Travel and Tourism Industry News

The number of foreign tourists this year is expected to reach 16 million as targeted if there are no serious political disturbances nor epidemics, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Speaking on the first day of assuming the TAT governorship, Governor Surapon Sawetseeranee said he would attempt to increase the number of foreign [...]

A total of Three hundred volunteers joined to collect photos for the new Tel Aviv Museum “Revealing the Hidden City.” The City will be opening a new museum soon. It will be located in the old majestic municipal building on Bialik Street. The historic museum will offer documents, artifacts, and thousands of photographs and many [...]

The Philippine Department of Tourism (PDOT) has assured that the Philippines remains on a business as usual mode, despite the killing of some 46 individuals in the Southern province of Maguindanao. Despite the alarm caused by the incident, Tourism Secretary Ace Durano assured stakeholders of the tourism industry that the Philippines remains an ideal destination [...]

Using cellphone text marketing, databanking and launching a new Davao website are powerful hi-tech tools that are expected to boost the growth of Davao tourism in the coming years, according to Ms. Eden David, technical director of the Department of Tourism (DOT) regional office here. “We all know just how important all these things are, [...]

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and London Mayor Boris Johnson announced on Tuesday a two-year tourism agreement to boost travel between the two cities. The cities will provide each other with outdoor media advertising space, and NYC & Company and Visit London, their respective tourism arms, will share best practices as a way to [...]

The writer’s maiden visit to this city recently was a mix of distress and joyful moments. After alighting from the plane that flew into the Adi Sumarmo Airport in Solo, I discovered that my baggage had gone missing. In disgust and after waiting in vain for some three hours on the news of my missing [...]

With international travel at its lowest point in seven years, prospective travelers are oft surprised to learn that hip travel agencies are recommending this recessionary period as the best time for long-haul travel to Asia. With countries such as China and the Philippines leading the pack, these once-in-a-lifetime journeys are becoming extremely value oriented in [...]