Ghana has ended visa fees for all African business travellers in a move designed to support tourism, trade and investment across the continent. The policy was announced on Africa Day and forms part of the […]
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Tourist arrivals to Morocco-controlled Western Sahara have surged by more than 50% over the past seven years, with new European airline routes and growing hotel investment helping transform a disputed desert territory into an emerging
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Tourist encounters with elephants in Thailand have again drawn scrutiny over animal welfare, as concerns grow around how the country markets one of its biggest wildlife attractions. At the Royal Kraal Village in Ayutthaya province,
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Tourism operators in Phuket and Pattaya have backed Thailand’s decision to restore 30-day visa-free stays, saying the move could help curb illegal businesses and discourage low-spending long-stay visitors. The change forms part of a wider
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The Canary Islands recorded a sharp fall in international arrivals in April, with more than 100,000 fewer foreign tourists than in the same month a year earlier. The Spanish archipelago received 1.2 million visitors, down
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Cruise companies are cutting fares aggressively ahead of the summer holiday season as weaker demand, health concerns and rising operating costs put pressure on one of the travel industry’s fastest-growing sectors. Spanish travel trade publication
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Thailand is considering raising its long-delayed foreign tourist entry fee above the originally proposed 300 baht, as the country simultaneously moves to scale back its generous visa exemption programme and grapples with billions of baht
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Naomi Riu, chief financial officer of Riu Hotels & Resorts, has used her first post on LinkedIn to offer a personal account of how she entered the family business and why she believes hands-on operational
Spain’s Imserso senior travel programme still has spare places on 36 cultural tours scheduled for the final days of May and throughout June, as operator Turismo Social races to fill unsold capacity before the current
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Pope Leo XIV will arrive in Madrid on 6 June 2026 for a four-day stay as part of a landmark apostolic journey across Spain, the first papal visit to the country since Benedict XVI attended
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Spanish senators have increased pressure on Aena over the management of airports in the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, calling for island governments to have a greater role in decisions that affect air connectivity.
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The High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands has rejected a legal challenge against the region’s controversial vacation rental law, handing a significant victory to the Canary Islands government as it pushes ahead with
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