HOTEL STAFF SHORTAGE – A RESULT OF LONG-TIME PROBLEMS IN PORTUGAL

Justin N. Froyd -
Portugal’s low wages and international competition for national labor are the reasons behind the hotel staff shortage that the Portuguese hospitality industry has been facing. ...

30 MILLION ITALIANS ARE READY TO TRAVEL THIS SUMMER

Larry Brain -
This summer there is expected to be a significant increase in Italian tourism, both from foreign visitors and Italians returning to vacation. According to the Confcommercio Tourism Observatory, nearly ...

CZECH SPA TOWNS MOURN THEIR WEALTHY RUSSIAN GUESTS

Tomas Haupt -
World Heritage-listed Czech spas, hit by the effects of the war in Ukraine, have seen a sharp drop in foreign visitors, including wealthy Russians, and are looking for new clientele. ...

CHINA JOINS THE SPACE TOURISM RACE

Vanderlei J. Pollack -
With the second largest space budget in the world and 300,000 employees in the sector, China is clearly displaying its objectives in terms of space conquest. As for space tourism, President Xi Jinping ...

GLOBAL SPORTS TOURISM EXPECTED TO KEEP GROWING

Samuel Dorsi -
At a time when tourism begins to recover from the COVID-19 impact, the sport industry is set to become one of the main players in the next decade. The global sports tourism industry expects to grow an ...