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The Canadian town of Asbestos has officially changed its name to Val-des-Sources (Valley of the Springs) after connotations with the cancer-causing mineral resulted in ‘harmed tourism.’ Approximately half of the town’s 6,800 residents (2,796) turned out for a parking lot-based car vote or directly voted at the council offices last week in the municipality, located … Read more
‘A holiday here is staring out the window’: Hamish Blake acknowledges the irony of starring in Australian tourism campaign when he lives in Melbourne which is still under strict lockdown restrictions By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:57 BST, 13 October 2020 | Updated: 11:27 BST, 13 October 2020 Hamish Blake and his … Read more
Watches of Switzerland’s shares surge as strong American demand for brands like Rolex and Tag Heuer offsets fall in international tourism Watches of Switzerland runs six showrooms at Heathrow and one at Gatwick The firm’s sales rose above £200m in the first 10 weeks of the second quarter It now expects to make between £888m … Read more
Recovery in UK’s tourism and recreation industry outpaced global average last month By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:01 BST, 21 September 2020 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 21 September 2020 Recovery in the UK’s tourism and recreation industry outpaced the global average last month, Lloyds Bank has found. Activity in 13 of the … Read more
Britain has been knocked off its traditional top spot as Spain’s most important foreign tourism market for the first time in decades. More French holidaymakers picked Spain in July than Brits or Germans in a historic reversal of the sunshine destination’s overall tourism figures. The Covid-19 pandemic has been blamed for the dent in the … Read more
Coronavirus has been devastating for many industries and one that has taken a huge blow is travel and tourism, with millions of job losses predicted and billions of pounds lost. However, the damage to some tourism sectors has been even worse than others with charities and other experiences that rely on public funding losing much … Read more
A village in southern Italy that offered tourists free lodgings to boost the local economy has been inundated with 8000 holiday requests from across the world. At the end of June, the remote medieval hamlet of San Giovanni in Galdo, around 90 miles northeast of Naples, decided to offer travellers a free one-week stay in … Read more
Ireland has reported 200 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours, the highest daily rise since the start of May. The latest increase in infection numbers, described by the chief medical officer as ‘deeply concerning’, came on a day when the chairman of tourism promotion body Failte Ireland resigned after holidaying in Italy. Former Ryanair … Read more
Tourism is restarting around the world, says UNWTO, with 40% of destinations now easing travel restrictions amid a pandemic that has resulted in over £245BILLION in lost revenues UNWTO says 87 destinations have now eased international travel restrictions However, only four of these locations have lifted all restrictions completely It also found a total of … Read more
Balearic Islands officials have launched a desperate bid to establish ‘safe air corridors’ with the UK to save their summer season and the holiday hopes of thousands of Brits after the government axed Spain from its safe travel list. They confirmed overnight they were working with the Spanish and UK governments to set up the … Read more