World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) released the European Union Short-Term Tourism Trends for the first half of 2017. The preliminary data for international tourist arrivals to the European Union (EU-28) shows extraordinary tourism growth.

Tourism Toronto and NYC & Company, the official destination marketing organizations for their respective cities signed an official partnership to boost tourism between Toronto and New York City. This is the first ever city-to-city tourism partnership of its kind for Toronto and the first Canadian partnership for NYC & Company.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has called on Travel & Tourism companies to measure, monitor and report their sustainability impact as it launches new guidance on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Reporting for the Travel & Tourism Sector.

With sweeping views of Eden marina and the azure turquoise waters, gathered throngs of Seychellois and tourists alike enjoyed signature cocktails on the opening night of Fire & Ice Bar and Lounge on Friday 13th October 2017.

28 million domestic and international visitors spent a record-breaking $20.7 billion in Massachusetts in 2016, according to a new report released by the United States Travel Association (USTA) and the U.S. Department of Commerce. The $20.7 billion in direct spending generated $1.4 billion in combined state and local taxes, an increase of 5.1% from 2015.

The International Blue Flag Jury has awarded 131 sites for the 2017-2018 Blue Flag season in the Southern Hemisphere, 91 beaches, 20 marinas and 22 boats within nine countries running the Blue Flag programme in this part of the world. Globally, the Blue Flag is proudly flying over 3,667 beaches, 681 marinas and 72 boats in 2017.

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has renewed its preferred partnership with STR, a data benchmarking and analytics specialist. With the partnership, PATA will benefit from STR’s reporting sample and marketplace insights, covering more than 8,700 hotels in the Asia Pacific region. In turn, STR will receive opportunities to drive further awareness of its range of products and services for hotels across the region.

At least two people have been killed and 24 hospitalized with gunshots wounds at a Las Vegas country music festival. There were 30,000 people in attendance at the event.

The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA) reveals that visitors to the Hawaiian Islands spent a total of $1.39 billion in August 2017, an increase of 6.1 percent compared to August 2016. Total visitor arrivals rose 4.8 percent to 818,581 visitors in August 2017, marked by growth in arrivals from both air service (+4.8% to 815,949) and cruise ships (+39.8% to 2,632).

The Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) has released its latest visitor figures for January to August 2017, showing continued growth in 2017.