tourism

Morocco broke its annual arrivals record last year, welcoming almost 17 million tourists, a 20 percent rise from 2023, officials said Thursday. In an effort to grow its tourism economy, the North African country has made...

A new award program for the travel, tourist, and hospitality industries has been launched by travel magazine The Bangladesh Monitor to honor individuals and groups for their significant contributions to the growth of these industries in...

A prehistoric site in the old city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank has given Palestinians hope for an increase in tourism after UNESCO designated it a World Heritage site. Fewer than a dozen people...

Fiji will lift Covid-19 restrictions and declare its reopening for international travel once the country meets a vaccination milestone Saturday. Changes to the country’s virus limitations would be announced on Sunday afternoon after 80 percent of...

In serene turquoise waters off Egypt’s Red Sea coast, scuba divers ease among delicate pink jellyfish and admire coral — yet a rebounding tourism sector threatens the fragile marine ecosystem. The Red Sea is a top...

Domestic and international tourism account for eight percent of greenhouse gas emissions, four times more than previously estimated, according to a study published Monday. The multi-trillion dollar industry’s carbon footprint is expanding rapidly, driven in large...

Spain is expected to replace the United States as the world’s second tourism destination while France has retained the top spot, the UN World Tourism Organization said Monday. “It is expected” that Spain will take the...

News Hour: Strong economic growth is masking urgent infrastructure and environmental challenges that threaten the long term sustainability of Palau’s economy, says an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released in Koror today. Private Sector Assessment for...

News Hour: Sri Lanka earned a record $3.5 billion from tourism in 2016, seven years after the end of a devastating civil war, a government minister said. But sources in the industry warned that the post-war...

News Hour: The small Slovenian town of Sevnica, Melania Trump’s birthplace, savored her husband’s shock win in the U.S. election as a likely boon for tourism on Wednesday, while a former schoolmate remembered her as “creative...