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ALBION — The Noble County Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced the recipients of Noble County Tourism Promotion Grants for 2024. Eight tourism and recreation partners were awarded $1,000 grants each to support efforts to enhance and promote tourism in Noble County.The 2024 grant recipients are:• Community Learning Center – Concert Series: $1,000. The Community Learning Center will use this grant to support a vibrant concert series, providing live music and cultural enrichment for Noble County residents and visitors.• Cromwell Parks Department – Summer Fun at Cromwell Park: $1,000. This grant will support summer fun programming at Cromwell Park, providing…
The post-pandemic boom, yielding a newfound appreciation for travel and self-discovery, witnessed tourists flocking to globally loved holiday hotspots, including Japan. From cherry blossoms and shinkansens to snow festivals, the country has a magnetic pull on tourists, so much so that in March 2024, the beginning of the cherry blossom season, the country welcomed 3.08 million visitors, according to a report by Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO). This was the first time Japan’s monthly influx crossed the 3 million mark since 1964. While the numbers are great for Japan’s economy, weary locals battling overtourism headlined mainstream media. Today, the country…
The last time the region hit the $1.1 billion mark was in 2018, before the pandemic, when it was an all-time high. June 5, 2024 at 7:42 PM PDT | Updated June 5, 2024 at 7:52 PM PDT TEMECULA, Calif. — Tourism in the Temecula Valley is booming, according to a report released Wednesday by a local nonprofit marketing organization. The Temecula Valley Tourism Bureau reported the results of its 2023 Tourism Economic Impact Report, revealing that direct travel-related spending in Temecula Valley is expected to increase to $1.1 billion, an increase of $65.6 million (6.4%) over 2022. subscribeThe last…
Building bridges for mountain tourism cooperation: Mountain Tourism Cooperation Forum successfully held in MadridMADRID, Spain–(Newsfile Corp. – June 5, 2024)–The Mountain Tourism Cooperation Forum was recently held in Madrid, Spain. The exchange delegation, led by Fu Yingchun, Vice President and Secretary General of the International Mountain Tourism Federation (IMTA), held in-depth discussions with representatives from more than 20 well-known outdoor and sports tourism organizations, associations and companies in Spain, including Olaya Cernuda, Vice President of the Spanish Mountaineering Federation (FEDME), Mark de Bruyn, General Agent of Rab, Lowe Alpine and Camp in Spain and Portugal, Xu Chuchen, Representative of the…
“In this rugged town in China’s newest and freest special economic zone, these two popular ‘professions’ are among the highest paying.”Tourism developers say prostitutes are seen as essential to Sanya’s economy as entrepreneurs, and some argue that without them the gorgeous beach resort would lose its appeal as a holiday destination.”International hotel and resort chains have also entered the market from a completely different perspective, but the process has been difficult. As a January 1995 article put it, “tourists and foreign investors […] The island has a bad reputation for being full of criminals and scammers, so they were scared…
As the summer travel season approaches, popular tourist destinations are planning to introduce new rules and fees to control crowds, according to a report from The New York Times, which outlines recent measures taken by popular tourist destinations Bali, Amsterdam, Paris and Milan.According to The Independent, some towns have seen a surge in tourist numbers since the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing the numbers seen in 2019. Several cities are now taking measures to prevent overtourism.Why is there a tourist fee?A common reason for increasing rates is to protect both the environment and building infrastructure.The island of Bali, for example, requires a…
Agency condemns plight of other countries Release date: June 6, 2024 04:45 small Moderate big Tourists pose for photos in front of the Bangkok sign at Pathumwan Junction Skywalk on Tuesday. (Photo by Pornprom Satrabhaya) According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), the most realistic scenario for Thailand’s tourism revenue this year is 3 trillion baht, falling short of the government’s target of 3.5 trillion baht, as many target markets are affected by the economic downturn.As of June 2, 14.9 million foreign tourists brought 709 billion baht into Thailand’s tourism industry, roughly 30 percent of the government’s expected international…
Cruise enthusiasts who want to visit Alaska’s capital city of Juneau may have to fight for permission to disembark and go ashore under a new agreement between the city and the major cruise lines that sail there. An agreement signed last week between Juneau and Alaska’s Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) aims to limit the number of cruise passengers allowed to arrive in Juneau to 16,000 on Sundays through Fridays and 12,000 on Saturdays, starting in 2026. The move is intended to limit the congestion and wear and tear tourists bring to the city. After two years of declines due…
A judge is blocking a popular North Carolina tourist destination from violating the state’s school calendar law.The Carteret County School Board had adopted a calendar that set the start of classes for the 2024-25 school year to Aug. 13, two weeks earlier than allowed by state law. On Wednesday, Superior Court Judge William D. Wolf issued an order invalidating the calendar.”We are pleased with the court’s decision,” Mitchell Armbruster, an attorney for three local businesses that sued the school system, said in a statement. “All we asked for in this lawsuit was for the school district to comply with the…
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett on Tuesday embarked on a trip to Europe aimed at improving Jamaica’s standing in the global tourism sector through a series of vital initiatives. In Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Minister Bartlett will attend the Resilience Innovation Summit hosted by the Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council. The summit will serve as a platform to strengthen Jamaica’s efforts in building a more resilient and adaptable tourism industry following the global disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Keynote: Innovating for Resilience Minister Bartlett will deliver a keynote address focusing on the critical role of innovation…