TOURISM IN ANTARCTICA SLOWLY GROWING

Sara Thopson -
Every year, up to 40,000 tourists – most of whom have already been everywhere else – visit Antarctica. Now, the tourism experience is going to get significantly enhanced. ...

45 PERCENT MORE SPANIARDS VISITING BERLIN

Richard Moor -
The tourism sector of the German capital is heading for another record year. The number of guests visiting Berlin in January and February 2016 increased by 6.1 percent to 1.6 million compared to last ...

ELEPHANT’S DEATH COULD CHANGE CAMBODIA TOURISM

Daniel A. Tanner -
Cambodia tourism industry faces a worldwide criticism of animal rights groups. Last week, Sambo, a 40-year-old Asian female elephant died outside Angkor Wat after it gave rides in the scorching heat. ...

HALAL TRAVEL: MALAYSIA RANKED THE MOST MUSLIM FRIENDLY DESTINATION

Joe McClain -
For the sixth consecutive year, the Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) has been published ranking 130 countries to benchmark how destinations are catering to the Muslim travel market. Malaysia once aga ...

HONG KONG TOURISM SEES A DROP OF 59% IN MAINLAND VISITORS

Cecilia Garland -
This year’s drop in the number of visitors from the Chinese mainland has made the Hong Kong tourism authorities less optimistic about the likelihood of things improving during the coming May holiday s ...