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Thailand’s Year of Transformation: Why 33 Million Is the Most Strategic Number in Asian Tourism Right Now

Published July 19, 2026 by Staff Writer

Thailand’s Year of Transformation: Why 33 Million Is the Most Strategic Number in Asian Tourism Right NowIn 2019, before the pandemic reshaped global travel, Thailand welcomed 39.8 million international visitors—the highest figure in its history and one of the strongest tourism performances anywhere in Asia.

Thailand is deliberately targeting fewer visitors than its pre-pandemic peak while pursuing record tourism revenue—a strategy that may become the new benchmark…

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China’s 190 Million Declaration: The Five-Year Tourism Plan That Could Reshape Global Tourism

Published July 8, 2026 by Staff Writer

China’s 190 Million Declaration: The Five-Year Tourism Plan That Could Reshape Global TourismThe domestic tourism target — 8.3 billion trips annually by 2030, generating 7.7 trillion yuan in tourism expenditure — is arguably the plan's most consequential objective for China's own economy.

China’s State Council has approved the most ambitious inbound tourism target in the country’s history—and the implications for aviation, destination strategy, investment,…

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When Aviation Speaks, Tourism Listens: What the 82nd IATA AGM Reveals About the Future of Global Travel

Published June 8, 2026 by Staff Writer

When Aviation Speaks, Tourism Listens: What the 82nd IATA AGM Reveals About the Future of Global TravelThe choice of Rio de Janeiro for the 82nd AGM carries significance that IATA itself has emphasised. The last time the organisation convened in South America was in 1999 — also in Rio — when the World Air Transport Summit format was formally introduced.

From fuel shocks and aircraft shortages to sustainability and connectivity, the 82nd IATA AGM is exposing the forces that will shape tourism,…

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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

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.

  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…

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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

Published May 3, 2026 by Staff Writer

$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

For the first time since 1997, the U.S. government has mapped exactly where overseas visitors spend their money — and which states…

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