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The rebranding effort will include new vehicle wraps and television spots that will air during major sports presentations such as the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The (brief) playoff run of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks was a big boost for tourism in Vernon. Hockey fans across the country got a glimpse into life in the North Okanagan thanks to 15- and 30-second video ads that ran during the recent Stanley Cup playoffs. “We advertised in the first two rounds, but Vancouver lost out,” Tourism Vernon marketing coordinator Hannah Rusich said during a presentation to city council on Monday, June 24.…

This week marks the first week of summer, but many businesses in the area aren’t feeling particularly optimistic about the biggest tourist season of the year. While many costs continue to rise for businesses in the region, Duncan Robertson, senior policy analyst at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, said companies generally aren’t expecting a similar increase in revenue. “When we reached out to small business owners in the tourism industry and asked them how they expected the tourism season to go this summer, we found that unfortunately, eight in 10 businesses are not expecting an increase in revenue compared…

Tourists flock to Singapore’s Marina Bay in April. ZHENG ZHIWEI/XINHUA According to industry insiders, Chinese parents are booking more domestic and overseas study trips and educational tours this summer compared with the same period last year, and the market is expected to enter a golden period of growth. However, according to Beijing-based online travel agency Qunar, parents are becoming more cautious when choosing study and education travel products and paying more attention to quality. The most popular destinations for study trips are the UK, the US and Singapore. These trips mainly involve attending international classes abroad and taking in-depth tours…

Home » U.S. Travel News » Nicaragua Sees Tourism Surge with New Visa-Free Policy for 92 Countries, Including Schengen and Caribbean Countries? Wednesday, June 26, 2024Reading time: 3 minutesNicaragua has implemented a visa-free entry policy for travelers from countries such as Germany, France, Costa Rica, South Korea and Australia.The initiative aims to attract large numbers of tourists and boost the local economy.The policy, which simplifies travel procedures, could make Nicaragua a more accessible and attractive destination for international tourists.Visa-free entry policyNicaragua’s visa-free entry policy includes a wide range of countries.The policy covers several categories of countries, including Schengen countries, Latin…

The Buncombe County Tourist Development Authority on Wednesday approved its operating budget for fiscal year 2025. Planned expenditures are down slightly from the previous year while revenue growth is projected to remain flat.The $27.3 million budget was approved unanimously, with most of it going to promote Asheville and the surrounding area as a tourist destination. The TDA’s operating budget for the previous fiscal year was $27.5 million. The fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.The TDA is a quasi-governmental agency that oversees the collection and use of lodging taxes paid on lodging such as hotels and short-term vacation…

The world is in a New York state of mind. The Empire State Building has been ranked the world’s best tourist attraction in TripAdvisor’s new Travelers’ Choice Awards for 2024. The 102-story skyscraper towers taller than the Eiffel Tower and the Colosseum in Rome. The visit to Midtown Manhattan’s most iconic skyscraper, completed in 1931, was named best as part of the user-generated content site’s annual awards, earning it a place on the list with more than 100,000 reviews and an average score of 4.5 out of 5 stars. The Empire State Building was named the world’s top tourist attraction.…

Speaking about his new book, Betrayal of Great Nicobar Islands, published by Frontline, Pankaj Seksaria on Wednesday said the tourism and real estate projects soon to be launched by NITI Aayog pose a “highly destructive” threat to the ecosystem and indigenous people of Great Nicobar Islands. “The current government has made great efforts to de-designate certain parts of the islands that were earlier designated as leatherback turtle sanctuaries to allow for land transfer for commercial purposes,” said Sekhsaria, who has been studying contemporary issues in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for nearly two decades, speaking at a book launch in…

PATA’s latest report predicts a strong recovery in tourism in the Asia-Pacific region, with international tourist arrivals predicted to surpass 2019 levels by 2024. BANGKOK, Thailand – In its interim Asia Pacific Visitor Forecast 2024-2026, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) predicts a significant increase in international visitor numbers to the region in 2024, reinforcing its earlier forecast released earlier this year. The update, due to be released in early July, confirms the previous report’s prediction of robust annual growth in international visitor arrivals (IVA) to and across Asia Pacific, with visitor arrivals projected to exceed pre-pandemic 2019 levels for…

Oconto County tourism had a record year in 2023, contributing $140 million to the local economy, according to new data from the Wisconsin Tourism Office.The total economic impact from tourism, based on visitor spending, employment income and tax impact, was $134 million in 2022, up 4.4%.”It’s very family friendly, it’s an affordable place to stay,” Jamie Thelen, executive director of the Oconto Area Tourism and Economic Development Corporation (formerly the Oconto County Economic Development Corporation), said of the county’s appeal to tourists.”If you want to spend a week on the lake and go cross-country skiing, I think you can stay…

Wednesday, June 26, 2024Reading time: 2 minutesGloria Guevara Manzo, principal special advisor to the Saudi Arabian Minister of Tourism, has decided to step down from her position. Since May 2021, Manzo has been a key figure at the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Tourism, working closely with Minister Ahmed Al-Khatib as the country embarks on a major transformation of its tourism industry. The Saudi Arabian government is investing heavily, amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars, to bolster the nascent tourism sector, with the aim of attracting 150 million tourists by 2030.Since Manzo’s term began in 2021, notable changes have taken…