Travel and Tourism Industry News

Minneapolis business manager Roque Rossetti plans to make his annual trip home to Sao Paulo, Brazil, for Christmas. The 35-year-old said the sagging economy gave him no second thoughts about shelling out $1,200 for the ticket. “If I wait longer, I’d probably pay more, and I might not end up going,” he said. But, he [...]

Taiwan welcomed the first Chinese visitors arriving on direct flights three months ago as a boon for tourism, but global financial troubles and local political uncertainty might deflate such hopes. Taiwan has severely limited trade and travel with China since the two sides split at the end of a civil war in 1949, but change [...]

The recent unveiling of a plethora of exciting new developments means that Dubai is well on track to achieve tourism targets of 15 million tourists per year by 2015. Shows such as the recent Arabian Travel Market 2008, which opened to record crowds, provide the emirate with a platform to demonstrate its position as a [...]

Japan has agreed to allow Cebu Pacific Air of the Philippines to launch flight services to Japan, the transport ministry said Friday. It will be the third low-cost airline to start flights to Japan, after Australian Jetstar Airways and Hong Kong Express Airways. The move is expected to intensify severe price competition at a time [...]

Being the first UK and Albanian based Albanian agents with over 10 years experience in the Albanian property market, Albania Properties Ltd is proud to announce the extended plans in assisting the most prestige companies in introducing golf resorts, blue chip companies relocation in Albania, collaborating on opening the largest shopping mall in Tirana and [...]

Myanmar is striving hard for the revival of tourism industry, so as to re-draw attention of foreign tourists despite temporary hardship experienced through the disaster of cyclone. Noting that Myanmar’s tourism industry is reviving and the country is receiving a growing number of foreign tourists, China’s XINHUA news agency quoted official newspaper the New Light [...]

Guimaras lone district Rep. JC Rahman Nava is looking at improving the two wharves of the province to boost its pursuit of becoming an eco-tourism destination in the country. Nava, said one way to make Guimaras tourism friendly is to provide good access or entry point for tourists who are visiting the province. He said [...]