Tourism’s sustainability ambitions

We meet Melanie Perkins, the CEO and co-founder of graphic design platform Canva, which has hundreds of millions of users and a valuation of nearly $40 billion. Despite her immense wealth, Melanie Perkins says the label “billionaire” has never felt quite right. Instead, she plans ...  عرض المزيد

In just a few months, the country has signed or advanced several major trade deals with other nations. Is it a reflection of the growing size of the Indian economy - it is on course to become the third largest in the world - or it is because of a global economic realignment due t ...  عرض المزيد

This episode of The Weekly Tradecast talks about greener and more sustainable travel, just ahead of the summer holidays, with UNCTAD economist Bruno Antunes Tourism is one of the biggest employers in the world. Many developing nations rely on it, so there’s economic urgency to ge ...  عرض المزيد

Saudi Arabia’s opens up and begins to issue tourist visas for the first time. Host Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief and future editor Kelsey Warner, speak to The National’s Ashleigh Stewart who is in Saudi Arabia as they launch their latest tourism industry initiative.   ...  عرض المزيد

Le secteur du tourisme, c'est plus de 1 400 milliards de dollars en 2023 et 1,3 milliard de touristes l'année dernière. Après le coup d'arrêt de la pandémie, les niveaux pré-Covid-19 qui battaient des records devraient être de nouveau atteints cette année. - La ville de Kyoto, l' ...  عرض المزيد

Millions of people visit South Africa each year to enjoy safari’s, culture and nightlife. The tourism industry has been hit hard by Covid-19, but there are other issues it has been struggling with for longer. More than 25 years since the end of apartheid, the sector remains large ...  عرض المزيد