AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS SPEND MORE OVERSEAS THAN AT HOME

Denise Chen -
In recent years, the Australian tourism industry has struggled a lot to convince tourists to travel at home. Though domestic travel numbers have touched record highs, Australians are still more focuse ...

NORWAY LAUNCHES A MOBILE APP FOR THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

Theodore Slate -
One of the biggest attractions of Norway is aurora borealis, commonly known as the Northern Lights. The local tourist board recently, Innovation Norway, announced a new mobile app that will help visit ...

EUROPEAN AND U.S. TOURISTS AVOID RUSSIA

Samuel Dorsi -
The current tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine crises take its toll on the tourism sector. The Russian travel agencies reported that about 40-60% fewer US and European holiday makers tr ...

HOTEL OCCUPANCY IN ISRAEL DOWN BY 24%

Gary Diskin -
The "Unlimited" cease-fire was signed on August 26 in Cairo between Israelis and Palestinians. One of the industries considerably hit by the 50-day military conflict is tourism. ...

GREECE: GOOGLE TO HELP LOCAL TOURISM BUSINESSES

Denise Chen -
Internet giant, Google, has done it again. This time, they have extended a helping hand to Greece's tourism industry, by initiating management courses for 3000 tourism related businesses. In an attemp ...