Despite the economic problems currently experienced by many developed countries, Western Europe is likely to witness the largest annual growth in business travel spending since the global recession. Moreover, in 2014 business travel spending is expected to grow 3.4% . These are the findings of Global Business Travel Association, published in their GBTA BTI Outlook. The analysis focuses on the five most critical business travel markets in Europe that form nearly 70% of business travel in Europe.
For the following five countries taken as a whole, business-related travel spending will rise to $183 billion USD in 2013, indicating a growth of 3.3%. According to GBTA, this is a sign of vitality, as this is the greatest gain reported since the recession took place, as well as an increase in stability. Germany still takes the lead in business-related travel spending among the five countries,...
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Rooster PR has been hired to promote Egyptian holiday destinations as "safe to visit" for Britons after a collapse in tourism amid clashes between the military-backed government and protestors.
The agency has been engaged on a year-long brief by the government’s Egyptian Tourist Authority as it seeks to reassure stakeholders and the public.
The number of tourists visiting the country is reported to have dropped by almost 46 per cent in August compared with last year, according to Bloomberg News.
Hundreds of Egyptians have died this year in clashes between supporters of Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader who was ousted as president in July, and their opponents and state forces.
Morsi is set to go on trial next month on charges of inciting murder and violence in Cairo last December.
However, Rooster’s MD James Brooke emphasised that Britons would only be...
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UNWTO is continuously working to promote sustainable tourism development in water destinations through international and regional collaboration, technical cooperation, research, capacity building activities and publications.
The Mekong Discovery Trail is an ecotourism destination in north-east Cambodia launched in 2007 as a result of a project implemented by UNWTO with support from the UNWTO ST-EP Foundation, the Netherlands Development Organisation SNV, the Spanish Agency for International Co-operation for Development (AECID), and the Government of Cambodia. Using sustainable tourism development to generate jobs and alleviate poverty in the provinces of Kratie and Stung Treng, the Discovery Trail also aims to help protect and raise awareness of the importance of the Mekong to well-being of the region.
