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Policy & Strategy tracks the government decisions, tourism policies, development frameworks, and strategic initiatives shaping the global visitor economy. Understand what is changing, why it matters, and how it could reshape tourism markets.

The Silk Road Reawakens: How Uzbekistan Is Betting Everything on Becoming Central Asia’s Tourism Powerhouse by 2030In June 2025, China and Uzbekistan established a mutual visa-free travel agreement for tourism purposes—a massive strategic milestone given the government's target of attracting one million Chinese visitors annually against a 2024 baseline of just 74,300.

The Silk Road Reawakens: How Uzbekistan Is Betting Everything on Becoming Central Asia’s Tourism Powerhouse by 2030

Published May 17, 2026 by Staff Writer

From fewer than three million visitors in 2017 to a bold target of twenty million by 2030 — inside the strategy, the infrastructure, and the sheer ambition reshaping one of…

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The Rise of Incentivised Tourism: Berlin Turns Sustainability into CurrencyBerlinPay—developed by visitBerlin, the city's official tourism body, in cooperation with the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises—operates on a principle that behavioral economists have long understood but public policy has been slow to fully embrace: positive reinforcement works.

The Rise of Incentivised Tourism: Berlin Turns Sustainability into Currency

Published May 15, 2026 by Staff Writer

How one German city’s decision to reward tourists for picking up litter is quietly rewriting the rules of responsible travel — and inspiring a global movement Global (Tourism Reporter) — There…

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Paraguay’s Grand Gamble: Can the Landlocked Giant of South America Become the Region’s Next Great Tourism Destination?Santa María has announced that the government will actively seek foreign investors to come to Paraguay and build state-of-the-art theme parks and high-technology entertainment complexes.

Paraguay’s Grand Gamble: Can the Landlocked Giant of South America Become the Region’s Next Great Tourism Destination?

Published May 13, 2026 by Staff Writer

  A newly appointed minister with 25 years of private-sector experience and a bold ten-million-visitor target is betting that Paraguay’s greatest tourism asset is the one it hasn’t built yet…

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The 300,000-Room Mandate: Inside the Billion-Dollar Physical Build-Out Defining Egypt’s Road to 30 Million TouristsWith approximately 230,000 hotel rooms in its current inventory, Egypt needs to add somewhere between 200,000 and 300,000 rooms over the next four years to have any realistic prospect of hitting its target.

The 300,000-Room Mandate: Inside the Billion-Dollar Physical Build-Out Defining Egypt’s Road to 30 Million Tourists

Published May 6, 2026 by Staff Writer

Egypt’s tourism infrastructure surge is world-class, fueled by sovereign backing, reform, and 46,000 rooms under construction. The question isn’t whether Egypt can compete—it’s how fast Tourism Moves™ | CAIRO —…

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$169.8 Billion and 906,000 Jobs: What America’s First State-by-State Tourism Report in Nearly Three Decades Reveals About the True Power of International Visitors

$169.8 Billion and 906,000 Jobs: What America’s First State-by-State Tourism Report in Nearly Three Decades Reveals About the True Power of International Visitors

Published May 3, 2026 by Staff Writer

For the first time since 1997, the U.S. government has mapped exactly where overseas visitors spend their money — and which states are winning the race for international tourism dollars.…

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Croatia’s New Law Targets Grey Market to Protect €15 Billion Tourism IndustryCoastal authorities in Umag—Istrian Peninsula town popular with European tourists—estimate approximately 20,000 bed spaces in properties regularly rented to tourists but never formally registered.

Croatia’s New Law Targets Grey Market to Protect €15 Billion Tourism Industry

Published April 18, 2026 by Staff Writer

New Croatian legislation will mandate registration numbers for all short-term rentals from June 2026 to eliminate an estimated 20,000 illegal bed spaces in coastal areas, ensuring compliance for operators and…

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