CHINA TO BECOME THE LARGEST TOURISM SOURCE MARKET FOR THE U.S.

Cecilia Garland -
A recent report by Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) predicts that China will be the largest international tourism source market for the U.S. by 2020, excluding Mexico and Canada. This marks a pi ...

MYANMAR TOURISM AUTHORITIES EXPECT DYNAMIC GROWTH

Wayne M. Gore -
Myanmar Tourism ministry has projected that the country's travel industry will experience a 25% increase in the number of foreign tourists in the year 2016, bringing the number of inbound visitors to ...

EUROPEAN TRAVELERS BOOK THEIR FLIGHTS ONLINE

Samuel Dorsi -
Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical office, issued data on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) on the occasion of the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day ...

WORK AND TRAVEL TAX TO BE POSTPONED IN AUSTRALIA

Chris Grad -
Backpackers in Australia who fill their travel budget with small side jobs can breathe easily for now. After heavy protests, the Australian government postponed its plans to levy the work and travel t ...

GREEK TOURISM INDUSTRY FEARS NEW TAXES

Pat Hyland -
The currently planned tax raises leading to increased prices in museums and other attractions, might harm Greek tourism industry, according to Andreas Andreadis, the head of the Greek tourism associat ...