association ... read more

Japan

Tourist travel abroad to drop 14.6% during Japan's Golden Week

TOKYO - The number of Japanese tourists heading overseas during this year's Golden Week holidays -- from April 25 to May 5 -- is expected to fall 14.6 per cent from a year earlier to 458,000, marking a second straight year of declines, according to travel agency JTB Corp.

Israel: US Dollar Is Down, US Tourists Are Few, Perhaps It's Time To Lower Prices?

Dollar drops, along with number of US tourists

Sources in local tourism industry warn number of American tourists to Israel expected to decrease sharply due to financial crisis in US.

Paris Tourism Office

Fewer US tourists coming to Paris

PARIS — Paris is attracting fewer American tourists because of the weak dollar and the US economic downturn, the Paris tourism office said Tuesday.

Some 1.5 million Americans visited the City of Light in 2007, a drop of 5.5 percent, and fewer still came to Paris in January when the figure fell 14 percent year-on-year, according to ... read more

Taiwan

Nation drops in global tourism chart

Government efforts to promote the tourism industry suffered a blow yesterday, with a global survey showing Taiwan plunging 22 places to 52nd and falling three notches to seventh in Asia in a world ranking of competitiveness.

Nein To Kenya

Kenya - Industry Loses German Tourists

More than 50 per cent of German tourists who were to visit the country have diverted to other destinations.

An office manager with a travel Agency in Germany, Mr Christian Moeckel, said reports of caused the change in holiday destinations. Moeckel, who arrived from Germany on Monday, said travel agents are finding it difficult to ... read more