Category: Travel and tourism in the world

Fitur Fair in Ifema in Madrid If you are a professional in the tourism sector or, simply, you are passionate about traveling, surely you are interested in knowing what the dates of Fitur 2019 are. Indeed, the new edition of the Fitur 2019 tourism fair held annually in Madrid takes place from January 23 to 27, a week later than last year.

Paco Elvira on Lake Lucerne I have resumed the activity after the Easter holidays with great shock, knowing the death of Paco Elvira, a prestigious photographer and, above all, an excellent person. During this new stage of my professional life linked to the world of travel, Paco Elvira is undoubtedly one of the great professionals I've met, who is also in the top of the ranking of great people.

Casa Pueblo in Uruguay The bad news of the suspension of the direct flight from Madrid to Montevideo by Iberia since April, as a result of its current readjustment measures, will be compensated in June with the launch of a new direct route by part of Air Europa. This will facilitate tourism trips to Uruguay, a country that until now has not had a special focus of attention by the Spanish, and whose company Pluna flag closed a year ago, suspending the route that in the past had with Madrid.

Grouping of travel blogs Travel Inspirers Travel Inspirers is now a reality. For a few months now a group of travel bloggers with professional and personal affinity have been working for the creation of a group of travel bloggers, which has finally been given birth during a presentation held at the Hotel Confortel Pio XII in Madrid .

The World Tourism Organization OMT expects a growth of between 3 and 4 percent in world tourism by 2012. After the good data of world tourism in 2011, with an increase of 4.4 percent in international tourist arrivals, the January Barometer of the UNWTO estimates that tourism will continue to grow in 2012 until reaching the figure of one.

Tourism in Spain has closed the year 2011 with an increase of 7.6 percent in the number of international tourists who have visited our country compared to the previous year. According to data from the Frontur report of the Institute of Tourism Studies, in 2011 56.7 million international tourists visited Spain.

The mobile flight applications for smartphones are mainly used to check the status of flights and to check-in online, while the search and reservation of flights is still carried out on the websites. This is one of the main conclusions of the survey on the use in Spain of mobile app apps for the search and reservation of flights carried out by the Kayak flight metasearch engine.

The recent publication of the results of the survey on tourism forecasts in Europe in this year 2011 confirms the clear improvement of prospects for tourism activity, and in particular for Spain. This Eurobarometer survey, conducted by the European Commission for the third consecutive year, shows the attitudes of European citizens towards tourism for this year 2011.

The Tripadvisor Traveler Opinion website has just published the results of the third edition of its Travelers' Choice 2011 ranking, based on the opinions and comments of its users. In this study, the rankings of preferred destinations by travelers from all over the world, both from Spain, and from Europe and around the world are presented.

Roundtable Tourism and Blogs at the Niemeyer de Avilés Center in Asturias The Roundtable Tourism and blogs organized by the Regional Tourism Society of Asturias has been a clear reflection of the great interest that entrepreneurs in the tourism sector of this community have in the new ways to communicate that they bring new technologies and, specifically, for travel blogs.

Different organizations and companies begin to publish estimates and trends for the year 2011 that you just met. After knowing the forecasts for world tourism in 2011, by the UNWTO World Tourism Organization, and coinciding with the celebration of Fitur 2011 in Madrid, forecasts are also being made on the trends and destinations that will be fashionable in 2011 .