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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...

News Hour: The truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday evening is the latest blow for Europe’s tourism industry, hitting a city that had been attracting more and more visitors in recent years....

News Hour: Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka rose by 16 percent in November compared with the same month in 2015 with India and China remaining the leading markets, statistics from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority...

News Hour: Turkish hotels have cut staff by 40 percent, some have shuttered for the winter and others are struggling to pay back loans after a trying year when occupancy rates fell to the lowest in...

News Hour: A city surrounded by ocean and divided in two by the naked rock of Table Mountain, Cape Town’s incredible natural beauty belies a past of hundreds of years of slavery and racial oppression. Now...

News Hour: Dozens of Venetians waved maroon and yellow flags and carried empty suitcases on Saturday during a symbolic demonstration to highlight an exodus of residents from the lagoon city, where tourist hordes can make everyday...

News Hour: Best Western® Hotels & Resorts is delighted to announce that it has been awarded the title of ‘Best Mid-Range Hotel Chain’ in Travel Weekly Asia’s 2016 Reader’s Choice Awards for the second consecutive year....

News Hour: Best Western® Hotels & Resorts headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., is a privately held hotel brand with a global network of 4,100 hotels in more than 100* countries and territories worldwide. Best Western offers seven...