SPAIN: 1.4% MORE CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS IN THE FIRST QUARTER

Theodore Slate -
Spanish ports recorded 2.76 million cruise ship passengers in the first quarter of the year, a 1.38% increase over the same period of 2018 according to data published by Puertos del Estado, revealing ...

ECUADOR TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN TOURISTS

Vanderlei J. Pollack -
The Government of Ecuador expects to surpass 1.6 million foreign tourists in 2019, increasing its international arrivals by 15% in comparison to last year’s figure (1.4 million), taking into account t ...

MADEIRA TOURISM CONCERNED ABOUT BREXIT

Ashley Nault -
Brexit and the devaluation of the pound are reasons for concern in Madeira tourism, the archipelago’s main economic agent. Last year, the United Kingdom lost the first position in the ranking of the m ...

TOURISM SECTOR IS THE ONE MOST AFFECTED BY THE SHARING ECONOMY

Nik Fes -
The sharing economy is booming, and classic tour operators are getting into increasingly disadvantageous situations. One of the flagships of the economy is Airbnb. The company founded eleven years ago ...

THE MEDITERRANEAN SEEKS MORE SUSTAINABLE TOURISM OPTIONS

Theodore Slate -
Mediterranean countries are facing a double threat: preserving their natural resources and guaranteeing the quality of life of citizens without giving up on tourism as a source of wealth and a way to ...