Tag: US tourists
UK Tourism: Record visits and spending from the USA
Chief Assignment Editor- February 8, 2020 00:25Latest figures from VisitBritain, Britain’s national tourism agency, show there were a record number of visits from the US to the UK during the first nine months of 2019. The ... Read More
How American travelers plan their vacation?
Chief Assignment Editor- January 17, 2020 19:32Americans take on average 4.4 trips per year. Now imagine what that number could be if they used all of their vacation days instead of accruing unused PTO. According to ... Read More
Americans not coming: Cuba fails to meet 2019 tourist goals
Chief Assignment Editor- December 20, 2019 01:36The expectations of the Cuban authorities that at least 5 million tourists will visit the island in 2019 did not come true: by the end of the year only a ... Read More
Rip-off Greek-style: US tourists charged $937 for simple lunch at Mykonos restaurant
Chief Assignment Editor- May 25, 2019 19:05DK Oyster restaurant on the Greek tourist island of Mykonos charged American tourists 830 euros ($937) for six portions of calamari, six beers and three salads. Greek tax inspectors who ... Read More
Iconic red Routemaster bus to feature at WTM London 2019
editor- May 14, 2019 23:28An iconic red London bus will take centre stage in the UK & Ireland area of WTM London 2019. Buyers looking to include unique tours of the capital in their itineraries will ... Read More
US tourists vanish in Dominican Republic between hotel and airport
editor- April 8, 2019 18:42American tourists, Orlando Moore, 43, and Portia Ravenelle, 32, were set to return to their Mount Vernon, New York, home on March 27, at the end of a vacation in ... Read More
“Tour operator” fleeces US tourists of $20K, arrested by Uganda’s Tourism Police
Chief Assignment Editor- January 26, 2019 17:20Tourism Police on the morning of Friday, January 25, arrested a quack tour operator who had fleeced a family of American tourists that had paid for a 15-day safari in ... Read More
Hawaiian Airlines: Honolulu – Guam?
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 20, 2017 01:51Guam is trying hard to establish itself as a tourism destination not only for Korea, Japan, China, Russia, and Australia, but also as a domestic destination. But flights from Honolulu ... Read More
Jamaica’s tourist arrivals decline
editor- November 10, 2012 02:24Janaican government on Wednesday admitted that there has been a decline in visitor arrivals since last month, and attributed this to the passage of Hurricane Sandy which affected sections of ... Read More
Chinese tourists outnumber US visitors in New Zealand
editor- October 20, 2012 02:55It is the year of the dragon for Chinese tourists coming to New Zealand with numbers up almost 40 percent in the year to September. Read More
Number of US tourists to Central America growing
editor- August 30, 2012 06:46The latest numbers from the US government’s Office of Travel and Tourism Industry (OTTI) show that overseas travel by Americans is growing in in all of the eight regions it ... Read More
NTDC promises unprecedented boom in tourists traffic from USA
editor- August 15, 2012 08:30The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation has assured that Nigeria would soon experience unprecedented boom in tourists traffic from the United States of America following reports that more than 70 Read More
Egyptian Bedouin release kidnapped American tourists
editor- July 18, 2012 08:41Two American tourists who were being held hostage by an Egyptian Bedouin have reportedly been released. Read More
Bedouin tribesmen kidnap two American tourists in Sinai
editor- July 14, 2012 07:50CAIRO, Egypt - Bedouin tribesmen, seeking the release of an imprisoned kinsman, kidnapped two U.S. tourists in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday, security sources said. Read More
Israeli security uses Gestapo techniques to harass US tourists
editor- June 6, 2012 08:49US citizens say that they were detained and harassed by Israeli Shin Bet security upon arrival at Ben Gurion Airport. Read More
Abu Dhabi tourism opens dedicated promotion office in New York
editor- May 18, 2012 05:21NEW YORK — In a bid to attract tourists from the United States, the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority opened a dedicated promotion office in New York City. Read More
US international travel for February year-to-date 2012 up six percent
editor- May 12, 2012 05:17February Year-to-Date (2012/2011) Comparisons U.S. travel to overseas markets(1) markets reached 3.8 million, up 13 percent in the first two months. Regional results were: Read More
8 towns to visit on next Caribbean trip
editor- March 29, 2012 10:03Life's not always a beach. Read More
Tourism seminar for US marketing held in Tanzania
editor- January 18, 2012 09:43The President of North America's National Tour Association (NTA) Lisa Simon is visiting Tanzania to share views with tour operators and other tourist business stakeholders on best approaches to penetr Read More
Western tourists in Bangkok warned of possible terror attacks
editor- January 14, 2012 05:34British tourists were warned today to beware of possible attacks targeting westerners in Thailand after police thwarted a terror plot in Bangkok. Read More
US tourist hurt in New Zealand road rage attack
editor- January 12, 2012 05:55A road rage attack on an American cyclist in Wellington has been condemned as an embarrassment to New Zealand. Read More
Tanzanian seminar to explore US tourism markets
editor- January 12, 2012 04:40TANZANIA (eTN) - Looking for best approaches to attract more American tourists, Tanzania tourist stakeholders are set to meet next week at a travel seminar aimed at learning strategies for ... Read More
US travel abroad declined in 2010
editor- November 11, 2011 08:01The overall U.S. outbound market totaled 60.3 million in 2010, down two percent compared to 2009. Read More
Two US tourists abducted in Philippines
editor- July 13, 2011 06:17MANILA, Philippines - About 14 heavily armed men believed to be Abu Sayyaf militants abducted two US tourists, a 50-year-old woman and her son, while they were visiting their relatives ... Read More
With euro sliding, US tourists may get a break at Oktoberfest 2010 in Munich
editor- May 27, 2010 03:13Munich’s Oktoberfest will charge 2.5 percent more for beer this year on average, though U.S. Read More
Tourism New Zealand hopes Next Top Model episode will attract US tourists
editor- April 30, 2010 04:46An episode of America's Next Top Model, shot in New Zealand, which screened in the US last night, is part of a push to attract more tourists from the United ... Read More
London, Rome and Paris are top international destinations for US travelers in 2010
editor- February 12, 2010 05:54With US leisure and business travelers factoring in value and price for their travel plans at the start of 2010, London and European favorites -- Rome and Paris lead hotel ... Read More
US tourists trampled to death by elephant in Kenya
editor- January 7, 2010 02:40An American tourist and her one-year-old child have been trampled to death by an elephant in Kenya, officials say. Read More
“Come back to Ireland” campaign to blitz US
editor- December 28, 2009 01:41An Irish tourism campaign will blitz U.S. television networks, newspapers and websites with ads to bring Americans back to Ireland. Read More
India tightens rules for US tourists with long-term visas
editor- December 16, 2009 04:27In an apparent response to the David Headley episode, the Indian Government has, for the first time, imposed certain restrictions on American citizens visiting the country. Read More
Tourism NZ banks on celebrity appeal to lure US tourists
editor- November 30, 2009 06:13Tourism New Zealand chief executive George Hickton says the tourism marketing spend in the North American market will be more than doubled to about $10 million. Read More
Castro: Cuba’s swine flu ‘from US tourists’
editor- November 2, 2009 06:41Cuba's former leader, Fidel Castro, has blamed the growth in swine flu on an increase in US visitors to the island. Read More
Clinton urges Iranians to locate US tourists
editor- August 4, 2009 03:07The US secretary of state has appealed to Iran for information on three Americans arrested after apparently straying across the Iraqi border. Read More
US tourists likely to stay home due to passport rule
editor- June 7, 2009 07:01Tourist-related businesses expect a quieter summer, especially along the Canada-U.S. border with the new passport rule. Read More
Swine flu arrives in Turkey: 6 tourists in quarantine
editor- May 18, 2009 03:35A US tourist arriving in Turkey with the Dutch KLM airlines has been identified as having swine flu. His mother has also been diagnosed as carrying the H1N1 virus. Read More
Tourists return chip of Colosseum
editor- May 8, 2009 05:42Two US tourists who chipped off a piece of the Colosseum in Rome 25 years ago have returned it - along with an apology for taking it. Read More