SPAIN: NEW RECORD OF FOREIGN TOURIST SPENDING IN THE FIRST QUARTER

Andrea Hausold -
Spending by international tourists reached 10.066 million euros until March, representing an increase of 8.1% over the same period in 2013 and a new record, according to the Ministry of Industry, Ener ...

WHY DON’T THE CHINESE COME TO LATIN AMERICA?

Andrew J. Wein -
Nearly one million Chinese visit France and Germany, while another half a million visit Italy annually. Spain had 150,000 Chinese tourists in 2012. And what about Latin America? Spain is the third c ...

TOURISM IN ITALY 2013: INBOUND UP, OUTBOUND DOWN

Anna Luebke -
Incoming stood at 33 billion, while outgoing was 20.3. As always, Rome led the pack in revenue from abroad per province. Germany was our primary inbound market. Milan foreign tourist spending was at 3 ...

PROMISING FIRST QUARTER FIGURES FOR THE GREEK HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

Bill Alen -
The economic crisis in Greece had an enormous negative impact on the Greek hospitality industry between 2010 and 2013, with an estimated loss of €2.5 billion across the whole sector, €820 million of t ...

2014 ALREADY SET TO BE PROSPEROUS FOR HEATHROW

Cecilia Garland -
Heathrow is seen as the leading airport not just in London but in the whole of the UK and figures for revenue and passenger numbers for the first quarter of 2014 show that this success is continuing. ...