In an exceptional achievement, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has welcomed over 100 million tourists, a milestone celebrated by the World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism).
Tourist-triggered emotions
Local populations in tourist areas play a key role in shaping visitors’ environment and in turn the emotional experiences of visitors. However, this is a two-way relationship that also depends on locals’ own disposition towards tourists.
Chinese tourists forced to seek new travel destinations
According to the latest data from Trip.com Group (former Ctrip), Chinese multinational online travel company that provides services including accommodation reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged tours and corporate travel management, bookings by Chinese tourists traveling to foreign destinations spiked by 640% during the Lunar New Year festival vs the same period last year, while foreign hotel bookings have quadrupled.
Tourists travelling back to North Africa’s biggest cities says WTTC
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has today revealed positive signs of recovery for the Travel & Tourism sector in key North African city destinations, providing a massive boost to economies across the region.
Chinese overseas travel sentiment grows
New survey highlights preference for open space beach destinations, topped by Boracay and Bohol.
Chinese hotel sector growth expected to continue in Australia for 2017
Since 2009, Chinese visitor numbers have grown over 350% from 300,000 to 1.1 million
