{"id":5365,"date":"2009-11-29T11:58:47","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T09:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=5365"},"modified":"2009-11-29T11:58:47","modified_gmt":"2009-11-29T09:58:47","slug":"world-travel-trends-should-benefit-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/accommodation\/world-travel-trends-should-benefit-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"World Travel Trends should benefit SA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The World Travel Trends Report 2009<\/strong>, launched by market research company Euromonitor at WTM (World Travel Market) in London earlier this month, acknowledges how tough 2008\/9 has been for the tourism industry, but highlights positive trends that create optimism for the tourism industry for 2010, reports bizcommunity.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Euromonitor identified the following tourism trends:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 The “grey market” (travellers 60 + years) is recession-resistant as far as its travel plans go, and\u00a0is undeterred about the recession, poor exchange rates and airport taxes.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 USA President Barack Obama has made Africa an attractive continent to explore, especially for African-Americans who want to trace their roots and visit their countries of origin.\u00a0\u00a0 There are 41 million African-Americans living in the USA.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Golf tourism in Asia is expanding, and is a major source of income for Thailand, growing at 10 %, ahead of the tourism industry growth rate, and valued at $ 800 million.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0 Women-only hotels are being established in the Middle East, the first being\u00a0the Luthan Hotel& Spa in Saudia Arabia.\u00a0\u00a0 Egypt and Iran are also developing such hotels.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Given the over-supply of rooms, by as much as 25 %\u00a0 in the UK, a new concept called “pop-up hotels” has been launched in the UK, which can be built at short notice to meet demand.\u00a0\u00a0 Travelodge opened such a hotel in Uxbridge last year, and plans to build 20 more in the next ten years.\u00a0\u00a0 These hotels only have to meet occupancy targets for a set period of time, and create an opportunity for PR and word-of-mouth marketing.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The World Travel Trends Report 2009, launched by market research company Euromonitor at WTM (World Travel Market) in London earlier this month, acknowledges how tough 2008\/9 has been for the tourism industry, but highlights positive trends that create optimism for the tourism industry for 2010, reports bizcommunity.com. Euromonitor identified the following tourism trends: 1.\u00a0\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[7,124,22,21],"tags":[2158,2778,756,32378,2771,2777,2779,2775,2781,591,2782,2785,968,2776,2773,2774,2783,2784,32373,2780,2786,342,2770,2772],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t