The two day Mountain bike festival in Santa Cruz aimed at revitalizing the downtown area was a full success with more than 3.000 visitors only on one of the two days. The sixth edition of the festival attracted many more families and cultural visitors next to the sporty young teenagers.
The European Commission has launched a consultation on how science and innovation can best help the EU ensuring safe, nutritious, sufficient and sustainable food around the world. The discussion is linked to the theme of this year’s Universal Exhibition (Expo Milano 2015) “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”, which aims to
‘A trip to Italy’ is an Italian campaign aiming at attracting more Chinese tourists to the country for cultural tourism. By using social media to spread a new campaign picturing a Chinese tourists on her experience throughout Italy, the tourism board tries to reach out to the Chinese market….Read more
A city is a living being,” she says, “it has character and unless you walk barefoot on its roads, touch its buildings and really listen to its beat, you won’t really get to know it.” In other words, put down that smart phone and see the city you’re visiting with
This year Bristol is running Bristol 2015, the largest ever year-long programme about the future of cities. It’s doing so as European Green Capital of the year – the first time a UK city has been given the award. Encouraging behaviour change among Bristolians, as well as national and international
This year the magnificent and most pictured art project was a giant caterpillar that turned into a butterfly on the third day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Besides the Sunday night headliner Drake, and Justin Bieber, tourists are drawn to the event to admire the giant art
THE Travel & Tourism industry needs to put sustainability at the forefront of everything it does and businesses need to lead by example. That is according to David Scowsill, CEO & President of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), who is asking sustainable tourism businesses to play their part
Eventbrite, which saw a 47 percent increase in food and beverage events from 2013-2014, surveyed 5,000 millennial festivalgoers in this category and found that 80 percent have attended at least three or more food, wine or beer events in the past 12 months. This brings us to the question: What
Europe’s diversity in art, landscapes, food and traditions have all helped make it the world’s top tourist destination. From Bucharest to Lisbon, Europe’s great variety in terms of scenery, services, cultures and people is unrivalled. However, for Europe to be competitive and continue attracting both EU and non EU citizens, we
A certain boy wizard, a handful of dwarves and a couple of princes who came in the cold made the theme-park mecca of Orlando the most visited destination in the U.S. last year. Tourism officials say more than 62 million people visited Orlando in 2014 – a new milestone for
Tanzanian Tourism Board announced the integration of 9 tourism enterprises that provide a local experience for tourists. These cultural activities include preparing local cuisine, traditional arts and crafts and participating in local dance and music festivals. Visitors get to experience the cultural diversity of Tanzania’s 120 ethnic tribes. The success
To Xavier Roland, responsible of Mons’ museum pole “The weekend of the 4th and the 5th of April has marked a changing point between before and after Mons 2015! No European capital of culture has ever opened 5 museums in a year before! We have gained 10 years in terms
Geotourism is the new buzz word around the McGregor and Marquette area thanks to National Geographic’s new Mississippi River Corridor Geotourism Program. The term, according to National Geographic, means “tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place—its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage and the well-being of its residents.”
Airbnb – an online platform that allows people to market rooms in their homes to travellers in search of lodging – launched in Cuba last week with more than 1,000 listings available, taking advantage of looser telecommunications and trade restrictions that followed President Barack Obama’s December announcement of intentions to
Accommodation providers all over the world are responding to a shift towards more sustainable accommodation. A 2011 survey by Conde Naste Traveler found that 93 per cent of readers believed travel companies bore responsibility for environmental protection. Not only the implementation of solar pannels is the result of this change
When the world’s largest industrial fair opens in Hannover on Monday, April 13, India will not be in full force as the partner country. But for the first time since 2007, when Incredible India was given a renewed push at the world’s largest travel and tourism show, ITB, Berlin, our cuisines
