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Tourism Emerges as Major Investment and Job Creation Opportunity for South AfricaThe Tourism Growth Partnership Plan (TGPP) sits at the centre of South Africa’s current tourism strategy. Covering the 2025–2030 period, the five-year plan was developed jointly by De Lille’s ministry and private-sector partners, led on the industry side by the South African Tourism Business Council, and formally endorsed by Cabinet.

Tourism Emerges as Major Investment and Job Creation Opportunity for South Africa

Published October 1, 2026 by Staff Writer

At the 2026 South African Tourism Investment Summit in Sandton, Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille positioned tourism as a major engine of investment and job creation, as the country looks…

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Everest Tourism’s Melting Foundations: How Base Camp Activity Is Adding Heat to the Khumbu GlacierUsing Landsat satellite observations covering the period from 1991 to 2023, the researchers examined land-surface temperature trends at Everest Base Camp and compared them with temperature changes across the surrounding Khumbu Glacier.

Everest Tourism’s Melting Foundations: How Base Camp Activity Is Adding Heat to the Khumbu Glacier

Published September 22, 2026 by Staff Writer

A new peer-reviewed study calculates that fuel use and human urine at Everest Base Camp released enough heat during the 2023 spring climbing season to melt an estimated 2,492 tonnes…

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Greenland’s Tourism Gateway: How Brussels Is Betting on Connectivity to Unlock Arctic DemandOn September 18, US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Washington had reached an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that, in his description, would give the United States “permanent control over security, and all other needs” in the territory.

Greenland’s Tourism Gateway: How Brussels Is Betting on Connectivity to Unlock Arctic Demand

Published September 21, 2026 by Staff Writer

With Washington deepening its security role in Greenland, the EU is pursuing a different form of influence — better air and sea connections, tourism infrastructure and investment designed to make…

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Beijing Bets on the Open Road: China Unveils Sweeping Measures to Turbocharge RV TourismFor China's RV ambitions, the road itself has become part of the tourism infrastructure.

Beijing Bets on the Open Road: China Unveils Sweeping Measures to Turbocharge RV Tourism

Published September 19, 2026 by Staff Writer

From extended vehicle lifespans to deposit-free rentals and height-limit exemptions, the new measures target the everyday infrastructure and regulatory barriers that have held back China’s RV tourism market. Tourism Moves™…

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Nepal’s Himalayan Tourism Corridor Becomes a Disaster Zone as Hundreds of Travellers Remain MissingNepal's major tourism circuits — including Everest, Annapurna, Chitwan National Park, Lumbini and the Kathmandu Valley — are geographically distinct from the Rasuwa–Gyirong corridor and, based on the information currently available, are largely unaffected by the flooding.

Nepal’s Himalayan Tourism Corridor Becomes a Disaster Zone as Hundreds of Travellers Remain Missing

Published August 26, 2026 by Staff Writer

More than 150 people are now confirmed dead, while 384 tourists and travellers remain unaccounted for, including 291 foreign nationals. Roads and bridges have been destroyed across Rasuwa and Nuwakot,…

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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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