SWISS TOURISM: OVERNIGHT STAYS WENT UP IN ALL REGIONS
The summer season was very successful for the Swiss tourism industry. The number of overnight stays increased by 5.9 percent. In total, the Federal Statistical office recorded 21.3 million overnight s ...
THE ‘TRUMP EFFECT’ DECREASES THE TOURISM NUMBERS IN THE US
Several months ago various critics pointed at President Trump's rhetoric against Mexicans, Muslims and other ethnic groups warning that it would harm the American tourism industry. Now, the official d ...
BELGIAN TOURISM REPORTS POSITIVE NUMBERS
After the attacks of 2016 that drove away many tourists, the Belgian tourism industry is returning to the performance in 2015. The latest data reveal that the overnight stays in hotels across the coun ...
DESKBELL SERVICE: THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND CHOICE
What is the classic image of checking into a hotel? Ringing the bell for service and signing the guest book. That should be quaint and old-fashioned at this point. We live in an increasingly paperless ...
RUSSIA TO IMPLEMENT TAX-FREE SYSTEM TO BOOST TOURISM
Russia is ready to implement a tax-free system on some retail goods starting from January 2018 for tourists. According to the authors of the initiative, this should become a driver of the inbound tour ...