TOURISM IN PERU PLANS 7 MILLION VISITORS

Sara Thopson -
The Peruvian tourism sector has been going through a very positive phase in 2016, and the outlook for the next year is very promising. The government's goal is to keep getting as many tourists as poss ...

BUSINESS TOURISM IN SPAIN CONTINUES THE UPWARD TREND

Theodore Slate -
Business tourism in Spain brought a total of 22,000 meetings to the country in 2015, a figure that represents a 15% increase over the previous year (2014), as well as visits by four million people. Th ...

TOURISM IN UZBEKISTAN OPENING TO THE WORLD

Theodore Slate -
Uzbekistan is going through a transitional period after the death of its first and only president Islam Karimov. He ruled the for 25 years and died in September this year. He was known for strict dict ...

GLOBAL WELLNESS TOURISM REVENUES INCREASED BY 14%

Tomas Haupt -
The Global Wellness Institute recently reported that global wellness tourism revenues increased by 14% from 2013-2015 (to $563 billion), more than twice as fast as tourism overall (6.9%). It is also p ...

HOTEL INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL IS IN CRISIS AND FIGHTS SHARING ECONOMY

Daniel A. Tanner -
The financial situation of the hotel industry in Brazil is not very optimistic. The sector faces considerable downturn in occupancy and needs to cope with the competition of private rentals that are r ...