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Tourism | Planet Attractions
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Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 08 Apr 2025
Recent reports of Western travellers being arrested and detained for trying to legally enter the US will likely cause a disastrous drop in the country’s tourism, experts say
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Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 13 Dec 2024
The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Tourism has launched a pop-up experience, celebrating the country’s rich cultural heritage, in the heart of New York City
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 16 Oct 2024
A tourism influx is putting the Komodo dragon's habitat at risk with Indonesia’s government considering partial park closures in 2025 to protect the species
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 08 Aug 2024
Halo Space - a company set to offer zero-emission commercial space flights starting in 2026 - has announced that Saudi Arabia will host a landmark test of its capsule prototype
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 11 Jul 2024
Copenhagen’s tourist body is offering visitors to the Danish city the chance to pay for a variety of attractions in the city by completing a number of climate-friendly actions
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 09 Jul 2024
Failte Ireland has unveiled a five-year tourism development plan for the city of Kilkenny, with the nation’s smallest city aiming to drive and sustain tourism by improving its visitor experience
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 04 Jul 2024
As tourists continue to visit Japan in record numbers, many tourism businesses and attractions across the country are increasing prices, charging more for foreign visitors to enjoy certain products and experiences
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 04 Jul 2024
Barcelona says it's at capacity, with city council officials voting to raise its tourist tax for the second time this year in an attempt to curb visitor numbers
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 27 Jun 2024
Iceland is starting to feel the effects of over-tourism, with the country’s government planning to introduce a flexible tax to stem the effects of an influx of visitors to the island nation
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 17 Jun 2024
Euro 2024 is responsible for a €1bn boost to Germany, with an influx of visitors seeing increased spend at tourism-related businesses
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 11 Jun 2024
Fiji’s tourism body has praised an initiative to promote environmental sustainability with BULA Reef - an ambitious coral nursery created to combat coral bleaching - expected to become a significant tourist attraction for the island nation
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 11 Apr 2024
Space tourism has a new competitor, with company Halo Space unveiling its Aurora space capsule ahead of its first public flights in 2026
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 15 Mar 2024
Saudi Arabia’s tourism push is gaining momentum with more than US$13bn of private investment attracted by the kingdom’s ongoing spending spree
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 14 Feb 2024
Saudi Arabia’s tourism push is hitting the rails with the country investing US$75m into an Orient Express-style luxury train that will travel to two of the Kingdom’s World Heritage Sites
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 26 Jan 2024
Japanese authorities are fighting over tourism on Mount Fuji by announcing plans to introduce a toll and visitor cap on the World Heritage site’s most popular hiking trail
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 12 Sep 2023
The famous Italian city of Venice is set to tackle over-tourism with the introduction of a €5 a day entry fee for visitors to the Unesco World Heritage Site
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Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 17 Aug 2023
Astronaut and space diplomat Namira Salim has revealed plans to develop a new space tourism concept offering a space hotel, themed restaurants, a stargazing deck and a possible theme park
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 28 Jul 2023
The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia has announced the launch of Asfar - a new company designed to support the growth of the kingdom’s tourism sector
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 17 Jul 2023
Kuwait is eyeing major investment in its domestic market, with plans to launch a sovereign investment fund, to accelerate the growth of its own economy
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Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 03 Jul 2023
Abu Dhabi’s culture and tourism board has revealed ambitious plans to grow its tourism economy to 24 million visitors a year
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Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 27 Jun 2023
A replica of Barbie’s Malibu Dreamhouse has been listed on vacation rental site Airbnb ahead of the release of the highly-anticipated Barbie movie
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 27 Jun 2023
The PIF-owned Red Sea Global has been announced as the sponsor of the Al-Ahli Football Club, also owned by PIF, in Saudi Arabia’s Saudi Pro League
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Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 26 Jun 2023
Oman’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning has revealed plans to open three significant leisure and entertainment destinations over the next five years
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 23 Jun 2023
A world-class surfing attraction, a velodrome and a sprawling urban park are among the features included in a major new development for Abu Dhabi
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Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 23 Jun 2023
Five people have been killed after the Titan tourist submarine imploded less than two hours into a dive exploring the wreckage of the Titanic
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Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 20 Jun 2023
The US and Canadian Coastguards are helming a major rescue mission to recover a missing tourist submarine that disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean less than two hours into an expedition to see the wreckage of the Titanic
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 14 Jun 2023
Saudi Arabia is set to invest a further US$800bn on top of the US$1tn investment it has already made in tourism, with even more new projects set to come up in the kingdom over the course of the next decade
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Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 23 May 2023
US civil rights organisation the NAACP has warned minority tourists against visiting Florida due to several ‘discriminatory’ laws supported by Republican governor Ron DeSantis
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Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 11 May 2023
The Nerja Caves has launched a new VR experience that allows visitors to access parts of the caves that have previously been closed to the public
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Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 22 Apr 2023
Work has started on a new agriculture museum dedicated to cannabis in Atlantic City. The museum is one of several marijuana-themed projects greenlit by the city in the hopes of attracting a new wave of ‘weed tourists’
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 11 Apr 2023
Amnesty International says that Cambodian officials are forcing residents of the Angkor Wat World Heritage site to ‘voluntarily’ leave in the name of preserving the popular heritage attraction, with the move affecting an estimated 10,000 families
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 08 Feb 2023
The former Pleasure Island could find new life as a tourist destination after plans were submitted to turn the former theme park into a £65.9m holiday site
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Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 02 Feb 2023
Media tech specialist 7thSense has been recognised for two products in its brand new Performer range at this year’s ISE, which is currently underway in Barcelona
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 26 Oct 2022
Flight bookings to Qatar and the UAE are currently 10 times higher than pre-pandemic levels ahead of this winter’s FIFA World Cup
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Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 24 Jun 2022
Tibet Planetarium, which could open in two years’ time, hopes to welcome over 100,000 guests annually
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 25 Apr 2022
Would you pay US$125,000 to travel into space via a hydrogen balloon? Well that’s exactly what you can do in the Space Lounge, launching from Florida in 2024
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 02 Feb 2022
With so many big things coming in the year ahead, we’ve rounded up all the key events taking place this year. Welcome to your attractions calendar for 2022.
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 13 Dec 2021
Orange County – the home of both Universal and Disney’s Florida operations – has been declared a Covid-19 hotspot
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Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 09 Dec 2021
Holidaymakers can now book to stay inside The Grinch’s lair, which features two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a study, a music room and a kitchen stocked with Who-pudding and Who-hash
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 08 Dec 2021
Visitor attractions in Ireland are set to get a slice of a €50m pie to created to support the country’s tourism industry in 2022
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Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 12 Nov 2021
The six-zone Paramount Film and Television Park is part of a US$8 billion tourism development and is expected to open in Yunnan province in 2024
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Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 10 Nov 2021
The K-pop music arena plans to host some 190 concerts per year
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 26 Oct 2021
According to John Cena, the time to visit Ferrari World, the Louvre and the rest of Abu Dhabi is now
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 15 Sep 2021
Covid PCR testing should be abandoned for most holidaymakers, says travel organisation Abta
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Alex Chapman | Planet Attractions | 20 Aug 2021
There is mounting pressure for hotels to become more sustainable going forward
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Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 24 Jun 2021
Brand Africa will place an emphasis on people as the continent attempts to lure visitors with new narratives and a new unified tourism approach
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Chris Tebbutt | Planet Attractions | 25 Jan 2021
The World Tourism and Travel Council predicts a best-case scenario, which will see 111 million jobs return to the travel and tourism sector this year
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