GREECE – Euro causing drop in UK tourists
eTN, Apr 15, 2008 Like other Mediterranean economies with major tourism, Greece was set to suffer from a “financial crisis in Europe” and the euro’s strength against the dollar, Spiliotopoulos told...
View ArticleREGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS – Findings of the World Travel Trends Report 2008
Asiatraveltips.com, 18 April 2008 Rising fuel costs and aviation taxes, fluctuating exchange rates, the continuing threat posed by terrorism in various parts of the world, and natural disasters:...
View ArticleNHTV – Scholarships for tuition fees Master in Tourism Destination Management
NHTV, June 2008 NHTV has developed a special scholarship programme for the Master in Tourism Destination Management course. This scholarship is meant for both students who have already applied, but...
View ArticlePORTUGAL – Rejuvenating Portugal’s historic spas
eTN, Jun 06, 2008 Very little is often heard in the news about Portuguese tourism. Except for the unfortunate circumstance about the disappearance of toddler Madeleine McCann, there is hardly ever any...
View ArticleAVIATION – Ever increasing surcharges are testing loyalty of longhaul market
TTGasia.com, Jun 20 – 26, 2008 The strength of the longhaul market to Asia will be put to the test as the latest round of fuel surcharge increases kicks in in late-June, when the fee in many cases...
View ArticleGlobal warming and its effect on Switzerland’s ski resorts
Introduction Review of articles by: Hans Elsasser and Rolf Bürk Switzerland’s economy depends heavily on tourism. For many alpine areas in the country, winter tourism is the most important source of...
View ArticleThe Commission launches Single European Sky II for safer, greener and more...
Introduction The article ‘The Commission launches Single European Sky II for safer, greener and more punctual flying’ was written by Vicky Karantzavelou and published on TravelDailyNews.com on 26 June...
View ArticleTour operators responsible for deaths abroad?
Introduction A new corporate manslaughter law has caused commotion among tour operators in the UK. Lawyers argue about the fact whether tour operators can be prosecuted for deaths abroad. The...
View ArticleTransport Community Treaty between the European Union and the Western Balkans
Introduction This article is about a Transport Community with the Western Balkans. For the European Commission it is important to improve transport connections between the European Union and its...
View ArticleLondon preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games
Major sport event like the Olympic Games, is not effecting the hosting region just during the period in which the event occur, but also before and after the event. Preparation for the Olympics is a...
View ArticleSex tourism in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria
If we talk about sex tourism most people assume that we are talking about a country like Thailand where sex tourism heavily occurs. Nevertheless sex tourism also occurs in the South of Europe in a...
View ArticleA new journey has started – Student experiences with the Master TDM
Here you can read the experiences of one of our German Master students with the Master TDM. A new journey has started. After three month curiosity and preparing, finally, I moved to Breda to start my...
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(DAY ONE) Meet the Tourism Industry in Amsterdam 2016
Hello world, Now that the Master TDM students are already five months into the program, it is time to bring their theoretical knowledge to a practical level. Therefore, the program coordinators decided...
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(DAY TWO) Meet the tourism industry in Amsterdam 2016
Hello world, So after you might have seen the first blog post about day one of ‘Meet the tourism industry in Amsterdam 2016’, that was published prior to this one, we would like to continue with day...
View ArticleOpportunity: Contest for a Scholarship at TravelBird
This new section of the blog is called ‘OPPORTUNITY’ and from time to time interesting aspects will irregularly be presented. This time the company TravelBird, situated in Amsterdam, is having a...
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Student experiences: a NHTV trip to Amsterdam
Here you can read the experiences of one of our current students with the Master TDM from a short trip to Amsterdam. This blogpost, including the pictures, was written by Charmee Gelani. Enjoy the...
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Student experiences: conducting field research in Barcelona
“Estupido turista!”: A “stupid tourist” Here you can read about the student experiences of one of the Master TDM students, Simone Moretti and his field research for his master thesis in Barcelona....
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