Tourism News
The world’s fastest growing countries in travel
Kyrgyzstan is big on our list of countries to go to in 2013, what's yours?
What’s behind Australia’s “Best Jobs in the World” tourism stunt?
Australia has the double whammy of an economic problem & the tyranny of distance, and needs workers to spur tourism jobs, and in turn build up tourism itself.
TripAdvisor report reminds everyone why travel agencies are screwed
The idea that Brits still use travel agents doesn't hold up against the data compiled by TripAdvisor and further confirms our view that these outdated institutions will soon be nothing more than a pile of bricks.
Europe’s most alluring spots become a playground for the new rich of the east
Chinese tourists are said to be taking over Europe, but before them were Russians, Brits, and an ever changing wave of foreigners that tourism-dependent destinations sought to accommodate and attract.
Ras al-Khaimah, the new emirate rising
RAK is the slower, quiet cousin emirate to the flashiness of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and is rapidly rising in tourism ranks.
The world’s most tourism-dependent countries
Fascinating list, if only to understand how vital the links -- literally -- to the outside world are for these countries, for their own economic growth.
New Las Vegas megaresort to market to Chinese tourists
Las Vegas hoteliers are hoping that the development of Resorts World Las Vegas will bring nonstop flights between Sin City and China.
New York City sells mass-market Brooklyn to international travel trade
Going by the generalized video and hotel recommendations, NYC & Company seems to be going for mass market headlines-only tourists, for whom TV and movie version of Brooklyn is the epitome of artisanal.
World’s greatest restaurant gives 63 diners world’s best stomach virus
Considering how many restaurants end up giving diners food poisoning every day, it's a bit unfair to call out Noma. But with great power comes great responsibility.