Hong Kong to ban all tourist arrivals, weighs halt of alcohol in bars

Hong Kong to ban all tourist arrivals, weighs halt of alcohol in bars

Hong Kong said on Monday it was stopping all tourist arrivals and transit passengers at its airport and was considering…

Tourists stranded as Barcelona airport cancels more flights after protestsTransport

Tourists stranded as Barcelona airport cancels more flights after protests

Hundreds of travellers were stranded at Barcelona’s El Prat airport yesterday when 45 flights were cancelled in addition to more…

Thomas Cook CEO on liquidation: “I apologise”Travel Agents & Tour Operators

Thomas Cook CEO on liquidation: “I apologise”

Peter Fankhauser, the chief executive of Thomas Cook, apologised for the liquidation of the world’s oldest travel company. Following are…

Hong Kong August visitors plunge 40% y/y, hotels half-full

Hong Kong August visitors plunge 40% y/y, hotels half-full

Hong Kong visitor arrivals plunged nearly 40% in August from a year earlier, deepening from July’s 5% fall, the finance…

Animal rights group says Greece covering up Santorini donkey ‘abuse’Tourism Insight News

Animal rights group says Greece covering up Santorini donkey ‘abuse’

Animal rights group PETA has accused Greek authorities of covering up what it called the “cruel” treatment of donkeys on…

Curious foreigners get rare chance to sample Emirati cultureDestinations

Curious foreigners get rare chance to sample Emirati culture

No question was off limits for curious tourists and foreign residents of Dubai wanting to learn more about Emirati culture…

Italy’s Pompeii offers new glimpses of life before calamity

Italy’s Pompeii offers new glimpses of life before calamity

Nearly 2,000 years after the italian city of Pompeii was destroyed by a volcanic eruption, the ancient Roman city is…

Italy’s Venice to charge admission fees for tourists

Italy’s Venice to charge admission fees for tourists

Venice council has voted to impose an entrance fee on day-trippers to help pay for the upkeep of the much-visited…

Libya’s ancient ruins blighted by theft, shunned by tourists

Libya’s ancient ruins blighted by theft, shunned by tourists

Graffiti covers the walls of a Greek amphitheatre in Cyrene, an ancient ruined city in eastern Libya now struggling with…

More tourists visit Singapore, but spending growth slowsDestinations

More tourists visit Singapore, but spending growth slows

Singapore received a record 18.5 million visitors last year as more tourists arrived in the city-state from its top markets…