by Admin | Feb 8, 2017 | Business, International, News
The Lunar New Year is a big deal for tourism in China. This year, the festival saw revenues of 423.3 billion yuan (around $61.55 billion US), which is a 15.9-percent increase over last year. That amounts to around 344 million domestic trips, as people travel the...
by Admin | Feb 6, 2017 | Business, International
More people are going to Australia each year, while fewer Australians are going abroad, and that’s working out pretty well for the country’s economy. In fact, tourism is currently bringing in about $47 billion, while food exports and coal are bringing in in $42 and...
by Admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Business, News
Travel is tough. It’s stressful and disruptive, even if you’re going on a long-awaited vacation. Realizing this, some travel agencies, airlines, and hotels are starting to acknowledge this fact in their advertisements, and it might be paying off. It’s hard to forget...
by Admin | Feb 1, 2017 | International, News
Belarus, the “odd man out in Europe,” known as “Europe’s last dictatorship,” is trying to expand travel to the country. Claiming that 137,400 people visited in 2014, a number which has been questioned by outside experts, the country is putting into place new visa-free...
by Admin | Jan 30, 2017 | Art & Culture, International, News, Politics
Many people are familiar with the concept of the “ugly American,” the tourist who goes to other countries and is loud, boorish, and otherwise a poor representation of America. These are the kind of people who don’t learn the local language, and think that speaking...