Wyoming Joins The Nation In Celebrating Travel and Tourism

Governor Matt Mead will be signing a proclamation to designate May 6-12 as National Travel and Tourism Week in Wyoming. The signing will take place at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens on Monday at 2pm.
Mead says this is important because travel and tourism is Wyoming's second-largest industry.

Golf Advisor Expands Travel Content To Better Serve The Avid Traveling Golfer

The Golf Advisor Round Trip premiere episode will visit the stunningly beautiful Danzante Bay on Mexico's Baja Peninsula, and will feature its dramatically picturesque golf course that runs through beaches, cliffs and canyons, and was designed by famed architect Rees Jones.
Watch a clip from the show ...

ATM 2018: Nirvana Travel & Tourism Enters Into Partnership With Oman Air in Cooperation With ...

Nirvana Travel & Tourism, Oman Air and YougoMorocco have announced their new joint venture partnership for the UAE market which aims to increase the number of GCC visitors to Morocco, while simultaneously promoting Oman Air's new fleet which offers direct flights from the GCC to Morocco.

97% Indians travellers eye 'sustainable' tourism in 2018: Survey

Mumbai, Apr 22 (PTI) About 97 per cent Indian tourists are looking forward to travel 'sustainably' during their holidays to have an enriching experience and for this they will not mind doling out extra money, says a report.
A sustainable tourism implies that neither the natural environment nor the ...

SCTDA to Showcase Sharjah's Top Tourist Attractions at Arabian Travel Market 2018

As part of its ongoing bid to promote Sharjah as an ideal family destination and attract over 10 million visitors by 2021, the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) is participating a new at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2018, one of largest regional travel and tourism events, ...

Breaking Travel News investigates: ToroVerde, Ras al Khaimah

Ras al Khaimah, the most northerly of the United Arab Emirates, has decided to go its own way. While its unlikely to ever match the glitz of Dubai to the south, or the cultural attractions of capital Abu Dhabi, what it does have in spades is natural beauty.
And this, local tourism officials hope, will be the key ...

Ukrainians to travel to Hainan Province without visas from May 1

Visa requirement for Ukrainians traveling to the Chinese province of Hainan will be canceled from May 1, according to the website of the Ukrainian ... procedure for entering the province will come into effect on May 1, 2018, and will apply to tourist trips, both for group tours and for individual travel.

A big year pushes Mexico up the tourism ranking

Currently, Mexico's largest international tourist destinations have no travel restrictions. And within the select states that do have travel restrictions, the following are deemed safe by the U.S. State Department: Mazatlan, Los Mochis and Port Topolobampo in Sinaloa; Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta and ...

Travel Over Time

But marketing should revolve more around travel over time — whether that planning multiple trips at once for certain customers — or getting customers ... The 2020 Summer Olympics will be in Tokyo and the Japanese National Tourism Organization (JNTO), anticipating increased interest as the Games ...

ASTA Returns to a Greek Revival

Greece has battled to recover from the financial precipice it stood at in 2010, buoyed by the country's tourism industry, which has held steady through the last eight years, even growing its U.S. inbound travelers.
With this backdrop, the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) opened its Greece ...

14 people killed in 36 hours in tourist town of Cancun

The U.S. government issued a travel advisory earlier this year for several popular tourist spots in Mexico, including Cancun which is known to be the spring break capital of the country.
The advisory said Americans should "exercise increased caution" due to widespread violent crimes such as homicide, ...

The 'Super Bowl of the international travel business' is about to descend upon Denver

In just over a month, thousands of international visitors will flood the streets of Denver, first in large, controlled tour groups and then in one-on-one gatherings at restaurants and hotels and Western-themed shops across the city.
But these roughly 6,000 visitors won't be run-of-the mill conventioneers.

How Jessica Nabongo Will Become The First Black Woman To Visit Every Country

Throughout the past year, Nabongo has received heartening messages from people of color all over the world, saying that her trips have inspired them to visit countries that they thought would be unwelcoming.
Nabongo's biggest rule is that “you can't let the mere possibility of what will happen to deter ...

China property tycoons bet that gambling will come to Hainan

This week, the Chinese president will visit the island and hotel magnates like Mr Zeng hope the leader will come bearing gifts: new tax concessions to attract more tourists to this tropical destination nestled along the South China Sea near the Vietnam border.
Local entrepreneurs and global firms like ...

Jordan tourism revenues to double

She was speaking after winning the Woman Achiever of the Year award constituted by Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (Patwa) and awarded at the ITB Berlin.
Unveiling the kingdom's new tourism strategy, Annab said Jordan has adopted a novel approach identifying promising tourism segments ...

Bravo, Berlin! optimism all around

Optimism and a determination to face the new challenges for the travel and tourism sector was all-pervasive at the ITB Berlin, the world's leading travel ... National tourist boards, travel agents and other service providers, and hotel chains from five continents showcased their products and services at 26 ...

Albany could get a seasonal weekend train to the Berkshires

Trains carrying passengers could "deadhead," basically travel empty to return to Rensselaer on Fridays for cleaning and servicing and to Pittsfield on Sundays for the trip back to New York City. Or they could turn those deadheads into additional revenue trips, coordinating the trips to expedite ...

California cities see consumption lounges as way to increase cannabis tourism

"We were getting requests as soon as the law changed," Brian Harris of Brian Harris Travel in Aspen, Colo., said of the state's 2012 legalization of recreational cannabis.
"It's a whole new industry that's been very well received."
Nonetheless, questions about the viability of pot tourism linger, since ...

Focus on opening up Northeast, Himalayan states; marketing 'wisdom of India': Tourism Min Alphons

In a wide-ranging interview at his office in Paryavaran Bhavan, the civil servant-turned-politician said the government's "huge focus" on the Northeast and other Himalayan states would boost the Indian tourism industry -- currently the seventh-largest in the world and tipped to be the third-largest travel ...