Category: Economy and Tourism

The Mediterranean tourism gem of Antalya is seeing a larger number of European tourists this year, in a long-sought-after market diversification for Turkey’s crucial industry that is marching toward its pre-pandemic shape. Rebound in foreign arrivals this year injected a much-needed boost for the tourism sector that is leaving the 2020-21 coronavirus slump behind despite […]

Just 38,000 less people visited Malta when compared to 2019 Nearly 227,000 people landed in Malta in May – just 38,000 less than the total number of visitors Malta saw in May 2019, before the COVID pandemic took the world by storm. According to national data, 5,688 of these were overnight cruise passengers, while 17,268 […]

The annual international hot air balloon festival in central Turkey’s Cappadocia is set to be held between July 21 and 24 this year, once again filling the skies with whimsical balloons. The Göreme Festival Area in the Cappadocia region, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage list, will once again host the world’s most interesting […]

Upon a joint recommendation of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the Health Authorities have extended the invitation for a second COVID-19 booster dose to persons over 60 years of age. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said that the ECDC Advice notes the current […]

Tourism sector will experience “recovery” despite welcoming 29% fewer visitors than in 2019. A total of 8 million passengers are expected to use Catalonia’s airports this summer, twice as many as in 2021 – but still 29% fewer than in 2019 before the pandemic. “2022 will definitely be the year in which the tourism sector […]

European travel is projected to recover 70% of pre-Covid demand this year but industry staff shortages, flight cancellations and higher prices remain as obstacles. The forecast by the European Travel Commission (ETC) came despite uncertainty over worsening inflation, prolonged Ukraine war disruption and rising rates of Covid-19 which continue to “endanger” the tourism outlook across […]