Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSAs) in Europe

Posted on: 25 October 2013
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Tourism plays an important role in many countries’ economies and labour markets. Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) is a framework developed to quantify the importance of tourism. This publication disseminates national results for a set of key TSA indicators for EU, EFTA and candidate countries who have compiled TSA for recent reference years and is a follow-up of the publication “Tourism Satellite Accounts in Europe” of 2010.

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Black Sea region and cruise tourism

Posted on: 24 October 2013
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This article provides some key insights from the study on Cruise Tourism in the Black Sea Region prepared by abouTourism.

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Gozo

Posted on: 24 October 2013
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This article looks at the tourist offer on the island of Gozo.

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Holidays have to benefit destinations

Posted on: 24 October 2013
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The future of tourism isn’t zero impact, according to Johan Lundgren, Deputy Chief Executive of TUI Travel. In this conversation, he argues that it is about creating benefits for the host communities at every stage.

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Spotlight on Morocco: Marrakech’s luxury hotel market

Posted on: 22 October 2013
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This article explores what effects increased visitation and other changes in the market are likely to have on the demand/supply balance in Marrakech’s luxury hotel sector. We also provide a performance forecast up to 2016.

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Consumer Holiday Trends Report: ABTA Consumer Survey 2013

Posted on: 21 October 2013
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This ABTA report outlines the findings from its 2013 consumer survey commenting on consumer behaviour from how they book, to how many trips they take each year.

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UNTWO Tourism Highlights 2013

Posted on: 18 October 2013
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This document presents a concise overview of international tourism in the world based on the results for the year 2012. The booklet includes: key trends in international tourism in 2012; results by (sub)region and country of destination; world’s top tourism destinations; outbound tourism by region and top spenders; and long-term forecast towards 2030.

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QualityCoast

Posted on: 18 October 2013
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QualityCoast is the largest international certification programme for sustainable tourism destinations. Since 2007, more than 140 tourism destinations in 23 countries have been selected for a QualityCoast Award: coastal towns, resorts and islands.

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Britain for Events

Posted on: 17 October 2013
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Promoting Britain as a world class destination for events of all types, Britain for Events focuses on every aspect of “events” from live music and sport, festivals and cultural events to meetings and conferences, incentive travel, product launches, exhibitions and trade shows. Britain for Events is managed by the Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) and will be acting as secretariat for the first ever All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Inquiry into the competitiveness of the UK events industry.

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The Global Wellness Tourism Economy

Posted on: 15 October 2013
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The Global Spa & Wellness Summit commissioned this study to explore wellness tourism and understand its broad global impacts.

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