JANUARY: SPAIN WELCOMED SIX TIMES MORE TOURISTS THAN IN JAN 2021

Andrew J. Wein -
Spain received 2.48 million tourists last January, which is almost six times more tourists (+467.7%) than in the same month of 2021 (434,000), a year marked by the third wave of the pandemic and by th ...

HOTELS IN UKRAINE ARE SURPRISINGLY WELL BOOKED

Bill Alen -
Hotels in Ukraine, in a country at war, report 70 percent occupancy level. Despite the serious security situation, local accommodation facilities are doing well. ...

THE MALDIVES, THREATENED BY RISING SEA LEVELS

Lisa Wallin -
The president of Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, is a 45-year-old civil engineer who received his training in the United Kingdom. He promises an ambitious program of land rehabilitation and island elevation ...

AMSTERDAM TO BAN CANNABIS IN THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT

Kevin Eagan -
The city of Amsterdam announced last week that from mid-May it would ban cannabis smoking on the streets of the Red Light District, known for its many brothels and plagued by crime and nuisance. ...

DESTINATION MARKETING – DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ARE STILL ESSENTIAL

Richard Moor -
A recent Digital Tourism Think Tank (DTTT) study, titled "State of Destination Marketing 2024," sheds light on the current trends and challenges the tourism industry faces. The study surveyed approxim ...