Walt Disney makes 2 billion euros investment in Disneyland ParisTourism Insight News

Walt Disney makes 2 billion euros investment in Disneyland Paris

The Walt Disney Company announced a 2 billion euro ($2.5 billion) investment to expand its French theme park Disneyland Paris…

Thai tourism body says it opposes ‘sex tourism’

Thai tourism body says it opposes ‘sex tourism’

Thailand’s tourism body has said in a statement that it “strongly opposes any form of sex tourism” as it hopes to welcome a…

Paris tourism shakes post-attack lull to record decade-best 2017

Paris tourism shakes post-attack lull to record decade-best 2017

Tourists flocked back to Paris last year as safety concerns following a spate of attacks by Islamist militants appeared to…

Maldives tries to fight off travel alerts as tourists stay awayTourism Insight News

Maldives tries to fight off travel alerts as tourists stay away

Tourists have been cancelling hundreds of hotel bookings in Maldives every day since the imposition of a state of emergency…

Singapore hosts 6.2 pct more visitors in 2017 on rise in Chinese touristsDestinations

Singapore hosts 6.2 pct more visitors in 2017 on rise in Chinese tourists

Singapore’s visitor arrivals rose 6.2 percent to a record 17.4 million last year as the city-state welcomed more travellers from…

Kenya’s tourism revenues jump 20 pct in 2017Destinations

Kenya’s tourism revenues jump 20 pct in 2017

Kenya’s revenue from tourism jumped 20 percent last year, the government said yesterday, as the sector continued to recover from…

Cape Town’s water crisis hitting tourism

Cape Town’s water crisis hitting tourism

A chronic drought that could leave South Africa’s Cape Town without water within weeks is hurting visitor numbers and knocking…

Thailand expects 300,000 tourists from China during Lunar New Year

Thailand expects 300,000 tourists from China during Lunar New Year

Thailand’s tourism body expects 300,000 visitors from China during the Lunar New Year holidays, a nearly 18 percent rise from…

Melania factor helps to boost Slovenian tourism

Melania factor helps to boost Slovenian tourism

The number of foreign tourists visiting Slovenia jumped almost 17 percent last year to 3.4 million, the statistics office said,…

Cuba tourism slides in wake of Hurricane Irma and Trump administration

Cuba tourism slides in wake of Hurricane Irma and Trump administration

Tourism to Cuba, one of the few bright spots in its ailing economy, has slid in the wake of Hurricane…