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Who reigned victorious at World Travel Awards in Dubai

World Travel Awards celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year and is acknowledged across the globe as the ultimate travel accolade, celebrating those companies, organizations...

Scandinavia Leads Ranking for Global Sustainable Tourism

66.4% of consumers globally want to have a positive impact on the environment through their daily actions in 2021, according to a new report...

Fabulous 40+ Photo Contest

As part of its international "Find Your Fabulous" wellness and medical tourism campaign, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is unveiling a friendly global...

Dubai tourists to face extra fee from March 31

Visitors to Dubai will face an additional ‘tourism’ charge from March 31, which will be used to support the promotion of the emirate, official...

Asia is the driving force in global tourism

Asia continues to be the driving force in global tourism. According to the latest ITB World Travel Trends Report, this year the number of...

Luxury Hotel Brand to Offer Bespoke Yacht Experiences

The Ritz-Carlton Takes to the Sea The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company announced its entry into luxury yachting and cruises – bringing the award-winning luxury hotel brand’s...

Don’t Shop Travel Deals at Work

It is probably not a good idea to shop travel deals and leisure travel from the office during business hours, according to a new...

Wellness Tourism Grows 50% Faster than Global Tourism

It seems that people today care more than ever before concerned about their health and beauty. According to a new study, wellness tourism makes...

Tourism: Improving local and internal marketing

Tourism is not only the world's largest industry, but also often its most misunderstood. Many people outside of the industry believe that tourism professionals...

Global Travelers Addicted to Mobile Devices

It’s always better to leave your gadgets at home when going on vacation, or at least to silence your phone. Or is it? It...

Regulation Catches up with Innovation – The Case of Short Term...

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has published the first systematic overview of how both national governments and local authorities are addressing and managing new...

Dubai Prepares to Welcome 15 Million Visitors by 2015

Dubai’s tourism sector is one of main factors that help the city’s economy to grow and develop so much in the past decades. The...

Challenges ahead for Dubai tourism targets

Dubai’s target of 20 million visitors by 2020, part of its Tourism Vision 2020, is comfortably on track to materialize if recent increases in...

Tourist Arrivals in Dubai Increased 7.5% in Q3 of 2017

Strong double-digit growth in visitor volumes from multiple markets reflects Dubai’s growing appeal and success of promotional activities across diverse geographies Dubai has maintained its...

UAE’s Short Term Rental Market Poised For Immense Growth With New...

Virtual working visa and multiple entry visa expected to spur further growth in industry The uptick in demand for short-term vacation rentals in the UAE...

International Tourist Arrivals Could Fall by 20-30% in 2020

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released its updated assessment of the likely impact of the COVID-19 on international tourism. Taking into account the...

New MENA-focused platform for travel agents launched

EmQuest, a division of Emirates Group, and Contac Services Inc., a leading source for travel solutions, partner up to launch the mywurld™ travel platform...

World Travel Market reveals Top Travel Trends

The 2012 World travel Market report on global travel trends was published this Monday. It revealed the latest trends in world's tourism. Among these...