TIF 2025: Promises, risks and the tourism gamble | N. Kelaiditis

Written by Nikolas Kelaiditis, president of the Association of Tourist and Travel Agencies in Greece (HATTA) Financing, energy, licensing and innovation: which measures can change the landscape and which sectors risk being left behind This year’s...

Miss Manners: I was treated rudely by locals protesting tourism on my Italy, Spain trip

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am just back from what was supposed to be my dream trip to Italy and Spain. I won’t say it was a total nightmare, but I was treated rudely by locals who were protesting tourism. There were shouts and even a near miss from a...

Dominican Republic Keeps Rewriting Tourism Records, Topping 8 Million Visitor Mark By August

The Dominican Republic continues to rewrite its own records, welcoming 8,005,257 visitors in the first eight months of 2025, according to new data released by Tourism Minister David Collado. The figure represents a 49 percent increase compared to...

Fact Check: Video Of King's Guard Punching A Tourist Is NOT Real -- AI-Generated Scene

Did one of the King's Guard in Whitehall, London lash out and punch a disrespectful tourist who was pestering him? No, that's not true: This video is not real. The original video posted on TikTok has a disclaimer included in the caption which...

Nevis tourism surges with record revenues, strong visitor arrivals

- Advertisement - Nevis’ tourism industry is experiencing a robust post-Covid rebound, with record-breaking revenues and higher-than-expected visitor arrivals signalling strong growth for one of the island’s leading economic sectors. At his...

Auckland Sea Kayaks Named Finalist In Two New Zealand Tourism Awards Categories

Press Release – Auckland Sea Kayaks Upcoming Community Clean-Up Day at Motukorea Underscores Commitment to Conservation. Auckland Sea Kayaks has been named a finalist in two categories of the 2025 New Zealand Tourism Awards: the Community...

Korean retailers rush to woo Chinese tourists ahead of visa-free entry

South Korean retailers are bracing for the return of Chinese tour groups, set to enter visa-free from September 29, by rolling out fresh promotions and diversifying their product lineups beyond luxury cosmetics to fashion, lifestyle and even...

Likely Cause of Crash Is Revealed After 16 People Die on Popular Tourist Attraction By Jillian Frankel

NEED TO KNOW Officials are attributing a fatal streetcar derailment and crash in Lisbon, Portugal to a failed cable The incident on Sept. 3 killed 16 people and injured more than 20 others, according to the country's Office for the Prevention and...

Tourists Praise Narita’s Master Repairman

TOKYO, Sep 09 (News On Japan) - At Narita Airport, a small repair counter in Terminal 1 has become a lifeline for travelers whose trips are suddenly derailed by broken suitcases. From tourists arriving with luggage damaged in transit to families...

Abu Dhabi’s Billion-dollar Bet on Luxury Tourism Starts at the Airport

ABU DHABI — Soaring curved glass panels flood Zayed International Airport with natural light, creating an atmosphere more akin to a luxury resort than a transit hub that handles 11,000 passengers an hour. The airport, considered one of the Middle...

Clueless American tourists board flight to Africa, thinking it’s bound for France

To Nice or Tunis, that is the question. American TikTokker Brittney Dzialo is going viral for somehow boarding a plane headed to Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, rather than her intended destination — Nice, France. In her highly viewed TikTok that...

Seoul rides ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ wave with dance classes, tourism boom

At a dance studio near Cheonggyecheon in central Seoul on Sept. 6, some 30 young foreigners moved in sync to shouts of encouragement that mixed Korean and English. They were learning the exact choreography performed by Saja Boys, the fictional...

Is Hong Kong doing enough to achieve its smart tourism goals? No, experts say

The low artificial intelligence (AI) literacy and slow adoption of new technology in Hong Kong’s tourism industry may be holding the city back from realising its full potential as a world-class destination, according to an expert panel at the...

Not again: reckless hoons bypass obstacles to tear up tourist site

Clueless American tourists board flight to Africa, thinking it’s bound for France: ‘Airline employee misheard us’

To Nice or Tunis, that is the question. American TikTokker Brittney Dzialo is going viral for somehow boarding a plane headed to Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, rather than her intended destination — Nice, France. In her highly viewed TikTok that...

Local businesses impacted by construction, lack of summer tourism in Burlington

THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES TO DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. RECENTLY...WE'VE SEEN THE CLOSURE OF LONGTIME BUSINESSES... LIKE NECTAR'S AND THE GRYPHON . . NBC5'S YAMUNA TURCO SPOKE WITH SEVERAL BUSINESSES BEING IMPACTED AND...

Onlookers outraged as government transforms sacred site into tourist mega-resort: 'This spiritual beacon … is now facing an existential threat'

One of the most culturally and religiously significant sites on Earth is now the focus of an "unholy row," according to the BBC. What's happening? Mount Sinai is known to those living nearby as "Jabal Musa," and its spiritual importance spans...

EasyJet makes major move as it cuts flights to popular tourist country

EasyJet will discontinue four of its Croatian routes, with Zadar and Dubrovnik the most affected, it has been reported. The low-cost airline will not resume its seasonal services from Zadar to Milan Malpensa, Berlin and Lyon, while flights from...

Bat tourism rallies around conservation in Montana

Bats are having a moment in Montana. Hundreds of people are literally lining up at summer events across the state to learn more about the elusive animal. Almost 200 people mill around ZooMontana in Billings on a dark August night - quietly, so...

Savannah Tourism Leader addresses fears over Hyundai megasite’s effect on hospitality, manufacturing industries

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Questions are being raised in Savannah about the impact recent immigration enforcement actions could have on the hospitality and manufacturing industries. Following last week’s ICE raid at the Hyundai megasite in Bryan...