RUSSIAN OUTBOUND TOURISM ON THE RISE AFTER STAGNATION

Nik Fes -
The outbound tourism of Russia increased by almost 50%, according to data from the Border Guard Service of the Russian Federation for 2017. Russian citizens travelled 14.6 million times out of the cou ...

THAI TOURISM AWAITS 530,000 FOREIGN TOURISTS FOR THE THAI NEW YEAR

Andrew J. Wein -
Thai tourism authorities announced that more than 530,000 foreign tourists are expected in Thailand to enjoy the festivities of Songkran, the Thai New Year, generating an income of 9 billion baht (abo ...

ETHICAL TOURISM IS NOT A SOLUTION

Dan Rang -
Who didn’t feel bad after visiting a souvenir shop that turned out to be like a little shop of horrors? Or who didn’t feel ashamed after spending a vacation on a beach in the Caribbean where only whit ...

LOS CABOS IS THE MOST VIOLENT CITY

Joe McClain -
After experiencing a vertiginous increase in the number of homicides, the municipality of Los Cabos, in Mexico, topped the ranking as the most violent city in the world; a fact that, in addition to ha ...

TOURISM IN EGYPT TO DIVERSIFY THE OFFER AFTER YEARS OF INSTABILITY

Nik Fes -
Egypt’s economy is heavily dependent on tourism. After the uprising against the then president Mubarak in 2011, the subsequent political unrest, and Islamic terror attacks, the number of foreign guest ...