Swimming season kicked off in Korea! Korea’s 257 beaches located along the eastern, western, and southern coasts begin opening up for this year’s swimming season. The first beaches opened on June 1 are Haeundae Beach, Songdo Beach, and Songjeong Beach, all located in Busan.
The International Trade Administration's National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) today announced the availability of preliminary 2016 regional and country-specific spending data.
Chef Clare Smyth’s first restaurant, Core by Clare Smyth, is set to open its doors in July 2017. The restaurant, which will be located in London’s Notting Hill at 92 Kensington Park Road, will be a modern fine dining restaurant with a strong British ethos, in an elegant, relaxed interior.
Obtaining a second passport is not only a route to another life: in some cases, it is necessary for individuals’ wellbeing. Aside from the lifestyle opportunities that relocating abroad can bring, for many a second passport grants a second chance at living the life and experiencing the freedoms they could have been entitled to when they were born.
In response to President Trump’s FY18 budget proposal, which recommends zero appropriations for the federal matching funds needed to operate Brand USA, the International Inbound Travel Association urges Congress to continue funding for Brand USA, the tourism marketing organization for the United States.
National Tour Association (NTA) President Pam Inman released a statement regarding President Donald Trump’s proposed budget and the possible elimination of Brand USA.
The American Bus Association (ABA) – the industry leader advancing North American motorcoach and group travel – released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s proposal to eliminate Brand USA, the designated marketing organization for the United States, in his FY 2018 budget proposal:
London last year welcomed a record number of overseas visitors. According to new figures released today by the Office for National Statistics International Passenger Survey (IPS) overseas tourists made 19.1 million visits to the city in 2016, an increase of 2.6 per cent compared to 2015.
Mexico is the second-most deadly conflict zone on the globe, according to a new study. The country has surpassed both Iraq and Afghanistan to become the world’s most violent country after Syria. Nearly 23,000 people were killed in Mexico in 2016, while around 17,000 were killed in Afghanistan and 16,000 in Iraq during the same time period.
The 105th session of the UNWTO Executive Council, meeting in Madrid, Spain, on 12 May 2017, recommended Zurab Pololikashvili, Ambassador of Georgia in Spain, as a nominee for the post of Secretary-General for the four-year-period starting January 2018.
