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From left: Clarity Media Founder Lee Hall, The Bahamas Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investment and Aviation Chester Cooper, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett and Cayman Islands CTO Chairman and Minister of Tourism and Ports Kenneth Bryan. NEW YORK – Artificial Intelligence (AI) was a major focus at the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) Caribbean Week in New York. The Ministerial Forum explored the use of AI in tourism development. During the discussion, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett highlighted that the technology will be the new frontier for Caribbean tourism. Furthermore, AI needs to be properly leveraged to enable more seamless…

Ankara Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Ularoglu announced the opening of the “Tourist Tatvan Train,” which is scheduled to begin operating between Ankara and Tatvan on June 24. The train will carry 140 passengers and cover the 1,262 kilometre journey in around 28 hours, offering a unique travel experience aimed at boosting Turkey’s tourism sector. In a written statement, Minister Vlaroglu emphasized that the tourist Tatvan train, which is scheduled to start operating immediately after Eid al-Adha, will depart the capital Ankara at 2:30 pm on June 24 and arrive in the eastern Anatolian city of Tatvan at 7…

The popular Spanish tourist destination of Barcelona has announced that it will ban apartment rentals to tourists by 2028, a surprisingly drastic move to curb skyrocketing housing costs and make the city more liveable for its residents.Barcelona’s leftist mayor, Jaume Corboni, said on Friday that by November 2028, the licences for 10,101 apartments currently approved for short-term rental will be abolished.”We are addressing what we believe to be Barcelona’s biggest problem,” Corboni said at a city government event, which means that “from 2029 onwards”, without any obstacles, “tourist apartments as we think of them today will disappear from the city…

As tourism rapidly recovers from pandemic-era travel restrictions and more-spending travelers get out and explore in return, Eastern Kentucky University’s (EKU) Global Hospitality & Tourism program prepares students for careers centered around the modern travel industry. After declining to $1.3 trillion in 2020, the global travel industry is set to surpass pre-pandemic levels in 2023, peaking at roughly $2.29 trillion in revenue, according to Statista.”Our global hospitality and tourism programs help EKU serve as a launching pad for students to enter the global workforce and make an immediate impact,” said EKU President David McFadyen. “We are proud to be at…

BHOPAL: Against the beautiful backdrop of Sanchi Stupa, Pariatan Sakhi on Friday performed yoga to mark International Day of Yoga. The event was also held at other UNESCO World Heritage sites in Madhya Pradesh including Khajuraho, Bimbitka, Sanchi Stupa, Pachmarhi, Mandu and Gwalior. The programme showcased the integration of yoga with tourism. The event, known as Pariatan Sakhi, was organised by Madhya Pradesh Tourism (MPT) in collaboration with local women and aimed to promote women’s involvement in tourism. MPT’s Pariatan Sakhi scheme, which now involves over 2,500 trained women officials, aims to provide a safe and comfortable environment for women…

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The Southern Delaware Tourism Bureau and the Tourism Academy have partnered to provide tourism ambassador training to Sussex County frontline workers and interested area residents. This free online training program includes details on why tourism is so important to Sussex County and an overview of the resources Southern Delaware Tourism provides to assist visitors, guests and customers. Topics include: Southern Delaware Tourism: Who We Are, What We Do and Why We Do It, a detailed explanation of the SDT Visitor Guide and fun facts to introduce future tourism ambassadors to lesser known aspects of the Sussex County experience, and information…

BUTTE, Montana — The calendar has officially turned to summer, which means the countdown has begun to the Montana Folk Festival, the highlight of a vital tourist season for Butte’s local economy.In just three weeks, the streets of Uptown will be transformed into Montana’s largest concert stage.The folk festival promises to be as great as ever, as local businesses were able to raise enough money to match the $100,000 fundraising goal set by the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation. In total, more than $300,000 has been raised from these community efforts.But there’s still more to do: Folk Festival is looking…

Skift Take San Francisco was finally beginning to turn a profit, but the hole was deep. Dawit Habtemariam San Francisco’s hotel industry appears to be reversing its fortunes and reviving thanks to a burgeoning AI industry, but the city’s downtown is struggling to fully recover tourism. CoStar’s latest data paints a positive picture: San Francisco hotels were 79% full last week, making the city the largest hotel market in the U.S. from June 9 to June 15. CoStar attributes the boost to an AI conference hosted by Databricks. May was also promising, with occupancy rate at 71%, up 4 percentage…

Cancun Airport (Photo: Novedades Quintana Roo)Cancun has positioned itself as Mexico’s main gateway for international tourism, topping the country’s list of destinations with 3.2 million visitors in the first quarter.According to the Ministry of Tourism, this represents a 6.2% increase from the previous year, with a notable increase in travelers from the United States and Canada. This puts it ahead of other airports such as Mexico City, which welcomed a total of 1.4 million passengers, and in third place was Puerto Vallarta, which welcomed 886,000 tourists.The largest number of tourists came from the United States, with 2.1 million, and there…