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PATA embraces adventure and spirituality in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
The PATA Adventure Travel and Responsible Tourism Conference and Mart 2019 takes place in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India with 300 delegates from 28 countries in...
Tractor crashes into Israeli Prime Minister’s plane at Warsaw Airport
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to extend his stay in Warsaw for an extra day after a tug slammed against the landing...
China uses tourism to pressure New Zealand to make spying easier
Is China keen to export telecommunication equipment to spy on countries. New Zealand thinks so, and tourism has to suffer as a China retaliates.
China...
Jamaica’s Tourism Minister in talks with potential Israeli investors
Tourism Minister, Hon Edmund Bartlett says major hotel brands in Israel have expressed interest in investing in Jamaica and are expected to visit the...
Maldives: UK tourist arrivals surged in 2018
The Maldives has announced an impressive 10.2% year-on-year increase in the total number of UK visitor arrivals in 2018, when compared with 2017. In...
17 people dead, many injured in New Delhi hotel fire
In a major fire in New Delhi shoddily built budget hotel, at least 17 people have died and several others were injured. The blaze...
“Digital Spring” is coming to Brussels
On the initiative of Brussels’ Minister-President, Brussels’ first ever Digital Spring will be taking place from 22 to 24 March in Brussels. Inspired by...
Jamaica’s Tourism Minister heads to Israel and Malta for tourism forums
Jamaica's Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett departed the island yesterday to participate in the Annual International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM 2019) in Tel-Aviv, Israel,...
Seychelles Tourism departments conveys peers and other stakeholders to the first...
High officials representing various agencies, members of the tourism-trade and other stakeholders met again on February 1, 2019, three-months following their last assembly in...
Syria welcomes visitors with open arms: Is Syria Safe tor tourism?
Syrians escape an inhuman regime by the million. European countries are in a state of crisis trying to welcome Syrian refugees, but at the FITUR...
Permanent Secretary to lead team to re-image Negril
Jamaica Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has appointed Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Mrs. Jennifer Griffith, to lead a team designated to...
Israel’s Tourism off to a great start in 2019
According to Israel’s tourism industry, last month saw an increase of 11% in visitor arrivals compared with January 2018. 285,600 tourists entered Israel, an...
Great Exhibition of the North success figures go public
A full evaluation of the Great Exhibition of the North has been released to the public in celebration of its success.
The evaluation has been...
Minister Bartlett: Jamaica Rum Festival bolsters gastronomy tourism product
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett says the Jamaica Rum Festival will broaden the country’s market by adding value to the Gastronomy Tourism product offerings....
Port St. Maarten surpassed 1.5 million cruise passengers last year
Port St. Maarten welcomed a total of 1,597,101 cruise passengers on 489 cruise calls in 2018, reflecting a 29% increase in visitor arrivals year-over-year....
Swiss-Belresort Tanjung Binga hotel launches in Indonesia
Swiss-Belhotel International, a global hospitality management chain, launched Swiss-Belresort Tanjung Binga on Indonesia’s Belitung Island.
A soft opening took place on January 29, 2019 with...
Uganda State Tourism Minister launches controversial Miss Curvy beauty pageant
Ever since Miss Uganda won the coveted Miss World Africa in China on December 8, 2018, several organizers have come up with genres of...
Jamaica Prime Minister welcomes new H10 Spanish hotel investment
Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Honorable Andrew Holness, has welcomed the new US$250 million (J$34 billion) investment from Spanish Hotel chain H10, which...
Perth Convention Bureau CEO quits
Paul Beeson has announced he is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of the Perth Convention Bureau after more than eight years in the...
Qatar Airways GCEO delivers keynote address at CAPA Aeropolitical and Regulatory...
The first day of the CAPA Qatar Aviation, Aeropolitical and Regulatory Summit kicked off on Tuesday 5 February at the Sheraton Hotel in Doha,...
A Record £3.4 Billion in Travel Industry Deals at WTM London
WTM London 2018, the event where ideas arrive, will generate a record £3.4 billion in travel and tourism industry deals, surpassing the figure of...
Jamaica Tourism Security team appointed
Visitor surety is a top priority for Jamaica Tourism. Dr. Andrew Spencer, Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company Ltd. (TPDCo) appointed Dr....
Mauritius – Mozambique developing tourism partnership
The signature of an MOU in the field of tourism was signed last week between the Tourism Ministers of Mauritius and Mozambique.
The signature of...
Seychelles represented at FITUR the International Tourism Trade fair in Madrid
Destination Seychelles kicked off the year on a good note in Spain, as it makes its presence count at the International Tourism Fair organized...
Caribbean Tourism strongly endorses Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has reiterated its strong support for the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center which was officially launched in...
