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The Dominican Republic economy, worth about US$127.9 billion, is shaped by three big banks, the state, old family groups and dollars from tourism and gold. The post Who Runs Dominican Republic’s Economy in 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Centre-funded projects focus on heritage, beach, spiritual, Buddhist and eco-tourism destinations across the State, with facilities aimed at enhancing visitor experience, say officials
Mainland Chinese visitor arrivals in Hong Kong exceeded the government’s forecast for the entire National Day “golden week” holiday in the first six days, as major shopping centres and hotel operators reported brisk business. The city recorded 1.3 million mainland visitor arrivals over the first six days of the week-long break, up by 11.6 per cent from the same period last year and surpassing the government’s forecast of 1.29 million for the entire holiday, according to Immigration Department...
Mainland Chinese arrivals to Hong Kong surged at the start of the National Day “golden week” holiday before easing towards last year’s levels, with tourism sector representatives attributing the early rush partly to the city’s fireworks display and tourists making the most of a shorter break. Immigration Department figures showed that 277,304 mainland visitors arrived on October 1, up 19.1 per cent from 232,751 on the first day of last year’s holiday and 25.1 per cent from 221,644 in 2024. “The...
Mainland Chinese visitor arrivals in Hong Kong during the first two days of the National Day “golden week” surpassed the pre-pandemic total for the same period in 2018, as the tourism chief expressed confidence that the city would reach its annual target of 53.8 million visitors earlier than expected. The city recorded 511,311 arrivals from the mainland on Thursday and Friday, according to Immigration Department figures, edging past the 508,578 recorded during the same period in 2018. The first...
The Airport Authority will reposition the 11 Skies commercial project after taking it over next April, with the government expecting it to become a high-end tourism landmark with minimal public investment, the transport chief has said. Speaking for the first time since developer New World Development (NWD) announced on Wednesday that it would return the 11 Skies project to the authority next April, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on Saturday that the two sides had reached...
Minister says Veli will be developed into a transport hub and it has immense potential for development in the transport and tourism sectors, given its proximity to major air, rail, water and road transport networks
Philippine senators have urged the Department of Tourism to stick with a single marketing campaign to build long-term international recognition, pointing to long-running successes such as Malaysia’s “Truly Asia” tagline. Newly appointed Tourism Secretary Dita Angara-Mathay was asked about her plans for the current slogan, “Love the Philippines”, during a departmental budget hearing on Monday, the Philippine Star reported. Senate finance subcommittee chairman Erwin Tulfo suggested keeping the...
Rosanna Law, Hong Kong's Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, discusses efforts to diversify the city's tourism offerings and boost visitor spending ahead of China's Golden Week holiday. She speaks with Yvonne Man and David Ingles on "Bloomberg: The China Show." (Source: Bloomberg)
Mainland Chinese visitors made about 440,000 trips to Hong Kong over the Mid-Autumn Festival weekend, with a tourism industry representative expecting hotel occupancy of more than 90 per cent in popular districts during the coming National Day “golden week”. Hong Kong recorded 439,532 arrivals by mainland visitors from last Friday to Sunday, according to Immigration Department figures released on Monday. The total accounted for about a quarter of the 1.73 million arrivals recorded during the...
Kandula Durgesh announces that a tent city and Havelock bridge will be developed ahead of the Godavari Pushkarams.
In a representation to Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Transport Minister Byrathi Suresh and the Transport Commissioner, the association requested that tourist transport vehicles arriving from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Goa and Maharashtra be exempted from the applicable taxes and permit fees during the festival period.
Chief Minister calls for tourism infrastructure, a startup incubation centre and a ‘One Family-One Entrepreneur’ initiative to create jobs for local youth
Hong Kong will introduce themed tourism routes showcasing the city’s most recognisable filming locations and explore upgrading Victoria Park’s Centre Court to host higher-level tennis tournaments, as authorities seek to significantly increase the sector’s economic contribution under the city’s first five-year development plan. The 2026-30 blueprint aims to raise the tourism industry’s value added from HK$86.2 billion (US$10.9 billion) in 2024 to HK$126 billion by 2030 – an increase of about 40...
Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)--The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in August fell 9.6 pct from a year earlier to 3,098,900, down for the first time in two months, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday. The decrease appears to reflect the Chinese government's ongoing advisory against travel to Japan for its citizens, as well as flight cancellations due to a seri...
Read story in EnglishMéxico busca la manera de reactivar el crecimiento en sus destinos de playa, que alguna vez estuvieron en auge y donde las visitas de turistas de alto poder adquisitivo se ha desacelerado, otra señal preocupante para una economía que atraviesa dificultades.
Bloomberg TV's Abeer Abu Omar speaks exclusively with Issam Kazim, CEO of Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing at the Arabian Travel Market. He observes that Dubai has become a 'mature' city, with people now wanting to come to the region for a holiday or for residency, whereas it was previously a stopover destination. He says competition between regional players in the UAE is 'healthy' and important for attracting talent. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Thai baht’s recent decline is set to bolster the Southeast Asian nation’s exports and tourism — two key drivers of the economy, according to Vice Finance Minister Santitarn Sathirathai.
The upgrade is expected to reduce the travel distance by around 11 km and bring down the journey time from about 90 minutes to nearly 50 minutes
The growing tourism prospects of Chakkittappara village prompted the previous State government to consider establishing a tiger safari park in the area. The decision to establish the park was taken on September 27, 2023, despite protests from a section of farmers and human rights activists.