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Tourism and Travel News
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‘Travel industry is more than ¾ recovered’ – Skift Travel Health Index
The Index presents insights into the travel market recovery across 22 major destinations, with last month achieving the highest performance since early 2020. Read More
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Mastercard report outlines latest travel trends in resurgent Asia Pacific market
The 2022 Trends and Transitions report – the third in an annual series from the Mastercard Economics Institute – assesses the dynamics driving the recovery in Asia Pacific travel today. Read More
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Ukraine invasion takes heavy toll on Russian outbound travel
Latest data from ForwardKeys reveals the extent to which Russian outbound travel has fallen since the invasion of Ukraine. Read More
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The Analyst: ‘Super’ holiday period in Australia fuels travel retail comeback
Our columnist Ivo Favotto reports that positive signs for the reopening of specialty and F&B stores have been tempered by staffing issues inside Australia and New Zealand airports. Read More
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May Day alert: Key Chinese holiday and shopping period hit by COVID crackdowns
The Labour Day holidays, so crucial to the country’s domestic travel retail sector (and usually to its international counterpart), have begun in muted fashion amid ongoing lockdowns in Shanghai and parts of Beijing and mass testing in Guangzhou. Read More
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Asia Pacific airlines triple international passenger numbers year-on-year in March
Figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines shows that although traffic climbed, international passenger volumes were just 10.8% of those in March 2019. Read More
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King Khalid International Airport reports record duty free revenues for March
Riyadh Airports Company has recorded outstanding results for the airport’s commercial categories including a +62% rise in duty free sales against 2019, as traffic rebounded. Read More
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Skift Travel Health Index shows continuing global recovery; China and Japan lag
The Skift Travel Health Index is a real-time measure of travel industry performance across 22 countries and core verticals within it. It also offers a useful indicator of national and international travel retail recovery. Read More
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Qatar leads Middle East and Africa international arrivals recovery, reports ForwardKeys
The travel analyst revealed that tickets issued for arrivals to the Middle East and Africa in Q2 this year stand at -33% compared to 2019 levels, ahead of the international average of -45%. Read More
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Asia Pacific airport and travel retail associations urge government support for sector recovery
ACI Asia-Pacific and APTRA recommend collaboration between governments as forecast projects US$27 billion revenue sector loss in 2022. Read More
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Global tourism arrivals rise in January but remain two-thirds behind 2019 levels
The UN World Tourism Organization issues the latest figures for global tourism and warns about the potential impact of the Ukraine crisis on travel in 2022. Read More
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ForwardKeys reveals bounce in Asia Pacific travel bookings as markets reopen
Tickets booked for travel to India this year recovered to 80% of 2019 levels by 5 March after the government revealed its reopening plan for travel, reports data analyst ForwardKeys. Read More
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IATA hails momentum behind border reopenings but Asia remains an ‘outlier’
An IATA survey of travel restrictions for the world’s top 50 air travel markets reveals the growing access available to vaccinated travellers. Read More
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China battles biggest COVID surge since original Wuhan outbreak
Domestic flights in recent days have declined to lows similar to early November 2021 when domestic air traffic was at below 40% of 2019 levels, BofA Global Research reports. Read More
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