FRENCH TOURISM: EXPECTING A GOOD YEAR AND THE RETURN OF ASIANS

Pat Hyland -
All the indicators are green for French tourism this year, according to the national tourism body 'Atout France'. Indeed, "booking rates in the hotel industry" are ahead of last year and the reopening ...

ITALY: TOURISTS TRAVELING FOR CULTURAL EXPERIENCES SPEND MORE

Tomas Haupt -
Many people in Italy travel on holidays to explore the country's rich cultural heritage. Visitors interested in cultural experiences typically spend €93 per day, which is higher than the average spend ...

JERSEY RELAXES RULES FOR TOURISTS

Michael Trout -
Jersey and Guernsey, the two main English Channel Islands – except for White – are much closer to France than to Great Britain, so there has always been a strong flow of French day-trippers from the n ...

CHINESE VISITORS COME TO ITALY FOR SHOPPING

Tomas Haupt -
According to Global Blue, tax-free shopping by non-EU tourists, especially Chinese visitors, in Italy increased by 28% in the summer of this year compared to 2019. This growth was even higher, reachin ...

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM IN SPAIN CONTINUES TO RECOVER

Wayne M. Gore -
Spain received four million tourists in March, eight times more than the 491,000 tourists the country received during the same month last year, thus increasing the pace of recovery of previous months, ...