Travel news

Foreign tourists continue to visit Sweden, but not in the numbers expected by experts, who been forced to dial down their expectations for the future of Swedish tourism. More >

Vienna’s 2011 congress report reveals increases for all key indicators. The Vienna Tourist Board’s Vienna Convention Bureau has been an authorized “Green Meetings” certification agency since the beginning of the year. More >

Slowly but surely, paradise is changing. On any given afternoon in the tourist season, a hotel owner at the coast only used to worry about power cuts, malfunctioning air-conditioners, ‘the German Problem’ (towels used to book pool chairs) or any of the other small headaches of the hospitality business. More >

Local officials and tourism industry representatives are optimistic about the revival of the European tourist market in the near future, following the recent success of a Phuket tourism promotion roadshow in Germany. More >

Maoist rebels have freed an Italian tourist they kidnapped along with his friend almost two weeks ago in a remote area of Orissa, releasing him to a group of reporters on Sunday. More >