Understanding the Tourism Landscape in 2023
Photo Credit: Mariana Oleskiv, head of State Agency for Development of Tourism of Ukraine, speaking at Skift Global Forum on Sept. 22, 2022, in New York City. She spoke with Skift in Berlin this week. Skift
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This week Skift reported from ITB Berlin, as well as released a podcast about the JetBlue-Spirit merger, and new research about hotel industry performance in 2023.
Skift's Global Tourism Reporter Dawit Habtemariam spent the week in Germany where he reported from the packed floors of ITB Berlin's many, many exhibition halls. He sat down with Ukraine's tourism minister for a Q&A, realized that tourism is not ready for the return of the outbound Chinese traveler, and noted that travel brands don't understand Gen Z's sustainability priorities.
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