Articles tagged “italy”

Visitation to Indian Country has been steady during the Trump Slump, and that might be attributed to a focus on attracting visitors from Italy and Germany.

Have we reach peak food hall? No, not even close. These playgrounds are a solution of sorts to disappearing retail by filling expensive real estate and playing to consumers’ appetites for gourmet choices and largely local, organic obsessions.

American Baby Boomers like going on tours when vacationing, and they want to visit exotic locations.

No one -- not even TripAdvisor -- argues that all its user reviews are legitimate but the service still provides invaluable information for travelers scoping out hotels. Many global chains understand this, although the Italian hospitality association and regulators haven't received the memo.

Emilia-Romagna can't be considered a success story yet, but its everyday efforts mirror the work of many lesser known destinations and the opportunities that digital media provides to define their offering and broaden their audience.

For the last decade destinations have fought hard for airtime on reality shows, but we may be seeing a new metric for tourism success: the Bourdain Bump.

It's hard to imagine how Venice could be ruined more than it has been by rampant tourism, poor regulations, and a total lack of a local identity that's not in the service of selling luxury goods or kitschy mementos of a once great destination.

Just as domestic tourism to the Sicilian film spots slowed during the recession, the popular series was exported to the UK with surprisingly huge benefit of driving UK tourists to recession-hit shores.

The travel industry has always been hesitant to highlight and talk about sex tourism, but organizations like ECPAT help by taking the issue out of shadows and actually doing something about it.

The biggest obstacle to increasing Lufthansa’s growth and profitability is internal relations, an issue that could be solved if approached correctly.