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In the summer of 2000, my brother and I found ourselves on a rickety train heading from Bucharest to the city of Braila in the eastern part of Romania. We [...]

The tours and activities market, traditionally the domain of travel advisers and tour packagers, is evolving, with OTAs, hotels and others claiming bigger shares of their customers' travel dollars by [...]

As the value of social media influencers continues to grow and evolve, so too are the number and ways in which travel brands partner with influencers to plug their products. [...]

For 2018 and beyond, there will be a greater diversity of vessels plying the country's inland waterways and a more dynamic roster of itineraries, which means more options are being [...]

For many river cruisers (first-timers and repeaters alike), a sailing along the Upper Danube is a must. It is consistently one of the best-selling river cruise itineraries for a reason: [...]

With slightly more than half the population now unmarried, the market for solo travelers is booming. Operators and agents are seizing on the resulting opportunities. Single people now make up [...]

Cities like Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans and Austin have long marketed robust music scenes to tourists. Now, concerts, festivals and other events are also focusing on tourism. Is it time [...]

As the popularity of beer, especially locally brewed craft beer, has ballooned over the past decade, brewery-driven travel has followed suit. Destinations, suppliers and breweries are increasingly realizing the economic [...]

It is perhaps one of the most polarizing issues among travelers, and yet more families than ever are bringing their infants and toddlers with them for vacations near and far, [...]

From the major river cruise ports and art meccas of Amsterdam, Paris and St. Petersburg, Russia, to the important art movements that can be traced along France's Seine and Rhone [...]

In a year when we are likely to see the first woman nominated for the U.S. presidency by a major political party the strides that have been made in closing [...]

As anyone who regularly scrolls through photos on Instagram knows, #foodporn is huge. As is #foodie and, of course, #food. Those three hashtags had been posted collectively almost 300 million [...]

When it comes to travel, VR is the next best thing to actually being there. And the technology just might be the next big thing in travel marketing. Mount your [...]

On Aug. 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act establishing the National Park Service (NPS), which at the time oversaw 35 national parks and monuments. Until then, there [...]

This past Christmas, Disneyland and Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom temporarily reached maximum capacity and were forced to close their gates and turn away guests until the crowds thinned. And [...]

Over the past 24 months, almost every major American cruise line has found itself answering to a new president. Meanwhile, river lines are employing sophisticated recruiting and training methods to [...]

To people in America's heartland, the usual suspects when it comes to travel-related environmental issues are trains, planes and automobiles. On the coasts, cruise ships join the lineup. But that's [...]

For decades, tour operators have been printing costly paper brochures in order to better illustrate and sell their destinations and itineraries. And despite the hefty investment, the onset of the [...]

Heading into 2018, river cruise lines are working overtime to continue to broaden their passenger base. Most have already brought down their average passenger age in recent years, and now [...]

A year after three of the largest European river cruise lines hired new executives, all women with backgrounds in ocean cruising, there has been a surge in innovations in the [...]

In the 2017 Travel Industry Survey, agents were asked what types of suppliers they use to book tours and packages, and while traditional tour operators maintained their position as the [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While research has shown that travelers are increasingly embracing the idea of sustainable travel, a growing number of industry suppliers and tourism marketing entities acknowledge that it isn't [...]

A sea change in public opinion and growing awareness of animal rights and the ethical treatment of animals is beginning to reshape the ways in which travel companies and travelers [...]

This year, the North American river cruise market will reach some half a million passengers in Europe, more than double the market's capacity in 2007 and more than seven times [...]

The tour guide, that all-important resource for creating unforgettable vacation memories, is undergoing a technology makeover, wielding a host of evolving tech resources that could help execute the job. But [...]

For what it's worth, many people know about or are curious about Colombia in part because of its cocaine trafficking sagas and larger-than-life drug lords like Pablo Escobar. In fact, [...]

No matter where the travel industry shifts its focus, climate change is a clear and present danger. From severe weather systems to polar ice melt, from warming waters to rising [...]

For more than 20 years, France has consistently been the most visited country on Earth. And while few would deny its allures--the beauty of Paris, the charms of Provence, the [...]

My first trip to Romania was in 1985, when my father brought my brother and me to his native country for the first time since he fled the communist regime [...]

Back when river cruising was just starting to take off in the early 2000s, the industry didn't necessarily score very high marks for its cuisine. Vessels had one restaurant that [...]

With this week's inauguration of Donald Trump expected to attract protestors and supporters alike to Washington, the mood among visitors to the nation's capital will be decidedly mixed. The mood [...]

Change is afoot in the river cruise industry, and that's probably a good thing. Because, let's face it, after steady growth led by four or five of the same players, [...]

Tourism is a fragile business that can be derailed by any number of natural or man-made disasters. The key for destinations is having a plan to get back on track. [...]

By Travel Weekly's reporting staff It has not been an easy year for European tourism. In November, 130 people were killed in Paris in coordinated attacks targeting a soccer stadium, [...]

The hype surrounding the World Cup and Olympics has generated a huge boost in interest in and bookings to Brazil, but concern remains that the country could become a victim [...]

As I wandered through the museum at the Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata, India, in September, I had the overwhelming sense that the historical documents weren't the only items on [...]

✓ Hotels: Do they meet western standards? Is there adequate WIFI? Are they clean? ✓ Amenities: Do the hotels have fitness centers, pools, spa facilities? ✓ Services: Are people in [...]

When U.K.-based tour operator Responsible Travel announced in July that it was ending all its volunteer trips to orphanages, citing numerous ethical issues with tourist-orphan interactions, the move brought to [...]

EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- The minute we climbed onboard the 1950s-era private Pullman car, we were transported to another era in travel entirely. Porters dressed in neatly pressed white shirts with [...]

'How ... the hell long ... is this hill?' I thought to myself as my breathing got heavier, my heart pounded faster and.... my quads started burning. My pedal rotations [...]

If you do not agree with the oppressive nature and policies of a country's government, is it better to stay away and protest those policies by not spending your tourist [...]

With the close of the Paralympic Games on Sept. 9 and the official end of the London 2012 Summer Games, VisitBritain has launched the next phase of a multimillion-dollar, four-year [...]

With family travelers making up 30% of U.S. adult leisure travelers, the lucrative family travel market is undergoing significant growth and offering great opportunity to travel sellers. But these are [...]

When it comes to producing international travelers, the U.S. is growing far more slowly than emerging markets like China, which will likely surpass us shortly as a globe-trotting nation. That's [...]

It's been a long and bumpy road for Kenya since deadly political clashes in 2008, followed by the global economic downturn, brought its tourism industry to a near standstill. But [...]

It can be morbid. It's always a bit voyeuristic. But it seems like a fundamental human urge. Like drivers slowing to gawk at a gruesome accident, tourists often feel a [...]

Despite the fact that Russia opened up to mainstream tourism more than two decades ago, and despite its wide recognition as a travel brand and inherent intrigue as a destination, [...]

In 2016, after several years of inexhaustible growth in the river cruise sector, some of the bigger players are taking a bit of a breather (and by breather, we mean [...]

The ripple effects from the Paris terror attacks continued to spread last week as Brussels remained in lockdown and the U.S. State Department issued a global travel alert, further adding [...]

PARIS--In the aftermath of the ISIS terror attacks that killed 129 people and injured scores more on Nov. 13, throngs of police officers and armed security personnel last week appeared [...]