The world’s 901 million travellers and where they are going: UNWTO
Destinations worldwide welcomed 901 million international tourist arrivals in the January-August period this year, up seven per cent from the same period of 2016...
Pop culture pilgrimage, mates escape on the up: Booking.com
Booking.com has released eight travel trend predictions for 2018, among which are an increase in pop culture-inspired travel and friends-based getaways.
According to booking.com, television...
Strongest waves of interest for Thai beaches
Beaches and islands prove to be Thailand’s most powerful attractions for international travellers, with Krabi entering TripAdvisor’s top five Thai destinations in terms of...
Chinese business travel budgets to get fatter
Chinese organisations are expecting expanded travel budgets in the coming year, but many continue to be concerned with budget management with client-facing travel given...
Singapore, Tokyo good for baby boomers, not so much millennials
Singapore and Tokyo placed among weekenGO's top 10 cities for baby boomers to visit for the weekend, but Asian destinations were absent from the...
Only in America are there fewer arrivals: ForwardKeys
Since US president Donald Trump first initiated a travel ban, the country has suffered a slowdown in international arrivals while the rest of the...
Hotel residences in SEA headed for massive oversupply
New completed hotel residence units in South-east Asia will represent a massive 83 per cent rise over existing supply between 2018 and 2020, with...
Agoda reveals shopaholics and health enthusiasts of SEA travel
Compared to other Asia-Pacific nationalities surveyed in the Agoda Travel & Tech Study 2017, Singaporean travellers were found to have the strongest leanings towards...
Bangkok still most visited city: Mastercard
Bangkok clinched top spot in the Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index of most visited cities for the second year running in 2016.
The leading city...
Global travellers more sensitive to terror threat
Forty-five per cent of international travellers say the terror threat will have an influence on their travel plans this year, up six percentage points...
