SRI LANKA: CHINESE ARRIVALS HELP TOURISM EARNINGS GROW 6.6%

Chris Grad -
According to the official data that the Central Bank released, Sri Lanka started the year with a tourism earnings growth of 6.6%, posting $248.7 million in January of 2015, which is up from $233.3 mil ...

TUNISIA REASSURES TOURISTS ABOUT THEIR SAFETY

Chris Grad -
After the attack that resulted in 23 deaths (twenty foreigners and one Tunisian) and 50 wounded at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia on Wednesday 18th March 2015, the country has tried to reassure tourists ...

GERMAN CONGRESSES REPORT INCREASES

Chris Grad -
In 2014, business trips from Europe to German congresses and conferences increased by 5 percent, proving to be the strongest segment in the business travel sector. Germany is in the lead amongst the b ...

SPAIN RECEIVES 6.5 MILLION FOREIGN TOURISTS INCREASING BY 4.5%

Ashley Nault -
Up to February, Spain received 6.5 million foreign tourists, which represents an increase of 4.5% over the same month in 2014. This increase marks a new high in the records of the Frontier Tourist Mov ...

BASEL TOURISM IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS

Denise Chen -
With the motto “There is no second chance to leave a first impression”, Basel Tourism is launching a “Flying Concierges” service together with the Basel Hotelier Union and the Grand Casino Basel. Volu ...