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Active Ibiza: Experience The Island As A Major Sporting Destination In 2024

Active Ibiza: Experience The Island As A Major Sporting Destination In 2024

Once exclusively known as Spain’s main party island, Ibiza has been growing its sports and wellness offering, to become a burgeoning tourism hotspot for athletic travellers and avid sports fans. Unique for its beautiful landscape of golden beaches, rolling hills, pine forests, lush mountains and warm climate with 300 days of sunshine a year, Ibiza is embracing the great outdoors with a diverse array of exciting sports events taking place in 2024.

Spain at World Travel Market 2023

Spain at World Travel Market 2023

8 November 2023 Press Release Travel Events News Tourism News

From January up until the end of September 2023, Spain received 66.5 million international arrivals, up 18.8% year-on-year, and 0.6% below pre-pandemic levels in 2019. The main inbound tourism markets were the United Kingdom, representing around 13.8 million arrivals, France with almost 9.4 million arrivals and Germany, with almost 8.5 million arrivals.

Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority and OMRAN Group Forge Strategic Partnership

Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority and OMRAN Group Forge Strategic Partnership

7 November 2023 Press Release Tourism News Organisations & Operators

Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA) and Oman Tourism Development Company (OMRAN Group) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to collectively initiate and pursue cross-destination tourism promotion and marketing initiatives between the Musandam Governorate, Sultanate of Oman and the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.

WTM London 2023 – Day 1, Wrap Up

WTM London 2023 – Day 1, Wrap Up

The first day of World Travel Market London 2023 – the world’s most influential travel and tourism event – kicked off with some key international gatherings. The WTM Ministers’ Summit, now in its 17th year, had 40 representatives present for 2023. This year’s session, in association with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), was entitled Transforming Tourism Through Youth and Education.

WTM Global Report: US pandemic rebound to happen in 2024

WTM Global Report: US pandemic rebound to happen in 2024

New research from WTM reveals that most major travel markets in the Americas have recovered from the pandemic, apart from the US which is due to get back to 2019 levels next year. The WTM Global Travel Report, in association with Tourism Economics, is published to mark the opening of this year’s WTM London, the world’s most influential travel and tourism event.

WTM Global Report: China holds back APAC’s recovery but bumper growth to come over next decade

WTM Global Report: China holds back APAC’s recovery but bumper growth to come over next decade

New research released today by WTM reveals that while Chinese tourism has yet to recover from the pandemic, growth will return and by 2033 Chinese outbound by value could be “double the size” of the United States. The WTM Global Travel Report, in association with Tourism Economics, anticipates that the growth in the value of outbound travel from China between 2024 and 2033 will be 131%, by far the largest increase for any major market.

WTM Global Report: Domestic and inbound travel revive Middle East’s tourism economies

WTM Global Report: Domestic and inbound travel revive Middle East’s tourism economies

Research released today confirms that the strong performance from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates is behind the Middle East tourism industry’s full recovery from the pandemic. The WTM Global Travel Report, in association with Tourism Economics, is published to mark the opening of this year’s WTM London, the world’s most influential travel and tourism event.