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Tourism News

The latest tourism and destination news from around the world. Read exclusive interviews with leaders, see the latest marketing campaigns, and understand the bigger issues like coronavirus recovery and destination development.

Tourism

Kansas City’s new bike share program is incredibly hot

The bike share movement in the U.S. is gathering momentum, especially when you see it move out of large urban centers and into middle America.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Ethiopia and Sudan meet to talk tourism collaboration

Ethiopia's rich cultural history is a draw, but its current political challenges make it a destination that is often only attractive to less stable countries like Sudan.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Hawaii’s next quarter to be a record one, thanks to growth from China and Korea

Although the U.S. west coast is Hawaii's top market, China and Korea's rapid growth over the past few years speaks to a giant shift in Hawaii's tourism patterns.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Britain may push more flyers to regional airports with a new two-tier passenger tax system

With complicated taxes and a blundering border bureaucracy, the U.K. seems hellbent on making arriving and flying within the country as confusing and inhospitable as it possibly can.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Nevada and the trouble with deciding on a catchy tourism slogan

Despite the money poured into focus groups every year, outside of the iconic "I Love New York" line and the remembered-yet-mocked "Virginia is for lovers," there are few tourism slogans that stick.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Consumer Reports magazine offers a list of good and bad U.S. chain restaurants

You may not want to count on Consumer Reports for advice about fine gourmet experiences, but their insight on cleanliness is worth a serious look, especially if you'll be on the U.S. interstate system this summer.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

David Cameron thinks the Olympics will generate £13 billion over next 4 years

Despite some worrisome early numbers, we won't know whether London '12 will be a Barcelona '92 or a Montreal '76 until some months after the games conclude.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Tourism’s strongest calling card: 26 new sites added to UNESCO heritage list

Everyone on the list's gearing up for an upsurge in tourist interest, though heritage conservation is a tricky balance to build tourism with.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Budget airline Fastjet to launch in Africa with EasyJet founder’s support

Fastjet's reliance on already approved routes and leased aircraft, not to mention EasyJet's expertise, give it a shot in an environment where few have tried.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Will London’s Olympic park kill the city’s tech industry?

City planners and developers love to throw around the promise of a hot industry moving into a location, but unless there are real benefits to encourage uprooting, there's no reason for London's current crop of tech stars to leave Shoreditch.

Skift | 12 years ago