According to a report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a third of the entire food produced on earth gets wasted each year. A major culprit in this is the food and beverage industry. So, the industry is responding in ways to counter this. Reducing food wastage will ultimately bring down costs and would also be beneficial to the environment. It is a win-win situation, so apps have been launched for this such as The Food Life, Zero Mash, Too good to go and Opti Miam. The third one mentioned already has a substantial presence in France across the Novotel, Ibis and Mercure group hotels. Another initiative is that of Costa Cruises which serves a whopping fifty-four million meals annually on its fourteen ships. They plan to halve food wastage by 2020. A tourism consulting firm PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association) has undertaken another comprehensive project code named Buffet. The term Buffet here is an acronym for Building an Understanding for Food Excess in Tourism. They have launched a plea on their website with special emphasis on tactics to be used to curb excesses in food.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/tourism-companies-fight-food-wastage-news10473

Uploaded Date:17 February 2018

A number of European cities are grappling with what they term the “Airbnb issue”. This relates to the problems brought out due to the ubiquitous appeal for the platform and others of the ilk such as Home-away. As a solution, Barcelona, Vienna and Krakow have found a system by which user data is shared by the platform when needed, even though they did not do this earlier due to provisions in the e-commerce rules of Europe. Others such as Amsterdam have reduced the provision for renting to a maximum of thirty days per year. Rome on the other hand, has started levying additional charges, assuring that these sums would then be used for useful municipality tasks. Business intelligence supplied by the municipality pegs this number at close to twenty million Euros. Paris holds the enviable position of being the most sough-after destination on Airbnb. The city will thus receive nearly seven million as a tourist tax. This is part of Airbnb’s attempt to forge improved ties with the French authorities.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/european-cities-attempt-to-regulate-airbnb-news10467

Uploaded Date:14 February 2018

Spain has been trying to diversify away from the sun-and-sand beach tourism that has been the staple of the currency for decades now, yet has been pilloried for its seasonality. That is why, the recent onset of sports tourism in Spain is welcome news to the country’s industry. As per business intelligence provided by EGATUR (Tourist Expenditure Survey), more than ten million foreigners visited Spain in 2017 for the purpose of sports tourism, spending cumulatively more than twelve-thousand Euros. Marathons in Barcelona and Valencia, plus training for football clubs such as Chelsea are key indicators of this. Another interesting trend has been, that the average traveler is spending much more average per trip than what were the earlier figures.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/sports-tourism-revenue-growing-in-spain-news10466

Uploaded Date:13 February 2018

Most frequent travelers tend to prefer unique and customized experiences, rather than those availed post points accumulation from some common scheme. A tourism consulting assignment taken up by Wanup Loyalty Club, confirms that the figure for this has been touted at 77.9%. The trend is strongest among nationals from UK and Italy with the figure pegged at eighty-six percent for British frequent travelers. French and German travelers are less finicky about this. Majority of Europeans travel to other countries to experience the food and culture. The British and Italians are more inclined towards cultural attractions, while Spanish and French ones are more keen on the gastronomy. French travelers are also inclined towards adventure sports while Spaniards would prefer a thriving nightlife.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/frequent-travelers-lover-personalized-rewards-news10455

Uploaded Date:08 February 2018

Egypt used to be a magnet for inbound international tourists, until the political upheavals at the start of this decade disrupted the flow to a large extent. Numbers slid down to a mere nine million from a once high of fourteen million. However, now things are recovering with a 123 percent rise in tourism revenues to US$ 7.6 billion in 2017. The country has now introduced an e-Visa for visitors from countries such as USA, UK, Australia, Canada and Japan. Egypt’s tourism policies must also reflect the new reality. As per, business intelligence gathered by the Egypt Tourist Authority, travelers from India and China are replacing those from Europe and Russia, which were the traditional source markets. This e-Visa will be launched by 2019 and will include fingerprint recognition at major international airports.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/online-egypt-visa-introduces-to-boost-tourism-news10451

Uploaded Date:08 February 2018

Portugal is one of the fastest growing countries in Europe in terms of tourism footfalls and resultant revenues. The overall number of overnight stays increased by 5.1 % within the European Union (EU) in 2017, with Portugal fourth on the growth list. Numbers provided by Eurostat pegs the growth rate for overnight stays in Portugal to 8%. The three above Portugal are Latvia, Slovenia and Croatia, but their total numbers are still miniscule as compared to Portugal which stands at 71.3 million tourists for the year. Spain leads the overall ranking for overnight stays followed by France and Italy. This rise in tourism though is not without the ill-effects often associated with mass tourism such as overcrowding and erosion of natural or cultural heritage. There is now an urgent need for an urban rehabilitation in the country with more skilled tourism jobs being provided.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/tourism-in-portugal-increasing-fast-news10459

Uploaded Date:06 February 2018

With the Football World Cup fast approaching in Russia, hoteliers are trying to make as much hay as possible till the sun shines. That is why hotels across the world’s biggest country have raised their average prices. This includes hotels in Moscow, Samara, Krasnodar, Volgograd and Kaliningrad with Rostov-on-Don having the maximum such occurrences. The Agora hotel in Kaliningrad went one step better by increasing prices by a staggering five-thousand percent. The Russian government though has stepped in with price control regulations. Even a hotline for customer complaints has been registered. Tourism consulting firm One Two Trip has provided information that rooms are fast running out in Russia. The World Cup will take place across eleven Russian cities.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/russian-hotels-getting-expensive-due-to-fifa-news10452

Uploaded Date:06 February 2018