SURVEY: SPANISH SPEAKING HOLIDAYMAKERS PLAN MOST VACATIONS

Among Spanish, English, and French speakers, Spanish speakers are by far the most motivated in terms of getting more holidays in 2016. Indeed, 65% of Spanish speakers would like more holidays whereas ...

ROMANIA AIMS TO ATTRACT THOUSANDS OF RUSSIAN TOURISTS THIS YEAR

James Morris -
The relationship between Turkey and Russia is not what you would call "rosy" lately. The multiple incidents involving Russian military airplanes allegedly violating Turkish airspace have increased the ...

TIME OF TERRORISM: TOURISM INDUSTRY NEEDS TO CHANGE

Daniel A. Tanner -
Over the last two decades, a number of terrorist attacks hit various regions, often popular holiday spots. While many of them aimed at hitting western tourists in exotic countries, other sensational e ...

SICILY REPORTS POSITIVE TOURISM NUMBERS

Anna Luebke -
Despite the crisis, the data on tourism in Sicily over the last two years show a firm upturn. In 2014 it was registered almost 15 million visitors (+6.1%) and 4.5 million arrivals (+8.8% compared to 2 ...

JANUARY BOMBINGS AFFECT THE CRIPPLED ISTANBUL TOURISM

Laura Maudlin -
On January 12, Istanbul was once again the target of terrorist bombings, and the result was, as to be predicted, a drop in the expected net bookings, when compared to the same month in the previous ye ...