Hotels expect Christmas holiday season will be the best in 10 years
The hotel sector is expecting average occupancy of 70% during the Christmas vacation season, which would be the highest level in the past decade.
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Hotel in Panama fights to shed Trump name citing name's stigma - msnbc.com
David Fahrenthold, reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about the Trump hotel in Panama fighting to remove Donald Trump's name, and the potential political implications if Trump tries tries to insert himself.
Record Number Of Foreign Tourists Thanks To Brazilian Olympics | tourism-review.com
South American visitors accounted for the largest share of foreign tourists who visited Brazil in 2016. This conclusion was presented by the Statistical Yearbook of the Ministry of Tourism. According to the survey, 6.6 million visitors came to Brazil from abroad in 2016, which is a historical record, representing a growth of 4.3% compared to 2015. Out of them, 3.7 million flew from the neighbouring countries. The spotlight goes to Argentina, the source market for 2.3 million visitors, a growth of 10% compared to 2015.
In 2016, Brazil hosted the Olympic and Paralympic games, which was the main reason for the record data. As to the source markets of visitors, the South American continent accounted for 56.7% of them, followed by Europe (24.4% of visitors), and North America (11.2% of visitors).
Mexico On Trump: Number Of Tourists Shall Not Fall | tourism-review.com
While the diplomatic relations between Mexico and the U.S. have gone unstable in recent months, the head of Mexican board points out the importance of the number of tourists crossing every year the border to holiday in the U.S. According to him, the industry has no reason to be worried now.
It is in no one’s interest to have a tourism war with the United States because every year 18 million Mexicans travel there and bring an economic benefit of 20 billion dollars, according to Tourism Secretary Enrique de la Madrid Cordero.