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Peru at WTM: Hottest destinations and top selling points

Ricardo Baraybar, incoming tourism deputy director for PROMPERU, shares Peru's hottest destinations and unique selling points at WTM London 2025

How would you describe 2025 in one word? Travel leaders offer their thoughts...

A mic, a camera and one question for senior leaders who TTG bumped into at WTM London: Describe 2025 in one word...

'We want them back': Egypt demands artefacts be returned as Grand Egyptian Museum finally opens

The museum was first proposed in 1992 during the rule of President Hosni Mubarak before construction started in 2005

Universal’s new four-park pass to drive longer stays from UK market

The Universal Orlando All Parks Ticket allows visitors to access Universal Studios Florida, Universal Islands of Adventure, Universal Volcano Bay and the newly opened Universal Epic Universe

'It will help the ceasefire last': Palestine sets out tourism ambitions, including UK agent fam

Palestinian officials issue an urgent plea to the UK trade at WTM London, insisting tourism will 'help the ceasefire to last' following the Israel Gaza war

'People are hungry for light relief': travel told to use humour to emphasise authenticity and build trust

Comedy can – and should – be used as an effective tool for promoting a destination, WTM London told

Growing global demand for just a few key cities exacerbating overtourism risks, report warns

Desire to visit some of the world’s top city destinations could create overtourism issues for already popular attractions, new research has concluded

Taiwan seeks to capitalise on increased airlift with bigger UK marketing effort

Destination keen to increase its UK visitor numbers from the current 10,000, a tiny fraction of the total to the destination

Brazil achieves record visitors while wooing responsible travellers

International arrivals break records as tourist board seizes on COP30 to reinforce responsible tourism messaging

'Record numbers' holidaying in Greece's shoulder seasons as country vows continue prioritising sustainable growth

How Greece is prioritising sustainability alongside increasing visitor numbers, as the country’s tourism minister vows to continue investing in regenerative tourism

Destinations that fail to incorporate 'play' into their experiences risk alienating new generation of travellers

Established destinations such as Las Vegas, London and New York, as well as Saudi Arabia's Qiddiya – 'the first city built for play' – warn others to think carefully about new experiences

Celestyal's global sales chief invites agents to host their clients in new Guildford shop

The Greek specialist cruise launched a tour operator – called Celestyal Travel – in July before opening a shop premises to support the new brand in early September

Stress appeal of careers in 'booming' tourism sector to young people, urge tourism ministers

Young people need to be attracted to a career in tourism from an early school age to head off a labour shortage, the WTM ministers’ summit was told on Tuesday

Oman prepares one of the world's largest caves for tourism as part of diversification push

An enormous underground cave chamber, a geological reserve and a maritime history museum are all being developed in a bid to attract more visitors to the destination

Fifa World Cup and 2028 Olympics could reverse drop in US travel demand, WTM told

The WTM Global Travel Report 2025 reveals international visitor numbers to the US are expected to remain around 15% below 2019 levels this year

Olympic Holidays to invest in becoming 'one-stop shop' for all agents' needs

Olympic Holidays has set out its strategy for 2026, promising an upgraded booking system, more experiences and new destinations

How Egyptair plans to turn Cairo into a major hub

Egyptair's chief executive Captain Ahmed Adel describes how the airline's fleet expansion is driving its strategy to compete with the world's biggest carriers

Iberostar builds on positive results with Zanzibar debut

The hotel company is expanding its global footprint, while maintaining a strong focus on quality and sustainability with transformation projects

Sarawak hopes to exert magnetic pull on adventurers

This WTM London, Sarawak will be inviting visitors to step off the beaten path and into the lush, untamed world of Malaysia’s best-kept secret adventure.

Australasia: 'Biggest delegation in years' heads to WTM London

A large delegation of Australasia exhibitors will head to WTM London this year, despite the absence of Tourism Australia and Tourism New Zealand

Spain's tourism strategy: 'We're finding solutions for all stakeholders'

A new tourism strategy based on “finding solutions for all stakeholders” and a Q&A with a top Tui executive will dominate the Spanish Tourist Office’s presence at WTM London 2025.

Japan's rail news and national park heritage in the spotlight

Updates to its rail offering, a celebration of its historic national parks and shoulder season travel will be talking points for the Japan National Tourism Organisation at this year’s WTM London

Ireland: 'No one does Halloween better than us'

From the origins of Jack O’Lanterns to the first trick or treaters, Halloween is tied to Ireland’s folklore and the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. This heralded the coming of winter, a time when light turned to darkness and the veil between this world and the next was thinnest, allowing ghosts, fairies and demons to pass through and menace the living.

AT WTM London, Tourism Ireland (stand N8-210) will be introducing eight Halloween hubs around the country – where visitors can have a frightfully good time at spooky trails, haunted experiences and hair-raising events.

WTM London to host largest-ever ministers' summit this year

Last year's summit, WTM London's 19th, brought together more than 50 tourism ministers