By ThomasSteinmetz Created 21 Jan 2016 – 8:45pm The Itaipu Technological Park (Brazil), the Treetop Walking Path (Lithuania), the Sisterhood of Survivors Program (Nepal) and Re-Inventing the Government in Tourism (Indonesia) were the winners of the 12th UNWTO Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism. The projects were selected among more than 100 candidatures from…
By ThomasSteinmetz Created 23 Jan 2016 – 9:58am Indonesia gears up to lure more foreign visitors as 2016 commences. Taking part in one of the recognized expositions in the European market, especially in Spain, Indonesia is back at the IFEMA Madrid Hall 4, stand F30. During these three business days and two consumer days of…
[:en]By eTN Global Editor Created 23 Jan 2016 – 7:27pm MANILA, Philippines — Southeast Asian tourism ministers on Friday launched a 10-year plan to ramp up marketing of their region as a single destination to raise tourism’s share of the regional economy to 15 percent by 2025. The ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast…
[:en] By eTN Global Editor Created 25 Jan 2016 – 3:45pm MADRID, Spain – “One of the most used tools in the promotion of destinations” this is how Shopping Tourism was described at the opening of the 2nd Conference on this segment, organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on the occasion of the Spanish…
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[:en] By ThomasSteinmetz Created 17 Jan 2016 – 9:32am A new Big Apple sex tourism attraction for stressed out male business travelers and New York executives is located in Manhattan on 28th Street and 5th Avenue. The attraction is a “GuyFi Booth”. It looks like a phone booth with a laptop separated from public view…
[:en] By ThomasSteinmetz Created 11 Jan 2016 – 8:29am In a recent survey, 93% of UK consumers reported that they plan to go on holiday in the next 12 months. But what do the British public consider during the holiday decision-making process? This survey revealed that trust is the most important factor for UK consumers…
[:en] By eTN Global Editor Created 14 Jan 2016 – 1:25am NUREMBERG, Germany – GfK’s latest analyses of the Chinese market show that China produced 109 million outbound tourists in 2015 – with retail spend of $229 billion. This is a key milestone in China’s outbound tourism history. These statistics consolidate China’s position as one…