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UNWTO Discusses Technology & Social Media as Tool for Competitive Tourism
Bournemouth University Professor Dimitrios Buhalis chaired the conference and advised countries on how to use social media and technology to boost tourist trade. Technology and social media are becoming critically important tools for successful international tourism. This has been recognised by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and the Minister of Tourism in Costa Rica, [...]
VisitEngland teaches businesses how to attract travelers with special needs
VisitEngland, the country’s official tourist board, wants to help businesses promote themselves as accessible and welcoming to disabled travellers. Expanding on the organization’s online tools, VisitEngland launched a free marketing guide Speak Up! aimed at educating hotels, tour companies, and restaurants how to communicate with this important customer. The guide explains why accessible is a better term than disability friendly (it includes a [...]
International Tourism Receipts Grew by 4 Percent in 2012
Receipts from international tourism in destinations around the world grew by 4% in 2012 reaching US$1075 billion. This growth is equal to the 4% increase in international tourist arrivals which reached 1035 million in 2012. An additional US$219 billion was recorded in receipts from international passenger transport, bringing total exports generated by international tourism in [...]
WTTC Recognises Growing Importance of LGBT Tourism
The lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender sector is making a dynamic and influential contribution to the global tourism industry, according to World Travel & Tourism Council president David Scowsill. Addressing the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association, Scowsill explained the LGBT market in the United States alone is estimated to be over US $55 billion [...]
Advertising Opportunities in New Horizons III
The New Horizons III Report updates a benchmark study conducted in 2002 and 2007, which identifies the motivations and unique travel characteristics of the millions strong global movement of young travellers. The WYSE Travel Confederation survey of independent travellers is designed to expand our understanding of international youth and student travel, and test some of the [...]
Top five most-visited destinations in the US
The top U.S. consumer travel trends from the first quarter of the year, including most visited destinations, most desired/searched for destinations, average duration of stay, average size of travel party and more was released today by Sojern, a data-driven traveller engagement platform. The trends are based on the rigorous analysis of more than 400 million traveller intent data points, [...]
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