Putting a new spin on the term ‘digital nomad’, UK addressing platform what3words has partnered with Airbnb to list stays with Mongolian nomads. The startup’s simplified addressing system is being applied to help adventurous travellers ‘home share’ with Dukha reindeer herders at their mountain camp where there aren’t any street names to anchor a trip. The partnership is […]
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How cities can fix tourism hell
A steep and rapid rise in tourism has left behind a wake of economic and environmental damage in cities around the globe. In response, governments have been responding with policies that attempt to limit the number of visitors who come in. We’ve decided to spare you from any more Amazon HQ2 talk and instead focus […]
View More How cities can fix tourism hellTravel activities startup KKday lands investment from Alibaba and Line
Taiwan’s KKday, a startup in the increasingly competitive travel activities space, has pulled in an undisclosed funding round that adds two strategic investors to its business: Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba and Japanese chat app company Line. KKday was founded in 2015 to help people who travel overseas to find and book activities, ranging from tours […]
View More Travel activities startup KKday lands investment from Alibaba and LineMike Curtis, Airbnb’s VP of engineering, is leaving
Airbnb’s head of engineering will leave the company before the end of 2018 to pursue other projects and focus on his family. The news was first reported by The Information and later confirmed to TechCrunch by Airbnb. Curtis joined the home-sharing platform in 2013 after about two years as the director of engineering at Facebook. […]
View More Mike Curtis, Airbnb’s VP of engineering, is leaving‘Game of Thrones’ to turn filming locations into decked-out tourist attractions
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If you’ve been to Northern Ireland to see where Game of Thrones films – well, you’re going again. HBO announced Monday that Thrones‘ Northern Irish filming locations will be reopened as fully outfitted tourist attractions as the show concludes in 2019.
While diehard Thrones fans have visited the show’s iconic locations in like Belfast and Dubrovnik, Game of Thrones Legacy will take viewers behind the scenes with costumes, props, weapons, set dressing, concept art, and more.
“We look forward to opening the gates and sharing the excitement of stepping inside these amazing sets with Game of Thrones fans from around the world,” said Jeff Peters, Vice President, Licensing and Retail, HBO. “The opportunity to celebrate Northern Ireland’s pivotal role in the life and legacy of the show and share its culture, beauty and warmth is also a huge inspiration behind these Legacy projects.” Read more…
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View More ‘Game of Thrones’ to turn filming locations into decked-out tourist attractionsAirbnb’s sleepover contest at the Great Wall of China has been cancelled
Airbnb has called off a contest inviting people to sleep over at the Great Wall of China, following backlash over the proposal.
Announced last week, the competition dubbed “Night at the Great Wall” would let four winners stay overnight at the UNESCO …
Your international vacation is a whole lot worse for the planet than we thought
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Tourism is unquestionably beneficial to both economies and anyone seeking to visit new lands.
However, your international vacation has a serious dark side.
A new study published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change suggests that vacationing actually releases far more climate change-inducing greenhouse gases into Earth’s atmosphere than previously expected.
When taking into account not only the direct emissions from jet and automobile engines, but also the millions of supply chains needed to feed and support vacationers, researchers found that global tourism today generates 8 percent of the carbon we send into Earth’s atmosphere each year. Read more…
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New Zealand’s so sick of being left off maps they’ve launched an entire ad campaign
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New Zealand is continually omitted from maps of the world. Seriously, there’s an entire Reddit thread highlighting examples of the country being completely wiped from global existence.
Also known as Aotearoa or “the land of the long white cloud,” New Zealand is missing from maps in Getty stock images, German museums, Ikea wall stickers, tattoos, iPhone cases — even the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s globe left it out.
And New Zealand’s just about done with it.
The country’s tourism board has launched a fun new ad campaign dubbed #getNZonthemap, with a commercial starring Kiwi Flight of the Conchords star Rhys Darby and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. They’re keen to get to the bottom of this blatant map omission, and they’re looking squarely at … Australia. Read more…
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Philippines temporarily closes popular holiday island to tourists due to pollution
One of Philippines’ most popular tourist destinations will be off-limits to visitors in a few weeks.
The entire island of Boracay will be closed to visitors from Apr. 26, so that it can receive a massive clean-up of dumped sewage and upgrades to its …
Australia’s most popular natural tourist spots are under threat from climate change
Want to visit a pristine Australian beach, or discover the delights of the Great Barrier Reef? You’d better be quick.
Australia’s five most popular natural tourist pulls are under serious threat thanks to climate change, according to a new report.
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The ‘Crocodile Dundee’ reboot is an ad, but there’s a campaign to make it happen anyway
We all knew it.
A trailer for a forthcoming Crocodile Dundee reboot starring Danny McBride, of all people, had long been rumoured to be one big Super Bowl ad.
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Come Sunday, that speculat…
Tourists end up with $1300 restaurant bill in Venice, prompting anger from mayor
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Avoiding being ripped off is an inevitable part of travelling, but sometimes you get unlucky.
Four Japanese visitors were presented with a €1,143 ($1,350) bill at a Venice restaurant, prompting anger from the city’s mayor, according to a report by ANSA.
The group of students dined at the restaurant located near the tourist hotspot St Mark’s Square, and ordered four steaks, a fried fish platter and mineral water.
Three other women, who were part of the group, suspected they were being scammed and decided to leave the restaurant, but still ended up paying €350 ($535) for three pasta dishes. Read more…
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