This year’s Oktoberfest was nothing like the previous ones. And that is for the worst. The German festival that every year attracts more than six million people barely made it 5.7 million this year, despite returning three years after no activity due to COVID-19. – Advertisement – The festival starts[…]
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Employers in the tourism sector are fighting against the sector’s staffing crisis caused by the spread of the Coronavirus and its new variants by increasing pay rates and imposing additional worker-friendly shift patterns, according to a report provided by the Irish Times. – Advertisement – The same says that tourism[…]
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A total of 8.8 million international tourists visited Spain in August of this year, which is quite a higher number than in 2019 when only 87 per cent of the current figures visited Spain in the same month. – Advertisement – Such data show that travellers spent €11,258 million on[…]
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The good news is that almost all European countries allow students to work during their studies. However, the main restriction that applies to non-EU students is the number of hours allowed to work. – Advertisement – According to the European Commission website, students are allowed to work up to 20[…]
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The European Office for Statistics, Eurostat, has said that during the first half of 2022, guests spent around 199 million nights in short-term rental accommodation booked via Booking.com, Airbnb, TripAdvisor, or Expedia Group in the European Union. – Advertisement – According to Eurostat, the monthly guest nights spent in the[…]
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This year, Croatia has achieved very good results in terms of tourism, which have been confirmed by the trends from individual markets, including the Austrian market, from which 1,426,514 arrivals and 7,769,322 overnight stays have been achieved so far. – Advertisement – According to data from the eVisitor system, compared[…]
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The Spanish tourism industry could lose millions of tourists in the upcoming year due to the European Union’s plans to cut gas emissions by 55 per cent until 2030, which will affect the price of – Advertisement – According to a report from Deloitte, environmental measures introduced can affect ticket[…]
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A total of 96 per cent of international tourists who visited Spain this summer were satisfied with their trip, with more than half of them or 55 per cent intending to return in the next 12 months. – Advertisement – According to the 2022 Visitor Satisfaction Survey, 94 per cent[…]
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Eurostar, the rail operator, is dealing with decreased capacity of 30 per cent due to border checks introduced for British travellers after Brexit while also dealing with financial pressures coming from the COVID-19 Pandemic. – Advertisement – This situation has caused the chair of the UK’s transport select committee, MP[…]
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The European Union’s Commission has called on the Member States’ border authorities to impose tighter security checks for Russian travellers showing up at their points of entry. It has also urged the consulates of the Member States in Russia to assess the conditions under which Russian citizens can be issued[…]
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