World Tourism Day

Exclusives

From booking to boarding: the tech innovations reshaping global tourism

On 27th September, we marked World Tourism Day and it has been interesting to note how far the industry has come since last year.

Charity / Sustainability / CSR

Philippines marks World Tourism Day with a vow to develop sustainable tourism

The Philippine government marked World Tourism Day by pledging to champion a tourism sector that brings long-term benefit to both communities and the planet.

Charity / Sustainability / CSR

Sun Siyam holds webinar on sustainable transformation for World Tourism Day

To mark World Tourism Day 2025, Sun Siyam brings its pioneering sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives to the fore at a webinar titled Tourism and Sustainable Transformation in Island Destinations and Territories.

Asia

Agoda casts spotlight on Asia’s secondary destinations ahead of World Tourism Day

Online travel platform Agoda is pointing travellers towards Asia’s secondary destinations ahead of World Tourism Day on 27th September.

China

Shanghai puts its best foot forward for its World Tourism Day showcase

Shanghai showed off the best it had to offer travellers at its World Tourism Day showcase event on Friday, 27th September.

Associations

AATO conducts Birdwatching Tour to Chidiyatapu Biological Park

As part of the World Tourism Day celebrations, the Andaman Association of Tour Operators (AATO), in collaboration with Andaman Avians Club, successfully conducted a birdwatching tour to the Chidiyatapu Biological Park.

Associations

The world’s largest tourism spenders

Over the past few decades, the world has seen a steep increase in international tourism, as the world has become more globalized and advances in transportation have increased mobility and brought down travel costs.

Consumer

Google launches ‘Travel Insights with Google’ for ME

The tools are launched under the ‘Travel Insights with Google’ website which includes two new tools available in both English and in Arabic; Destination Insights and Hotel Insights.

Global

Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu top two destinations for foreign tourists in 2021

India Tourism Statistics 2022, as released by Union Tourism Ministry reveals that Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu registered the maximum number of foreign tourist visits with 1.26 million and 1.23 million respectively in 2021.

Bali

‘Rethinking Tourism’ for people and planet

Held around the theme of ‘Rethinking Tourism’, the Global Day of Observation emphasized the sector’s unique potential to drive recovery and deliver positive change for people everywhere.

Global

fintech revolution could benefit tourism: Hanlon

Ahead of World Tourism Day with the theme ‘Rethinking Tourism’ – Spencer Hanlon, Head of Travel at B2B payments specialist Nium comments on how embracing the fintech revolution could benefit the tourism industry.

Family & Group Travel

Flexible searches, hosted travel and unique stays define travel in 2021: Airbnb

Airbnb presents round-up of key travel trends that have been emerging in India and reflects how consumers are viewing travel in the new normal

Associations

UNWTO and Google host first tourism acceleration programme in Sub-Saharan Africa

United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and Google have partnered for an online Acceleration Programme for UNWTO Member States’ tourism ministers, top travel associations and tourism boards to further develop innovation and digital transformation skills

Associations