New Record for Vienna: 11.4 Million Visitor Overnights in 2011

Gregory Dolgos -
Vienna’s tourism industry can look back on an all-time best year in 2011: growth of 5% meant a new record level of 11.4 million visitor overnights for the Austrian capital. ...

UNWTO Urges Continued Tourism Investment in Africa

James Morris -
Speaking at the Tourism Investment Forum for Africa (INVESTOUR), UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai encouraged companies to continue investing in Africa and its growing tourism markets (Madrid, Spain ...

Survey Reveals Industry Could Do More for Responsible and Sustainable Travel

Wayne M. Gore -
The travel and tourism industry could do more for responsible and sustainable tourism, reveals a survey that took place at World Travel Market 2011 - the leading global event for the travel industry - ...

International Tourism to Reach One Billion in 2012

Denise Chen -
International tourist arrivals grew by over 4% in 2011 to 980 million, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. With growth expected to continue in 2012, at a somewhat slower rate, inter ...

Budapest Airport 2011: All Traffic Records Beaten

Nils Kraus -
Budapest Airport registered an amazing 8.9% traffic increase last year and recorded an all-time high of 8,920,653 passengers. Thus the 2007 record of 8.6 million has been surpassed by 320,000 passenge ...