By 2050, people over 60 will account for 22% of the world population – a potential tourism target market that includes over 2 billion people. Over 60. Over 70. Over 80. Traveling the Planet The senior traveler has money and currently spends $30 billion annually, occupies 70 percent of all passenger spaces on cruise ships, […]
2021 Caribbean Tourism: Gut Punched
The most tourism-dependent nations in the world include Aruba, Antigua, Barbuda, the Bahamas, St. Lucia, Dominica, Grenada, Barbados, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica, Belize, the Cayman Islands, and the Dominican Republic (iadb.org). For these islands, nations tourism is their economic lifeblood and it dissolved overnight. When COVID reared its ugly […]
Death Tourism: Travel with a purpose
Planning to travel? Your motivation is likely going to fall into one of these boxes: 1. Visits to friends and family2. Vacation3. Business What is missing from the list? People who travel to commit suicide. What is it? Death tourism (a specific type of medical tourism) is a system whereby non-terminally ill individuals travel to […]
Safari as a journey: Start @ JFK. Then Johannesburg and Harare
On a recent visit to Africa, my journey started with a flight from New York to Johannesburg on South African Airways (SAA). For an additional fee, I scored a seat in Premium Economy. While the space was not much better than basic, the charge included the opportunity to reserve an aisle seat, and there was […]
Africa safari: A trip or a trek
Priority List Traveling to Africa requires a commitment. There is no quick way to reach the continent, and there is no quick way to transit from one city to the other or from one country to the other. Advance planning is a necessity, and this includes time management and a confirmed detailed itinerary. Africa is […]
Hello Budapest. Goodbye Vienna
© Dr. Elinor Garely, Editor in Chief, TourismExecutives.com (a division of eTN Publishing) Apr 21, 2016 It is always hard to leave a city; there is never enough time to explore the streets and buildings and shops and food… so much to see and taste and so little time. However, my Rail Europe pass keeps […]
Milan: Travel With a Purpose
© Dr. Elinor Garely, Editor in Chief, TourismExecutives.com (a division of eTN Publishing) Jun 10, 2016 I put Milan on my Spring2Italy itinerary because I wanted to experience the Salone de Mobile, noted to be the largest furniture exhibition/event on the planet. So – although the time period meant that hotel rooms were charging rates […]
