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Sarawak sets sights on 30,000 UK visitors for 2024

Sarawak is hopeful of hiking UK visitor numbers by as much as a fifth next year. The Malaysian state said UK visitors in the year to September had increased to 18,883, up from 5,944 last year

Florida to take tourists beyond theme parks with culinary adventures

Food, drink and activities will be central to Florida’s aim of expanding travellers’ horizons beyond the US state’s famed theme parks

Dubai welcomes challenges to its tourism crown from Gulf neighbours

Competition with emerging tourist hotspots such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar will incentivise Dubai to up its game, the tourist board says

Ukraine to work with immediate neighbours 'to restore tourist image'

Ukraine will need to collaborate with neighbouring countries if it wants to regain its status as a holiday destination

New Michelin ratings and sustainability milestone on the menu for Turkiye

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

Sarawak smashes arrivals targets and reveals developments for 2024

TTG hears how the largest state in Malaysia is exceeding visitor arrival targets, and how it will tempt travellers in 2024

How Inspiretec is helping agents unleash the power of AI

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

EasyJet to launch new Tunisia route and packages in the spring

Liverpool-Enfidha route to take off on 1 April 2024

UK tourism minister insists industry's importance 'recognised across govt'

Sir John Whittingdale said the UK tourism industry isn’t always given the recognition that it deserves

Argentina's sporting and culinary bonafides to boost its tourism

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

'I want Peru now' campaign launched to woo back visitors

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

Idris Elba steps in to revive Sierra Leone routes

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

TTC Tour Brands appoints Polly Poulton to expanded sales team

The escorted touring specialist has revealed an expanded trade sales team

Spain looks to reduce destination overload by highlighting other regions

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

Valencia enlists Abta's help to relay plans to scrap tourism tax to agents

The new government of the Region of Valencia has rubber-stamped plans to scrap a tourism tax that was set to come into force next year

How do UK consumers perceive green travel?

Demand for more sustainable travel options won’t be driven by consumers and must instead be led by the industry itself

New product, accessibility and strategic marketing key to managing over-tourism, say major European destinations

Creating new product in lesser-known destinations, improving accessibility from iconic tourist hotspots and driving innovation in marketing will be crucial to managing over-tourism in Europe

Explore's trade revenue almost doubles in 2023 as it launches new 2024 brochure

The adventure tour operator is currently advertising for an agency sales support executive to bolster trade support

WTM London 2023: Official Daily Day two

Culture club. Discovering people and places of the world at WTM London 2023.

Five ways luxury agents are flexing for success in 2024

At the TTG Luxury Travel Summit delegates heard how luxury agencies and agency networks are getting fit for the year ahead

Tracy Roberts joins Not in the Guidebooks as sales and operations leader

Roberts’ travel career has spanned 26 years, working across various for Thomas Cook and Going Places

Spending with agents continues to defy economic headwinds, new Barclays data shows

Year-on-year consumer spending with travel agents rose by 9.6% last month, while travel booking transactions increased by 12.3%

Greece tourism on track for 'milestone year'

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

CATA aims to attract European tourists with help of corporate investment

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