Articles tagged “parks”

Tourism

Universal Orlando Previews $1 Billion Epic Universe Theme Park

Universal Orlando is building a fourth complex in Florida, with a "celestial" park as its hub. But it remains to be seen if visitors believe the $1 billion Epic Universe theme park can outshine the magic of the company's larger rival, Disney.

Sean O'Neill | 3 months ago

Universal Orlando Previews $1 Billion Epic Universe Theme Park

News Blog

IDEAS: Deer Train Transports Visitors to the Famous Deer of Nara, Japan

Roaming the vast Nara Park grounds in the city of Nara, Japan are sacred wild deer, who approach visitors and eat out of their hands as if in a storybook. Now, the transportation to see these deer is equally enchanting. The recently unveiled Narashika Train, or Deer Train, operated by Kintetsu Railways runs between Kobe…

Jane Alexander | 8 months ago

Tourism

Disney Has No Plans for Regional U.S. Parks

Disney is investing billions, but it won't be in regional theme parks.

Skift | 11 months ago

Disney Has No Plans for Regional U.S. Parks

Tourism

Disney Theme Parks Remain Bright Spot for Embattled Company Set to Shed 7,000 Jobs

The company is starting off its 100th anniversary by cutting more than $5 billion in costs, and by laying off 4 percent of its global workforce. Seems like the company is more in survival mode than creativity mode. As Disney goes through the turmoil, the steady growth at theme parks will come into even greater focus.

Dawit Habtemariam | 1 year ago

Disney Theme Parks Remain Bright Spot for Embattled Company Set to Shed 7,000 Jobs

Tourism

Indonesia’s Huge Price Hike for Komodo Park Exposes Tourism Dilemmas for a New Era

Indonesia is taking a more locals-first and sustainable approach to tourism. Implementing that approach will be sabotaged if the government doesn't absorb input from local industry stakeholders.

Dawit Habtemariam | 2 years ago

Indonesia’s Huge Price Hike for Komodo Park Exposes Tourism Dilemmas for a New Era

Tourism

Public Parks in U.S. Cities Find New Ways to Market to Locals and Tourists

Social media and all the bells and whistles of digital age marketing can do wonders for parks and destinations, but sometimes old-fashioned word-of-mouth works just as well. And like anything, holding events at your park always brings increased awareness of what you have to offer.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 10 years ago

Public Parks in U.S. Cities Find New Ways to Market to Locals and Tourists

Ground Transport

NYC Transport and Tourism Leaders Follow Bloomberg Out of Mayor Office

Bloomberg is planning to take the lessons learned from significantly changing New York City's physical landscape over the past 12 years to other cities in the U.S. and abroad. This means other cities might look more like the NYC of today than the city itself after a term under new leadership.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

NYC Transport and Tourism Leaders Follow Bloomberg Out of Mayor Office

Tourism

One way to preserve natural monuments: Limit visitors to 20 a day

Most U.S. national parks have too tough a time attracting visitors to push them out, but international sites that risk deterioration can at once become elusive and sustainable with a similar lotto system.

Brian Witte, Associated Press | 11 years ago

One way to preserve natural monuments: Limit visitors to 20 a day

Tourism

Dubai’s theme park fever spreads to holy books as it plans Quran-focused project

The project's success will likely hinge on whether the developers lean more towards family fun or instead take a more reverent and calm approach to the subject. Dubai could certainly use a quiet garden more than another crazy building or ride.

Associated Press | 11 years ago

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Boomers lead a boom in U.S. national parks visitors, but for how long?

Besides BrandUSA's mandate to get more international visitors, the country needs a better internal marketing effort to attract younger visitors to America's natural wonders.

Skift | 11 years ago