NICE CARNIVAL MOVING TO CHINA

Richard Moor -
The famous Nice carnival, “the King of Energy”, like the phoenix, will rise from its ashes in order to parade throughout Xiamen. The Chinese seaside resort has just signed a partnership agreement with ...

PORTUGUESE TOURISM PARADOX – OVERNIGHT STAYS UP, WAGES DOWN

Gregory Dolgos -
The amount of overnight stays in Portuguese hotels in 2016 increased, the number of guests increased, the occupancy rate increased, the revenues increased. The average wages of the hotel staff, howeve ...

REUNION TOURISM INCREASING FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

Wayne M. Gore -
Île de la Réunion Tourisme (IRT) recently published positive figures for the fiscal year of 2016, congratulating themselves for having had an “intense year of tourism”. The Reunion tourism companies w ...

SKI SEASON IN THE ALPS THREATENED BY LACK OF SNOW

Pat Hyland -
For the third year, the level of snow in the the French and Swiss Alps has reduced again affecting the ski season. Several resorts from France to Austria are no longer able to start their season accor ...

AZERBAIJAN TOURISM AUTHORITIES REJOICE OVER AN INCREASE

Cecilia Garland -
Last year, Azerbaijan tourism industry was boosted by 2.25 million tourists. One third of them were Russians, as reported by the State Statistics Committee. ...