Tourism and Travel Trends 2018
For many sectors, digital transformation has little to do with holidays in the sun. But what about tourism and travel? What are the digital trends in this sector that has prioritized the customer experience right from the start? Tour operators are on a roll, with sales reaching a record $1.33 trillion in...
READING TIME: 4 minUS business travelers are ok to be tracked by GPS
Some may consider this an invasion of privacy but American business travellers would accept that their employers follow them via GPS... According to a study conducted by Travelport and Business Traveller USA, 55% of American business travellers would allow their employers to be tracked by GPS: 45% would be opposed.
READING TIME: 1 minShanghai will organize an international tourism festival
Shanghai will organize an international tourism festival from September 15, announced Thursday the organizers. This year, 28 overseas show troupes confirmed their participation in the opening parade of the festival, which will take place on September 15. Among them, twelve troops are from countries and regions along the "Belt and...
READING TIME: 1 minTurkey: displacement of a historic hammam threatened with engulfment
In a spectacular, millimetre-long operation, the Turkish authorities moved a historic 1,500-tonne hammam to prevent it from being submerged by water as part of a controversial dam project. The move of the hammam from Artuklu, built more than 650 years ago in...
READING TIME: 2 minThe Mediterranean becomes everyone’s business, a threat of 500 tons
The sea is saturated. The Mediterranean Sea is the world’s leading tourist destination and is therefore at the forefront...
Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, promises a tourist orgasm to foreign visitors
A poster campaign in Berlin and London is causing teeth grinding in Lithuania. The tourism campaign launched by Vilnius...
Netherlands – Amsterdam to regulate tourism in the Red Quarter
Amsterdam is getting ready to regulate tourism in its famous Red Quarter, in order to contain the ever increasing...
International tourism: results for the first months of 2018 exceed expectations
International tourist arrivals increased by 6% in the first four months of 2018 compared to the same period last...
Researchers have discovered the oldest tree in Europe: it is 1200 years old and is in Italy.
The millenary trees are only a handful in the world and Europe has just discovered its oldest representative. In...
Seattle : Orcs and whales are back in northwestern waters
If it is possible to admire the majestic cetaceans evolve in the region from March to October, summer is...