Violent Attacks Push European Tourism to Extremes
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Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia have all been devastated by terror attacks in recent years and they are all well down on their previous highs. The reluctance of tourists to visit is having unintended consequences while other destinations such as Barcelona are experiencing a boom.
One week before the UK Prime Minister triggered her country's departure from the European Union, and less than two weeks before our inaugural Skift Forum Europe, we launched a series of four stories devoted to Resetting Transatlantic Travel.
One of our 2017 Megatrends called this year one of reckoning for European tourism. With the pending departure of the UK from the EU, the growth of low-cost carriers like Norwegian Air, multiple violent acts in major European cities, and the rise of neo-isolationism in the United States and some European countries, it's indeed a year of large-scale shifts for the most popular region in the world for tourism.
Our third story looks at how violence in and around Europe is changing the market and the impact it is having on certain countries.
When Nick Wrightman, a tour operator with almost 30 years of experience in Turkey was travelling through the southern city of Marmaris last year, he was struck by how few people there were.
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