tourism

Wandering alone along the southern fringes of Saudi Arabia’s mountainous Asir Province, some eight miles from the Yemeni border, in a nondescript town with a prominent sculpture of a rifle …

Barcelona charges a tourist tax and a city tax: What’s the difference and how much are they? ADVERTISEMENT Barcelona’s tourist tax is one of the fastest rising in Europe. Since …

Holidaymakers also face fines of up to €1,500 for drinking in the streets. ADVERTISEMENT Fed up with rowdy, drunk tourists, the local government of Spain’s Balearic Islands has brought in …

This Italian lakeside city wants to impose a daily visitor fee. ADVERTISEMENT Lake Como is glitzy, glamorous and engulfed by tourism. The third largest lake in Italy, it sees as …

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Entrepreneur Jehan Abu Bakar is fuming that she will soon have to pay more in airport fees whenever she flies from her home in Malaysia to …

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Chinese tourists are returning to Malaysia en masse after the COVID-19 pandemic slump, industry figures say, amid expectations arrivals could reach pre-pandemic levels this year following …

‘Sleep tourism’ is on the rise and travellers are increasingly focusing their holidays on getting some quality shut eye. ADVERTISEMENT Travelling halfway across the world and shelling out on an …

Beyond luxurious resorts, there are plenty of opportunities to connect with locals and help keep tourism cash in Maldivian communities. ADVERTISEMENT The Maldives is renowned as a luxurious, fly-and-flop destination. …

Bali, Indonesia – At dawn, as the first shards of light dance over the rice fields in the seaside village of Seseh on Bali’s west coast, Putu and her husband …

The number of tourists coming to Russia may rise significantly in 2024 thanks to the introduction last year of electronic visas and growing demand from Asia, according to Aleksandr Musikhin, …