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Slovenia and Croatia See Tourist Overnights Boost

2018-02-03 by Aleksandr Shatskih

According to news from Eurostat, Slovenia and Croatia are two of three countries which saw the biggest tourist overnights increase in the European Union (EU) in 2017. 

Tags: Croatia tours, Europe tourism, Eurostat, Slovenia tourism, Slovenia tourists, Slovenia travel, Southeast Europe

Serbia Tourism 2017 Won €1.2 Billion Euros

2018-01-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Serbia’s National Tourism Organisation estimates revenue to the country from tourism activities in 2017 amounted to about € 1.2 billion euro ($1.4 billion).

Tags: Belgrade tourism, Europe tourism, Marija Labovic, Serbia hotels, Serbia nights, Serbia tourism, Serbia travel, tourism numbers

Greece PM Certifies €500 Million Yearly for Tourism Growth

2014-05-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

ντώνης Σαμαράς

Prime Minister of Greece, Antonis Samaras has announced Greece will invest €500 million euru in tourism infrastructure per year over the next six years. Last month, at the 22nd annual general assembly of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Samaras outlined the funds from the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF), as well as private sector investment.

Tags: Antonis Samaras, China tourists, Europe tourism, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greek travel, Olga Kefalogianni, Russian travelers

It’s True – Europe Entering “Mini Ice Age” – Huh?

2013-05-31 by Phil Butler

Ice Age

Here in Germany it’s cold, unseasonably cold. Spring has been and it almost gone and each morning we awake to a chill house, go to work in the cold rain, enter damp and cool offices. In France, just across the border, businesses from farming to tourism are feeling the pain of what may be the next Ice Age.

Tags: climate, climate change, Dr. Zangari, Europe tourism, France business, France tourism, John R. Moore, NOAA

Ukraine International Travel & Tourism Exhibition 2013

2013-03-21 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The exhibition

Coming next week, the Ukraine International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (UITT) is the country’s biggest and most crucial travel industry event. Scheduled to run from March 27th through March 29th, this year’s exhibition targets exhibitors from farther afield than ever.

Tags: East Europe, Europe tourism, Kiev events, Mykola Azarov, Ukraine events, Ukraine tourism

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