TTG talks to Elif Balcı Fisunoğlu, acting general manager for the Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency, at WTM London to discover the destination is breaking records with visitor arrivals and sustainable initiatives, plus welcoming Michelin to Izmir and Bodrum for the first time
TTG hears how Inspiretec’s new travel booking platform, launching at WTM London today, will streamline the sales process for both agents and tour operators
Sports and gastronomy tourism will bolster Argentina’s post-pandemic recovery next year, with the country still feeling the halo effect of its 2022 Fifa World Cup triumph
Peru has launched an international advertising campaign spanning television, radio, and print and social media, titled “I want Peru now” in a bid to recoup visitors lost since the pandemic
Sierra Leone has enlisted top British actor Idris Elba, whose father is from the country, to help secure direct flights from the UK in an effort to increase visitor numbers
Spain’s focus on growing tourism expenditure over visitor numbers will continue, although the country’s minister of tourism believes there will be opportunities over the next two to three years to introduce new tourists to lesser-visited parts of the country
TTG speaks to Dimitris Fragakis, secretary general for the Greek National Tourism Organisation, to discover the latest tourism reports, emerging trends and how the destination is supporting responsible travel
The Central American Tourism Agency (CATA) hopes to increase its marketing budget by between 5% and 10% next year as it looks to boost the region’s profile in Europe
Antigua and Barbuda is looking to make the most of its new global superstars, mother and daughter duo Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers, who are the first Caribbean astronauts having travelled on the Galactic 02 voyage in August
Tunisia is celebrating a return to pre-Covid levels of tourism to the country this year, with arrivals in the first 10 months of 2023 matching those in 2019
Food and wine will be one of the key pillars of Croatia’s burgeoning tourism offering as it seeks to diversify and disperse tourists more widely beyond the mainstays of Dubrovnik and Split
Greece has set out its five-year tourism development plan, based around more year-round flights, new product such as city breaks and gastronomy, and highlighting lesser-known destinations for tourism
Malta’s tourism sector is on track to recover from the Covid pandemic a year early than anticipated, with 2023 visitor levels set to surpass the record highs seen in 2019
Travel is largely facing off headwinds from squeezed disposable incomes as it bounces back but the industry should be alert to coming challenges, says the latest WTM Global Travel Report
