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Lepretre Pierre/Moment/Getty ImagesA trip down south never sounded better.Updated on June 5, 2024 at 3:32 PMIt’s no secret that we at Thrillist love to travel—in fact, it’s pretty much all we do. And with every new flight, mountain summit, cocktail bar, and hotel check-in, we always learn something new. That’s why we’re in the habit of turning to our team of seasoned editors and global contributors, each with extensive boots-on-the-ground experience, to help you plan your next jet-setting adventure.When many travelers think of a sweeping vacation destination, their minds often turn to Europe, where the beaches of the French Riviera,…
Arab News Japan TOKYO: Palau, one of the world’s smallest countries, is trying to expand tourism but says it is running into problems with one of the world’s largest.Speaking at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo, Palau’s President, Srangell S. Whipps, described his country (population 20,000) as a “paradise,” but, like other Pacific island nations, rising sea levels due to global climate change threaten the country’s very existence.Pollution, COVID-19 and overfishing have also hit the island’s economy, leading the government to restrict fishing to allow fish stocks to recover. Tourism numbers plummeted due to COVID-19, but have now…
ORLANDO, Fla. – Orange County has released its latest Tourist Development Tax figures for April.According to a press release from Comptroller Phil Diamond, $30.3 million was collected in April, down about 10%, or $3.3 million, from April 2023. This is the largest decrease since February 2021.”We haven’t seen a drop like this in a while and we’re hopeful that this is temporary and that a strong March has eaten into some of the sales in April,” Diamond explained.Diamond announced in March that he had brought in about $40.6 million in monthly revenue, his highest ever.”March was a record month. It’s…
Published on June 5, 2024 at 17:10 GMT+1Things are changing rapidly in Venice as the city tries to combat overtourism.Travellers heading to Italy this summer should prepare for the latest crackdown by Venetian authorities in their bid to combat overtourism.Venice is loved the world over as one of the most historic and unique cities on Earth.There are no roads, only canals, and it is built across 100 small islands in the Venetian Lagoon off Italy’s northeast coast.But with more than 60,000 tourists visiting Venice every day, the city is so congested there is little room for physical expansion to keep…
Shohei Ohtani’s impact on baseball is well known: from the media frenzy following his every move during free agency, to the huge cash outlay from the Los Angeles Dodgers to give him the richest contract in North American sports history, to his dominating presence on the field, few players have influenced the game more than Ohtani.As it turns out, Ohtani appears to be impacting a lot more than just the game. He has also been shown to have a major impact on Los Angeles’ tourism industry. Tourism in town has increased, especially among Japanese people, who are naturally excited to…
Alicante’s winter wonderland: tourist arrivals surge. Image: trabantos / Shutterstock.com. Domestic tourism in Alicante province is expected to increase significantly in 2024, according to mobile phone location data from the National Statistics Institute (INE). Between January and March, the number of people who came to the region from other parts of Spain increased by 114,067 compared to the same period in 2023, reaching a total of 1,342,469. This represents an increase of 9.29 percent and suggests that winter remains a strong tourism season in the state, albeit with some variations. Most read articles on Euro Weekly News Peak in tourist…
Wandering alone along the southern fringes of Saudi Arabia’s mountainous Asir Province, some eight miles from the Yemeni border, in a nondescript town with a prominent sculpture of a rifle balanced on an ornately painted plinth, I met a man, Nawab Khan, who was building a palace out of mud.Actually, he was rebuilding the structure, restoring it. And when I came across him, he hadn’t yet begun his work for the day; he was seated on the side of the road beneath its red-and-white windows — cross-legged, on a rug, leaning over a pot of tea and a bowl of…
SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — China’s travel and tourism sector is expected to inject a record US$126.2 billion into the national economy by the end of this year, the World Travel and Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2024 Economic Impact Review (EIR) revealed today.Domestic travel spending is also set to reach new heights this year, and is expected to contribute US$67.9 trillion to the Chinese economy in 2024, according to the latest research from WTTC in partnership with Oxford Economics, a world leader in global economic forecasting.According to the international tourism organization, travel…
Australia’s $3.3 billion local ski industry is in “perilous straits”, experts say, with new modelling predicting the annual ski season will be reduced by an average of 55 days by 2050 due to rising temperatures and reduced snowfall.The country’s one-million-hectare alpine range is one of several popular tourist destinations under threat from climate change, including the Great Barrier Reef and the Blue Mountains National Park.The “Our Changing Snowscape” report, released on Wednesday, details the threats to Australia’s lucrative ski and snowboard season and how it can be prevented from disappearing in just two generations.The report, written by climate experts from…
China Tourism Group Duty Free Enterprise Co., Ltd. (SHSE:601888) has attracted a lot of attention over the past few months as it has experienced significant price fluctuations on the SHSE, rising to as high as CN¥89.68 at one point before falling to a low of CN¥70.47. Some share price fluctuations may give investors a better opportunity to enter the stock and buy at a cheaper price. The question to answer is whether China Tourism Group Duty Free Enterprise’s current trading price of CN¥73.41 reflects the actual value of the large cap; or is it currently undervalued, offering a buying opportunity?…