Tourism is one of Kenya’s leading sources of foreign exchange alongside horticulture, tea, and Diaspora remittances, according to statistics from the government, a news agency reported.

A mere 200,100 tourists travelled to Russia last year, according to ATOR’s breakdown of Federal Security Service (FSB) border service data.

Many operators recognise this and have developed new programmes as they know this is where the growth is – the trade can come to the event and find out why the region is so sexy.

Morocco also ranked highly on the UNWTO’s Barometer for 2022 for its performance based on receipts, achieving a 6% increase over 2019 and ranking in the global top 10.

The beautiful city of Paris is gearing up to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and will see more infrastructure. Tourism in the French capital was a whopping $35.6 billion.

The Hong Kong Tourism Board also announced in October it will give away 500,000 free airline tickets as soon as all restrictions have been lifted.

Bangkok Airport has been witnessing long queues of travellers, who have to wait for hours to get on-arrival visas.

A record-setting 24,000 tourists visited the century-old Mysuru zoo on August 14. There were 13,000 visitors on August 15. For the first time after a hiatus of almost two-and-a-half years, the Mysuru zoo, which went through a grave financial crisis …

Italy and Greece relaxed some COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday before Europe’s peak summer tourist season, in a sign that life was increasingly returning to normal.

The war in Ukraine and resulting sanctions on Russia are adding to the concerns of Europe’s tourism sector as it tries to recover from the two-year battering of the coronavirus pandemic.