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How people, nature, and connectivity could make Angola Africa's next travel hotspot
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (200+ words) " World Tourism Forum Institute As it pivots away from oil, Angola's evolution as a tourist destination must centre on local communities, human capital, air connectivity, nature conservation, and authenticity, rather than the construction of isolated resorts, according to experts at…...
World's most expensive travel destinations to visit in 2026, new analysis reveals
5+ hour, 44+ min ago (477+ words) " Mesut Kaya on Unsplash Camille Van Puymbroeck is a Belgian freelance journalist with a big interest in anything lifestyle and ecology-related. Nothing makes her more happy than visiting a former Soviet building, overgrown by nature, equipped with a camera and…...
Skyscanner launches two AI tools to make trip planning easier
6+ hour, 46+ min ago (271+ words) Camille Van Puymbroeck is a Belgian freelance journalist with a big interest in anything lifestyle and ecology-related. Nothing makes her more happy than visiting a former Soviet building, overgrown by nature, equipped with a camera and a coffee. Not without…...
Taxation matters
7+ hour, 58+ min ago (112+ words) When we applied the ICRT Global's "economic benefit" methodology to Piggs Peak Hotel in Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, we were able to report that it paid 5, 242, 525 Emalangeni, 281, 000 Euro, in taxes and levies to government, most of which would amount to a…...
Banyan Tree launches first European resort with opening of Mamula Island in Montenegro
1+ day, 21+ min ago (247+ words) Luxury hospitality brand Banyan Tree has opened its first European resort with the debut of Mamula Island in Montenegro, transforming a restored 19th-century fortress at the entrance to the UNESCO-listed Bay of Kotor into a luxury retreat. The opening represents…...
Air connectivity causing hike in European rents of up to "250 a year, study finds
1+ day, 5+ min ago (438+ words) " Laura Adai on Unsplash Conventional wisdom holds that growth in aviation translates to economic benefits for communities served by airports, but a recent study shows that is not necessarily the case and that air transport development can exacerbate inequality and…...
UN Tourism launches investment roadmap for Angola's tourism sector
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (238+ words) " World Tourism Forum Institute Camille Van Puymbroeck is a Belgian freelance journalist with a big interest in anything lifestyle and ecology-related. Nothing makes her more happy than visiting a former Soviet building, overgrown by nature, equipped with a camera and…...
Lufthansa Technik breaks ground on Portuguese maintenance hub as TAP bid advances
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (249+ words) Lufthansa Technik has started construction on a 55, 000-square-metre maintenance facility in Santa Maria da Feira, south of Porto, in a move that extends Lufthansa Group's industrial presence in Portugal while the country's flag carrier, TAP Air Portugal, remains the subject…...
Brussels Airlines to resume Tel Aviv flights in August
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (428+ words) Deborah O'Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish "n' chip…...
Overtourism forces India's cleanest village to shut one day a week
2+ day, 58+ min ago (279+ words) " CC BY-SA 4. 0 | Madhumita Das on Wikimedia Commons As places around the world grapple with overtourism, with destinations as diverse as Venice and Mount Fuji introducing access fees, one village in Asia has hit the headlines for its approach to balancing…...