In a bid to lure high-value travellers from India, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia, Tourism Australia has launched a new bespoke tourism promotion campaign in India and South East Asia. The latest c…
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Tourism New Zealand launches new agent training videos in UK
A new series of training videos for UK travel consultants has been introduced by Tourism New Zealand.There are five videos in total with each video addressing a key selling theme and answering many qu…
Chinese Online Expenditure Is Skyrocketing Worldwide
Chinese online expenditure all over the world is on the rise. Alipay, the world’s largest mobile payment platform, announced their data from this summer. The average user spending grew by 43% fr…
Great Barrier Reef showing ‘signs of recovery’
Following dire warnings of reef die-off after massive coral bleaching in 2016 and 2017, Tourism and Events Queensland has issued a “positive update” on the status of Australia’s Grea…
World’s first catapult experience launches in New Zealand
AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand co-founder Henry van Asch revealed a new world-first adventure tourism experience – the Nevis Catapult – in the remote Nevis Valley near Queenstown, New Zealan…
eXplore Central North Island, New Zealand, takes on SLR in UK
eXplore Central North Island, the collaboration of the eight regional tourism organisations in New Zealand’s central North Island, has appointed SLC Representation as its first representation ag…
Most reputable cities in the world revealed: New Zealand misses out
Tokyo has been named as the world’s most reputable city in a survey that ranks places on safety, beauty and leadership.The Japanese capital beat Sydney into second place and Copenhagen into thir…
Tourism Fiji launches brand campaign #BulaHappiness with Ileana D’Cruz
Tourism Fiji unveiled its new brand campaign, #BulaHappiness with their Brand Ambassador, Bollywood starlet, Ileana D’cruz. The campaign video launched in Mumbai amidst the presence of Ileana D&…
Australia makes online visitor visa application convenient for Indian travellers
In mid-2017, the Department of Home Affairs (HA), formerly the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, extended online lodgement of visitor visa applications to all Indian nationals. The onli…
International visitors to help Australian Tourism hit the mark
Strong gains in international tourism will help Australia continue to move towards attaining the lower bound of its Tourism 2020 growth target (USD 115 billion per year) for overnight visitor expendit…