Travel

News Hour: Increasing numbers of Europeans are boosting Costa Rica’s thriving tourism industry, but lagging infrastructure and regional connectivity are crimping its potential, an investment conference in San Jose heard on Friday. The country stands head...

News Hour: The number of Chinese and Russian visitors to Dubai surged in the first three months of the year, boosted by the United Arab Emirates’ recent decision to grant visas on arrival to citizens of...

News Hour: Priota Farelin Iftekhar,  the way to do it is to spread the beauty of freedom, bringing her country’s teachings really close. According to Priota, being Muslim is no impediment to being free. “Getting out of house...

News Hour: Vienna, Austria’s grand capital on the Danube river, has topped consulting firm Mercer’s list of cities offering the highest quality of life for the eighth year in a row, while Baghdad is again considered...

News Hour: Turkey expressed hopes on Friday for a revival of its tourism industry after security concerns caused a 30 percent drop in foreign visitors and revenues last year. “We are seeing some very positive signals....

News Hour: Washington Marriott Georgetown, the first Marriott hotel built in the nation’s capital in 1981, announces the completion of its $28 million transformations, an investment by the hotel owner, Geller Capital Partners. Representing Marriott Hotels’...

News Hour: Australia’s Qantas Airways relaunched daily non-stop flights from Sydney to Beijing on Thursday ahead of the Lunar New Year break, resuming the service after an eight-year gap in a bid to buoy Asian growth...

News Hour: Global spending on luxury goods by tourists was up in December for the first time since February, lifted by strong business in Britain and France, a study by tax-refund services firm Global Blue showed....

News Hour: Thailand expects revenue from foreign tourists to rise 8.5 percent to 1.78 trillion baht ($49.8 billion) this year, a deputy prime minister said on Monday, reports Reuters. The expected rise results from an improved...

News Hour: Cuba welcomed a record four million tourists in 2016, up 13 percent over last year, with much of the increase thanks to a crush of visitors from the US and Europe, officials said on...