Mexico’s tourism industry thrives on its beaches, culture, and hospitality, but recent cartel...
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Travel Industry Faces Economic Strain, Overtourism, and Infrastructure Challenges
The global travel industry faces mounting challenges, including economic instability, high...
Outdoor Tourism Growth Raises Safety Concerns Across All Seasons
Outdoor tourism has evolved into a year-round global industry, with destinations welcoming visitors...
Looking Back at 2025 — And Hoping for a Better 2026
2025 was a year of contradiction for global tourism—strong recovery shadowed by inflation, over...
Giving Travel As A Gift For Christmas is Trending
More consumers are turning to travel as a meaningful alternative to traditional holiday gifts...
The Importance of Lodging Security in Today’s Tourism Industry
Discover why hotel and Airbnb security is essential for guest satisfaction and business success...
The Arts and Tourism
History is an integral part of the tourism industry. Cities such as Rome, Paris, Jerusalem, and...
The Value of Medical Tourism Continues to Increase
This article examines how healthcare providers can utilize medical tourism to boost profitability...
Is Medical Tourism Right for Your Community?
One of the fastest-growing trends in the world of tourism is medical tourism. Medical tourism can...
Leadership Skills Missed by CEOs in the Travel and Tourism Sector
Many people outside of the tourism industry tend to think of tourism and travel as a never-ending...
Developing a Continuity Plan for your Tourism Industry Before a Crisis
Tourism can get into a state of crisis within seconds . No matter how good your risk management may...
US Tourism Month and the Interconnection of Tourism Security and Safety
Although September 27 is International Tourism Day, the United States celebrates its Tourism Day on...
Mexican President Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum Supports Tourism and Gloria Guevara
Mexican President Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum has crashed through multiple glass ceilings. She was...
Sustainable Tourism and Eco Tourism Building a Better Future
There is no doubt that tourism is not only big business, but any industry that moves over a billion...
Marketing in Good and Challenging Times
Tourism marketing is never easy, especially when we consider that many people view much of the...
We love LA! Tourism Resilience Learns from Southern California Fires
This article will examine what the world’s tourism industries can learn from the Los Angeles fires...
Hoping for a Better 2025 Travel and Tourism Outcome
Tourism and More summarizes 2024 and looks forward to 2025, sharing its predictions in its latest...
Is Tourism Really an Industry of Peace?
This content was provided by Dr. Peter Tarlow, president of the World Tourism Network, on the...
Enticing Tourists by Making Tourism Enchanting
In much of the world, the month of December is a time of beauty. For some, snow covers the ground...
Travel and Tourism Marketing as a Form of Art
With United States elections to take place in just a few weeks, once again we see marketing as a...
Shopping: Tourism’s Number One Sport!
Although it is possible that with the rise of online shopping, classical physical shopping centers...
Tourism and the Senior Market
With the first wave of baby boomers now well into retirement age, the senior market has become one...
Importance of Conventions and Convention Centers to Tourism
Last month we looked at weddings as a form of conventions and we gave extra attention to the niche...
Weddings are Lucrative Summer Events for Tourism
Perhaps there is nothing more romantic than a June wedding. June is the month of roses, and across...
Travel as an Educational Tool
In the northern hemisphere, the months of May and June not only represent the dawn of summer but...
Travel Ethical Review
It is not an exaggeration to state that the twenty-first century’s third decade has been one of...
Health and Wellness Tourism – Finding the Right Fit
The graying of populations in many of the more advanced parts of the world, along with shorter...
Major Issues Facing the International Travel Industry
The international political world will continue to be unstable and when instability hits, people...
Major Issues Facing the Travel Industry
Now that the December holidays have passed, and 2023 has come to its conclusion, tourism...
Making a Tourism Business Secure
Most of clients are honest, but unfortunately travel and tourism is also a business like any other...
Safe Countries in Which to Travel: The Metrics
With the start of November, the world begins to think “holidays.”
Dealing with Legal Issues in Tourism
The tourism/visitor industry is one of the world's great industries. Large industries also mean...
The Importance of Food and Food Safety for Travel and Tourism
The northern hemisphere’s long summer months are a time to relax and enjoy the great outdoors.
How Effective is Your Tourism Marketing?
September marks the end of the high summer tourism season in most of the Northern Hemisphere.
World Tourism Network Warns France: SMEs Caught in Violence
World Tourism Network warns France after its violent riots: If security fails, tourism confidence...
Handling Stress for Travel and Tourism Professionals
One of the ways that the travel and tourism industry promotes its leisure market is that vacations...
Errors that the Tourism Industry Is Currently Making
Some of the Basic Errors that the Tourism Industry Is Currently Making were released by World...
Government Leaders Must See Tourism Is Economic Development
Many government leaders, but not all, understand the importance of tourism as an economic...
Creating a Secure and Safe Lodging Industry
Places of lodging have multiple challenges when it comes to issues of security and privacy, safety...
World Tourism Network New Program: Developing Cultural Tourism
World Tourism Network, a world-wide organization with members in 128 nations, recognizes a growing...
Travel & Tourism Industry’s Basic Principles: Part 2
We began the year by reviewing some of the fundamental principles of a successful tourism business...
Travel & Tourism Industry’s Basic Principles
The past year, 2022, was the first year since the great pandemic. 2022 was also a year full of...
Having a safe and secure holiday season
Tourism surety, the point where tourism security, safety, economics, and reputation merge, has...
Developing shared leadership for successful tourism
All too often tourism entities talk about “partnerships and sharing leadership” but actually mean:...
Will there be a crisis recovery for tourism?
There can be no doubt that the last few years have not been easy ones for the entire travel and...
What truly makes travel and tourism sustainable?
According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) we celebrate World Tourism Day...
How tourism beautification helps improve marketing and security
Tourism beautification is not only about planting flowers and creative landscaping. It is more than...
Good customer service is always in season!
After the downturns experienced by the tourism industry due to the COVID-19 pandemics, the rising...
Getting Ready Now for the Family Vacation Season
Although most family vacations will not occur in the northern Hemisphere until June – August...
Make Travel Safe again after COVID
It appears that many of the Covid-19 travel restrictions from around the world are slowly being...
Time for Tourism to Help Travelers Make New and Pleasant Memories
Although during the month of March much of the world is still deep in winter, there is the hope...
The State of Travel and Tourism in War Times
The travel and tourism industry is facing new uncertainty, challenges, and opportunities. GTRCMC...
This Past Year Was Not Easy
Although 2021 was a somewhat better year than 2020, most people in the tourism industry will not be...
World Tourism Network warns: Don’t destroy the Luxury Travel Market!
Tourism is based on creating memories and memories come from unique and captivating experiences. ...
A New Era in Latin American Tourism Security
The World Tourism Network President Dr. Peter Tarlow was a key speaker at the recent Colombian...
Being Ready for Natural Disasters: The Before and The After
Last year, 2020, was not only the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it also saw a rise in...
How safe are we twenty years after September 11? Sobering!
Travel today is a great deal harder than it was twenty years ago. In fact, the travel industry has...
World Tourism Network View on Tourism and Terrorism
Today's chaos and terror attacks at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan and...
The impact of the Fall of Afghanistan on the World Travel and Tourism industry
The World Tourism Network is concerned about the current situation in Afghanistan. WTN President Dr...
Beneath the Surface of Jewish Life
Eastern Europe’s populations, especially Poland and the Ukraine, were poor, often uneducated, and...
How to deal with Difficult Customers?
Much of the world experiences all sorts of thunderstorms or weather-related travel delays. These...
Balancing tourism marketing and security needs
Last summer, the tourism industry not only experienced a major marketing paradigm shift, but it...
Tourism beautification: Not just about flowers and landscaping
With the rebirth of travel using site beautification to enhance your marketing and your security...
Developing loyal employees in the hope that tourism will soon return to normal
One of the things that the tourism and travel industry learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is the...
Fighting human trafficking during the pandemic age
Tourism security has traditionally been about protecting visitors from themselves, from other...
Merchandising Ideas in the Age of Pandemics
With COVID-19 vaccinations taking place around the world, the return of travel and tourism looms on...
Looking Back at The Year that Wasn’t
Possible future travel and tourism trends - What might appear logical today might be invalid...
Can a multi-cultural industry such as tourism be inclusive?
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet the playwright places into the mouth of his leading...
How to re-enchant tourism
With the now real potential for a vaccine we can begin to this about tourism post the pandemic. ...
What about Travel Security once we have gone beyond Covid-19
In today’s very politically and economically unstable world the tourism and hospitality industries...
Making and Selling Memories in a Time of Too Few Good Memories
Throughout the northern hemisphere, October begins to set the stage for the winter months. Its...
Dealing with Difficult Customers and Situations in a Post-Pandemic World
Traditionally in most of the northern hemisphere the month of September is called the “dog...
Travel Rage in a Time of a Pandemics
During the last decade, tourism officials have noted the evolution of various types of anger among...
Tourism Business Plan in an Age of Pandemics
Traditionally, the summer months are a great time to see where one’s business is headed and what...
The Road to Recovery: The Rebirth of Tourism
During the last three months, the travel and tourism industry around much of the world for the most...
After the Virus Passes: Travel Tips for Tourism Professionals
During the last three months, tourism has basically come to a halt. Organizations and businesses...
In an Age of Pandemics Why Some Tourism Industries Fail
This last month has not been easy for the travel and tourism industry. The industry has been rocked...
How is lock down in Middle America? College Station, Texas
In 1985 the great Colombian noble prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez published his world...
Expert Plan released for Tourism Survival after Coronavirus
Dr. Peter Tarlow of SaferTourism has plenty of detailed expert recommendation for anyone planning...
How the Next Pandemic May Impact the World’s Tourism Industry seen in 2009
In 2009 during the height of the H1N1 Dr. Peter Tarlow published an article entitled “How the Next...