‘I was just waiting for the bus to crash’: Tourists left shaken by dramatic trip to Uluru
[ad_1] A group of tourists say they’ll never return to Alice Springs after a trip to Uluru ended in a brawl between their driver and a pedestrian and an hours-long wait on the side of the road. Key points: Tourists say they have been left shaken after a dramatic bus trip from Uluru to Alice Springs Footage […]
Travel Technology Market to Reach $21 Billion, Globally, by 2032 at 8.6 per cent CAGR: Allied Market Research
[ad_1] Allied Market Research published a report, titled, “Travel Technology Market by Component (Platform and Service), Application (Travel Industry, Tourism Industry, and Hospitality Industry), End User (Commercial and Individual), and Region (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2022-2032” According to the report, the market was valued at $9.4 billion […]
U.S. Travel Lays Off Senior-Level Staffers Amid Restructuring
[ad_1] Skift Take U.S. Travel is having a shakeup in its senior leadership. — Dawit Habtemariam The U.S. Travel Association has eliminated the positions of six employees as it restructures the organization, according to an internal memo obtained by Skift and confirmed by the association. Six individuals were laid off, according to the memo from […]
Danger ahead: White Island volcano ruling could reshape adventure tourism in New Zealand
[ad_1] White water rafting guide Hamish Watters stands in a garage, a 30-minute drive north of Wellington city, hosing down an inflatable raft and hanging lifejackets up to dry. The owner of Wellington Rafting has just taken five tourists down the swollen rapids of the Te Awa Kairangi/Hutt river. It has been a good morning […]
Rising temperatures and more extreme weather events: How is Europe’s tourism industry coping?
[ad_1] By Annabel Murphy Rattled by deadly floods in Greece, wildfires in Tenerife and extreme temperatures in southern Italy during the 2023 summer holiday period, more people have woken up to the impacts of climate change and travel preferences are changing, according to research conducted by the European Travel Commission (ETC). The survey, conducted every […]
Pakistan’s Punjab provincial government launches online portal for Sikh tourists
[ad_1] “For the first time, we have launched ‘Sikh Yatra Booking Portal’ — a groundbreaking religious tourism programme designed to facilitate Sikhs eager to visit their holy places in the country,” Naqvi told reporters here on Friday. He asserted that the initiative represents the first of its kind in Pakistan. “As part of this programme, […]
Tourism trips recover strongly, business travel struggles
[ad_1] In 2022, EU residents made 1.08 billion tourism trips with at least one overnight stay, indicating a +23% (+202 million) increase compared with 2021, the same percentage raise also registered between 2020 and 2021. Out of the total, most of the trips in 2022 (976 million, representing 91% of the total) were made for […]
Microwave loaned to tourism staff for PM visit goes ‘missing’, 5 booked – Times of India
[ad_1] ALMORA: A microwave loaned by Almora police during Prime Minister Modi’s visit last month to the Adi Kailash region has become a bone of contention between the police and staff of Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (KMVN), the government agency overseeing tourism activities in the Kumaon area. During the PM’s visit to the Jageshwar temple […]
Govt showcases tourism potential – Times of India
[ad_1] Bhubaneswar: The state government showcased its tourism potential to foreign delegates at the World Travel Market (WTM), London, to attract overseas tourists to Odisha. The three-day international travel trade show ended on Wednesday. A government-delegation led by chief secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena and tourism director Sachin Jadhav held business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-government (B2G) meetings […]