Tag: Germans
Top travel destinations: US trends for summer 2019
Dmytro Makarov- June 6, 2019 20:25eDreams, Europe's online travel agent, has analyzed flight bookings for travel between June 1st and the 30th September 2019 to reveal this summer's top US travel trends. With half of the year already ... Read More
Tourism Authority of Thailand adopts simplified A-B-C Strategy
Dmytro Makarov- June 6, 2019 08:17The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has adopted a simplified “A-B-C Strategy” to promote emerging tourist destinations by creating inter-linked, theme-related travel routes that better distribute visitor flows nationwide. TAT ... Read More
Italy Tourism pulls in nearly 40 billion in international traveler spend
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- May 14, 2019 23:43The positive outcome in 2018 for Italy’s tourism shows an increase of almost 11%, with around 41.7 billion euros spent by international travelers compared to 39.1 billion euros in 2017, ... Read More
Tanzanian tour operators plan to turn Dar Es Salaam into Paris of East Africa
Adam Ihucha - eTN Tanzania- May 14, 2019 20:15Tanzania Tanzanian tour operators are mulling over the idea of turning the country’s commercial center of Dar Es Salaam into a ‘tourism paradise’, a copycat of Paris, in their bid ... Read More
Alitalia Airline rescue: All-out negotiations with Benettons
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- May 14, 2019 02:54The plight of Alitalia Airline continues just as expected with negotiations for Alitalia by the Benetton Group ongoing, despite the denials of the case by both parties. "The plan sees ... Read More
Short time fame for the new Greek Tourism Minister?
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 8, 2019 08:32Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura submitted her letter of resignation to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras last week. She resigned to win a seat in the European Parliament. Elena Kountoura was ... Read More
Carnival’s first LNG-powered AIDAnova cruise ship makes history in Barcelona
Chief Assignment Editor- April 27, 2019 18:40Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest leisure travel company, its Germany-based AIDA Cruises brand and numerous representatives from politics, port-related businesses and tourism today celebrated the first-time arrival of ... Read More
How is Germany doing on its goal of 2 million Indian tourists?
Anil Mathur - eTN India- April 17, 2019 02:51At an annual media meeting today, April 16, in Delhi, India, Romit Theophilus, Director of Marketing & Sales Office India for the German National Tourist Office (GNTO), said it was ... Read More
Seychelles’ intensified presence makes successful impact during 2019 edition of Internationale Tourismus-Börse, Berlin
editor- March 13, 2019 22:45Announced by the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) Headquarters in February 2019, Seychelles’ delegation pull the spotlight on the destination at the 53rd edition of Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB) travel trade ... Read More
ITB 2019 closing report: Robust and resilient
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 10, 2019 14:59Uninterrupted growth at a high level: despite a slowdown in the world economy demand within the world’s travel industry remains extremely stable. As ITB Berlin comes to a close this ... Read More
Germans travelers take off for Asia this Easter
Chief Assignment Editor- February 25, 2019 18:30Hong Kong and China are the best-growing intercontinental destinations for Germans taking an Easter break this year. Flight bookings are ahead of 2018, and increased seat capacity this summer could ... Read More
Lithuania tourism booming and German visitors love it
Juergen T Steinmetz- February 24, 2019 17:50Germans love to travel to Lithuania. It resulted n a record year in 2018 for Lithuania Tourism. 3,6 million people used accommodation services for at least one night while traveling in ... Read More
Russian and British tourists annoy German holidaymakers the most
Chief Assignment Editor- January 11, 2019 23:45According to the results of a sociological survey conducted among German citizens by the online platform ab-in-den-urlaub, German holidaymakers are most annoyed by fellow vacationers from Russia and Great Britain. ... Read More
African American travel: $63 billion opportunity
Chief Assignment Editor- December 20, 2018 15:44The second study in a series documenting the impact of African American travelers demonstrates their growing contribution to the United States travel and tourism economy to the tune of $63 ... Read More
Saipan: Could be another island in the Philippines, except it isn’t
editor- February 17, 2017 07:35Despite being only 12 miles long and 5 miles wide, Saipan has been hot property since it was colonized by the Spanish in the mid-1500’s. Read More
Americans voted “Funniest Nation”, Germans “Least Funny”
editor- June 10, 2011 04:09The Americans have been voted the world's "funniest nationality" - the one "best at making people laugh" - in a global poll, which also names the Germans the "least funny" ... Read More
More Germans will stay home this year
editor- March 9, 2010 05:53Germans are the world’s biggest spenders on international travel (source: UNWTO, 2008). But the outbound travel market has not been showing any signs of real recovery in 2010. Read More
California Travel & Tourism Commission expands web site to help lure more Germans to California
editor- March 15, 2009 10:19To entice new and repeat travelers from Germany, one of California’s top overseas markets, the California Travel & Tourism Commission has expanded its web site, www.visitcalifornia.de, to give them Read More
Three German nationals kidnapped in Yemen
editor- December 17, 2008 03:21Tribal disputes were blamed for the capture of a United Nations worker and her parents, all German nationals, in the outskirts of the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Read More