Friday, August 23, 2019
U.K. holidaymakers can avoid the busy beaches of the Mediterranean and sail to one of Europe’s lesser-known destinations, including Porquerolles island on the south coast of France, and the Cíes Islands in northern Spain. Further afield, hidden gems include the …
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
France will introduce a tax on airlines flying from its airports to help support the environment, as per the transport minister. The move is expected to raise around 180 million euros (U.S. dollars 202 million) from 2020. The news saw …
Monday, July 1, 2019
The rapidly maturing tourism market in New Zealand is offering some exciting opportunities for farmers and food producers here to take inspiration from their European counterparts, becoming a similar tourism and cultural destination for the Southern Hemisphere with farmers woven …
Friday, June 28, 2019
A gunman injured two people outside a Brest mosque including the Imam in France. He later went on to kill himself. The motive for the attack is unclear. France’s interior minister Christophe Castaner ordered an increase in security measures around …
Saturday, May 18, 2019
France welcomed a total of 89.4 million visitors which is a rise of three per cent from that of 2017. It is now targeting 100 million foreign tourists for 2020. Government’s tourism committee said in a statement: “France remained the …
Monday, May 6, 2019
France is going to ban electric scooters from pavements following a rise in accidents and increasing complaints over the number of the devices littering the streets. An estimated, there are more than 15,000 scooters operated by several rental companies have …
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
According to the research done by Ctrip, Chinese domestic tourism is expecting 160 million trips during the upcoming Labour Day holiday. Last month, State Council of China had announced that 2019 Labor Day holiday would last four days from May …
Saturday, February 23, 2019
The Paris Region Tourism Board visited Jakarta on Wednesday to promote the City of Light’s tourist attractions to ASEAN travellers. According to tourism board data received by The Jakarta Post on Thursday, 420,000 people from Southeast Asia visited the …
Friday, January 18, 2019
The French Foreign Ministry stated that a record number of tourists visited France in 2018 even though it the sector was inflicted by the ongoing “yellow vest” protests compelling visitors to stay away during the Christmas holidays. …
Monday, December 17, 2018
The incident of shooting near world-famous Christmas market in French city of Strasbourg left four people dead and about 11 wounded. It led to a broad lockdown and a search for the suspected gunman. The suspect was …
