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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.

Four-day event records around 58,000 B2B meetings, besides discussions on tapping emerging opportunities

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.

Cuba tourism slump deepens: 450,353 visitors in January–August 2026, down 64.4%, and just 30,490 in August. What is behind it and what travellers face. The post Cuba Tourism Falls 64.4% as August Brings Only 30,490 Visitors appeared first on The Rio Times.

The event has been conceived to put communities at the heart of the State’s tourism economy, Minister Lalnghinglova Hmar says

Chief Minister calls for tourism infrastructure, a startup incubation centre and a ‘One Family-One Entrepreneur’ initiative to create jobs for local youth

Tourism Minister P.C. Vishnunadh interacts with Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Tourism, UAE, and Abdulla Niyas, Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation, Maldives

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.

Mexico is trying to figure out how to reignite growth at its once-booming beach destinations, where visits by big-spending travelers have slowed in another bleak sign for a struggling economy.

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.

URUGUAY · TOURISM Key Facts —The scheme Uruguay will pay airlines about US$20 for every additional foreign tourist they fly in, versus the same period a year earlier. —The cap The fund is limited to US$2.5 million a year, split evenly between the Tourism Ministry and Aeropuertos Uruguay. —New routes A separate stimulus rewards international […] The post Uruguay Airline Incentive Pays US$20 for Every Extra Tourist appeared first on The Rio Times.

Mainland Chinese have paid tribute to Hong Kong’s first chief executive, the late Tung Chee-hwa, for introducing a solo-travel scheme more than two decades ago that opened the city to millions of travellers and created indelible memories for middle-class families. The Individual Visit Scheme has grown from a handful of cities in Guangdong province in 2003 to its current 59 spanning the country as far west as Urumqi in Xinjiang, contributing to a more than fivefold increase in the number of...

O setor de serviços, o que mais emprega na economia, apresentou estabilidade na passagem de junho para julho, ou seja, teve variação nula (0%). Com esse resultado, o setor, que reúne atividades como transporte, turismo, restaurantes, salão de beleza, internet e tecnologia da informação (TI), apresenta alta de 1,9% no ano e 2,4% em 12 meses. Notícias relacionadas:Setor de serviços fica estável em junho e sobe 2% no 1º semestre. Setor de serviços cai 0,4% em maio por recuo na área de transportes.Setor de serviços cresce 1,2% em abril, primeira alta em seis meses.O dado de julho mostra desaceleração, uma vez que o acumulado de 12 meses até junho era de 2,6%. Os dados fazem parte da Pesquisa Mensal de Serviços (PMS), divulgada nesta quinta-feira (10) pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE).  O desempenho de julho deixa os serviços em patamar 0,2% abaixo do maior nível já registrado, que pertence a outubro de 2025. A pesquisa revela que quatro das cinco atividades avaliadas pelo IBGE apresentaram alta na passagem de junho para julho: Serviços prestados às famílias: 0,5% Serviços de informação e comunicação: -2,5% Serviços profissionais e administrativos: 0,6% Transportes, armazenagem e correio: 0,4% Outros serviços: 0,7% Apesar de serem classificados como atividade de serviços, os bancos não são incluídos no levantamento do IBGE. Turismo A Pesquisa Mensal de Serviços traz também o índice de atividades turísticas (Iatur), que apresentou expansão de 2,7% em julho, na comparação com o mês anterior. No acumulado de 12 meses, o patamar de alta se reduz para 0,6%. Esses resultados deixam as atividades de turismo 9,4% acima do patamar pré-pandemia de covid-19 (fevereiro de 2020) e 3,8% abaixo do maior nível já alcançado, em dezembro de 2024. O Iatur reúne 22 das 166 atividades de serviços investigadas na pesquisa e que são ligadas à atividade turística, como hotéis, agências de viagens, bufê e transporte aéreo de passageiros. São divulgadas informações de 17 unidades da federação: Ceará, Pernambuco, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Goiás e Distrito Federal, Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso, Alagoas e Rio Grande do Norte.