The tourism situation in Thailand is showing signs of improvement, the statement said, adding that the government’s visa waiver for Chinese arrivals will give the sector a boost.

In total, foreign tourists accounted for 545 million nights in the first half of 2023 or 46 per cent of all overnight stays. In recent years, the proportion of foreign tourists has been significantly impacted by the pandemic.

There has been more than a 700 per cent increase in foreign tourist arrival in Kashmir this year compared to 2022 with travel agents doling out new services to lure more high end-visitors.

Foreign tourist arrivals rose by 16.2 percent in January-July to 26.8 million, while 3.3 million Turkish citizens residing abroad vacationed in the country during the same period.

The Ministry of Tourism revealed an ambitious campaign designed to position India as a premier global wedding destination, according to a statement issued by the ministry.

Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, Indonesia’s Minister of Tourism and Creative Industries, expressed confidence that Indonesia would welcome 10 million foreign tourists in 2023, exceeding the target of 8.5 million. “We, at the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, provide performance guidance …

The travel and tourism over the next decade has a chance to make use of over 1.2 million people all over the country, with one in four people associated with the sector.

Days of violent protests in France after the fatal police shooting of a teenager have plunged President Emmanuel Macron into the gravest crisis of his leadership since the Yellow Vest protests that started in 2018.

A breakdown of the data showed inbound foreign tourists increased in most primary markets last week, particularly those from China.

The enchanting Aegean province of Muğla and the northwestern province of Edirne, bordering Bulgaria and Greece, attracted a substantial number of tourists, with 380,899 and 349,123 visitors, respectively.