A luxury safari is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when potential tourists think of Nigeria but that’s exactly what Yankari Game Reserve is hoping to change. In Africa’s largest economy, suffering…
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Milan leads top list of trending destinations 2015
(Relaxnews) – The 2015 World Expo has helped boost online searches for Milan, which has emerged the top trending destination for travelers in the US and Canada. In the inaugural edition of Kayak’s ‘Hacker Guide,’…
Tourists seek simple life in France, but can’t give up mobiles
At a remote spot deep in the French countryside, Britons Bob and Diane Kirkwood have created an eco-friendly refuge that is like taking a step back in time. Music comes courtesy of an old Decca…
France remains top global tourist destination
France kept its position as the world’s top tourist destination in 2012, with 83 million foreign visitors, and continued to host an increasing number of Asian travellers, official figures showed Tuesday. “With a new record…
Chinese travellers: world’s biggest tourism spenders
Chinese travellers are the world’s biggest tourism spenders, splashing out a record $102 billion (78 billion euros) on trips abroad in 2012, the UN World Tourism Organisation said Thursday. The number of Chinese travellers to…
Sauti za Busara Festival goes Xtra in 2013
Sauti za Busara music festival will take a step back on the first day of the festival, February 14, to let the very famous Stone Town shine. This is the first day of ‘Busara Xtra’…
World tourist numbers pass billion
The number of tourists in the world this year will pass the one-billion mark despite the economic crisis, the head of the World Tourism Organisation said Wednesday. “The need to travel is defying economic difficulties,”…
Croatia registers record tourism figures
(AFP) – Croatia’s tourism sector, a driving force in the country’s ailing economy, registered record figures during the first eight months of the year, a minister said on Friday. “Based on the results achieved so…