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Europe: Chinese tourism to be higher than ever in 2018
They don’t care about how much they spend and they love Europe, especially France — they are the Chinese tourists. 2018 celebrates the year of the dog but also the year of Chinese tourism! Indeed, the year of China-European Union tourism has been unveiled last 19...
Sports events and tourism: a winning combination
The Football FIFA World Cup kicks off. There we go, the 2018 FIFA World Cup has started! Russia should record an important rise in its touristic visits for this event. The country usually attracts 4.3 million international tourists during the June-July time but this...
Medical tourism: an ever-growing sector!
The numbers speak for themselves: in 2007, 7.5 million people traveled to seek treatment abroad. They were 16 million in 2012. For the upcoming 10 years (2015-2025), a 25% growth per year is expected. This is what a study, published in 2014 by Visa and Oxford...
2017 tourism trends: the year of Sustainable Tourism
2017: the year of Sustainable Tourism The United Nations has designated 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. An economic sector that represents almost 10% of world GDP and is constantly growing! During the 2016 edition of WTM (World...
Wine tourism: when tourism celebrates wine
That’s it, they have exceeded the 10 millions! Who? Wine tourists in France. Thanks to their enthusiasm, this in vogue market surged by 33% since 2009. This is a real opportunity for the French vineyards, that have become the new popular touristic destination of wine...
Travel trends of German travelers
How to target the German Travelers Every year, the European Union Statistics Office Eurostat updates its databases about the behaviour of the Europeans, particularly about their preferences as tourists. This study, overlapped with another study about tourist...
Bleisure: a lot of opportunities to be seized for travel and tourism experts!
« Bleisure », did you say « bleisure? How weird is that word! And for good reason, it is not in the dictionary, it is a portmanteau word born from the contraction of business and leisure. It refers to the integration of leisure time in a business travel: before,...
Smartphone: an essential tool for connected travelers
Smartphone and travelers The impact of the mobile in the travel industry is higher than ever, so much that the smartphone has become the essential tool for connected travelers. In 2017, 79% of the travelers booked a stay, plane tickets or touristic activities after...
Barcelona and its tourism opportunities
Tourism in Barcelona, a driving force of the economy Facing political upheavals and affected by the rising power of collaborative tourism and the tensions this creates with the locals, the city continues, unshakeably, to enjoy strong tourism performance. Further to...
Halloween in Vienna: welcome to the capital of macabre tourism
Halloween in Vienna: appealing dark tourism Vienna, city of the Habsburgs and the Empress Sissi, famous for its beautiful music and the Viennese Waltz. But far from the palaces and rides in horse-drawn carriages, the Austrian capital has a dark side. More and more...
Tourism and mobile payment
Tourism: mobile payment revolution In August, KLM announced a possibility to purchase your airline ticket with WeChat Pay. This major company comes along the many other tourism players, who widen their accepted means of payment. A small revolution has hustled our way...
The sun rises for medical tourism in 2017
>> Check out our recent article on medical tourism from 2018 ! When people think about tourism, they are likely to imagine a perfect balance between relax and pleasant activities for their bodies. In one word: wellness, and you will agree that well-being...
Get ready to win the traveler’s micro-moments
How to win the travelers' micro-moments Today, time is no longer counted in days, hours, minutes or seconds. But we can talk about micro-moments. The unprecedented growth in our use of smartphones has created a new sense of time: a day now consists of alternating...
How to boost your hotel bookings?
Today, 93% of the hotel customers use the Internet to compare the prices and book. These platforms are not always honest, according to a record from the General Directorate for Fair Trading, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control, warning the consumers. For the hoteliers,...
Ski resorts and marketing: how to entertain the winter vacationers?
Ski resorts have beautiful mountainous landscapes and fresh air at altitude. Thanks to these strong basics, they have perfectly succeeded in developing many outdoor activities — hiking, horse-riding, mountain biking, aerial sports, treetop adventure courses, rock...
Top 8 airline passengers’ worst nightmares!
Halloween comes in a few days! It is the perfect occasion to deal with what frightens airline passengers the most. The list of things that can make our holidays a true nightmare is long. All of your greatest fears are reviewed, get ready to be scared! — WARNING...
Top 3 different travelers’ profiles
Travelers’ profiles: why you must take the personalities and ideals into account Historically, the travelers’ profiles were divided according to their age, income, social class, study level, or social, ethnic or geographic origin. Today, these socio-economic criteria...
What is the tourism report for Summer 2018?
Summer 2018: the innovation to avoid a bad tourism report European tourism experts and analysts already forecast a good tourism report for the sector for 2018 since January, even better than the year 2017. As summer comes to an end, have these promises of a 4 to 5%...