Tourism and Travel News
Live and online: The Moodie Davitt Magazine, March 2024
Welcome to this edition of The Moodie Davitt Magazine, which carries a strong focus on the China market and much more besides.
Applications for individual travel visas will begin on 6 March.
APTRA President Sunil Tuli discusses the importance of China to travel retail and how the growing middle class is an appealing audience for the APAC region.
TAV Airports, a member of Groupe ADP, generated a +25% increase in revenues year-on-year for 2023 to €1.3 billion with commercial sectors – duty free, food & beverage and lounge services – all to the fore.
The Entertainment Hub route is the third to be launched by the authority, joining Business Hub in Makati City and the Culture Hub in Manila.
The agreement will see the Korean retailer and the hospitality specialist offer travel benefits for their customers and launch marketing activities to promote Vietnam’s burgeoning tourism market.
Under the agreement, ordinary passport holders from China and Singapore will be allowed to travel visa-free to both countries and stay for up to 30 days.
Macau’s tourism industry continued to recover in 2023, reaching 71.6% of the pre-pandemic levels. Vibrant arrivals numbers don’t always translate to rising spend levels, however, as latest figures show.
International tourism ended 2023 at 88% of pre-pandemic levels, with an estimated 1.3 billion international arrivals, according to the UN World Tourism Organization.
Thailand and China will waive visa requirements for each other’s travellers from March, according to Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavasin.
The data from global travel distribution company DidaTravel shows a surge in bookings from the six key markets which now have visa-free status for China visits.
A Mabrian index measures the level of confidence expressed by visitors and potential travellers regarding a destination based upon monitoring millions of social media posts using AI.
Encouraging news for aviation and travel retail from the UNWTO, which reports that 975 million tourists travelled internationally between January and September, an increase of +38% year-on-year.