The magnitude 6.6 quake hit the coast of the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday.     As per the United States Geological Survey, the shallow undersea quake hit about 13 kilometres west of Neiafu, the second-largest town of …

Martinique Tourism Authority announced François Baltus-Languedoc as the new chief executive.     Being at the helm of the authority he will devise and implement innovative strategies to develop the appeal of the destination. He will cater to promotion towards …

Iran hosted 7.29 million foreign tourists last year, which is around 50% more compared to the year before, said the UNWTO.   The country witnessed a 2.1% share of global tourist arrivals last year.   Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, …

Alessandra Alonso, founder of Women in Travel (CIC), the social enterprise dedicated to empowering women through employability and entrepreneurship in the travel industry, has been shortlisted for the UK Social Enterprise Awards 2019 in the Women in Social Enterprise category. …

The World Tourism Day events organised by the Government Arts College and the State government had many means to carry the allure of tourism to the student community.   Capturing the fancy of 90’s kids with street food and the …

The world’s longest waterslide has been installed at Malaysia’s Escape theme park located on the island of Penang.   It takes visitors a full four minutes to whiz down the 1,140-metre long waterslide which winds its way across a 70 …

Dark tourism is described as tourism involving travel to places historically associated with death and tragedy. It’s an interesting though somewhat macabre idea and as such its definition has recently been expanded to include the reasons people may want to …

Bundaberg Tourism held its 48th annual general meeting at Fairymead House last week with more than 40 stakeholders in attendance.   Tourism contributed 10.7 per cent to Bundaberg’s gross regional product and the tourism industry generated over $463 million in …

Hordes of rapacious tourists snapping up dirty water from a rapidly melting glacier are an austere picture of the state of Iceland’s tourism sector.   Iceland has been the poster child for the positive and negative effects of overtourism.   …

Distinguished lawyer Janet Whiting is to become the new chair of the state’s primary tourism and events body, Visit Victoria. The Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Martin Pakula today announced that Ms Whiting would succeed Paul Little, who …