News Have you signed up to one of our industry events yet? Click the logos to find out more. According to Diego Saez-Gil, Founder of WeHostels and VP at StudentUniverse, even after several years working in the youth travel market he doesn’t stop getting...
International tourist arrivals grew by 5% in 2013, reaching a record 1,087 million arrivals, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Despite global economic challenges, international tourism results were well above expectations, with an additional 52...
Taleb Rifai tells aviation and tourism sectors to work together to ensure future growth. The UNWTO has urged countries to remove restrictions on travel, to enable the tourism industry to reach its full potential. Addressing the Royal Aeronautical Society at the...
The ITB World Travel Trends Report 2013/14 was commissioned by ITB Berlin from IPK International, organisers of the 21st annual World Travel Monitor® Forum, held at San Giuliano Terme, near Pisa, Italy, in late October 2013. The report covers the main trends in...
In the first eight months of the year, international tourist arrivals grew by 5% to reach a record 747 million worldwide, some 38 million more than in the same period of 2012. Demand for international tourism remained strong throughout the first eight months of 2013,...
Mr Rifai, an enthusiastic supporter of the youth and student travel community was re-elected at the 20th Session of the UN World Tourism Organization’s biennial General Assembly held last week at Victoria Falls, Zambia/Zimbabwe. In recent years Mr Rifai’s...
