Abu Dhabi’s Sphere Has a Home: Yas Island
The location was the easy part. Whether Abu Dhabi can fill a $1.7 billion venue with its own original content is the harder question.
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U.S. Waives $15,000 Visa Bond for World Cup Ticket Holders
Waiving the visa bond is a relief for World Cup fans — assuming they can afford the ticket prices.
100 Million Visitors and One Very Loud Pitchman: Inside Trump’s Tourism Push
Nick Adams is the loudest tourism pitchman the U.S. has ever had, but is the world hearing what he wants it to hear?
It’s Not Just Airfare: Travel Costs Are Running Double the Inflation Rate
Travelers are feeling pain at the pump and in the air after an April surge in travel costs.
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How Experience Builds Loyalty
Getting visitors to return to a destination requires more than marketing.
Morocco Courts Investors Beyond Casablanca and Marrakech — Where the Opportunities Are
Rural Morocco is open for investment. Filling it won’t be easy.
Where Travel Demand Is Heading: Middle East Down, Mediterranean Up
Travelers are not staying home, but they are changing destinations.
Modi Just Told India’s Middle Class to Stay Home: Who’s at Risk and the Winners in Domestic Travel
In one corner stands India’s most influential political leader appealing for no foreign travel. In the other, a middle class obsessed with global holidays, luxury getaways, and Instagram-worthy weddings abroad. The industry is caught in the middle.
U.S. Inbound Tourism Drops 14% in April, Erasing Two Months of Gains
A travel trade group says it’ll take years before international travel to the U.S. to return to pre-pandemic rates.
The K-Shaped World Cup and the Rising Cost of Live Tourism
Live-event organizers have learned high earners will pay almost anything for "the experience." FIFA is the latest to cash in.