by on 01.10.2013
01.10.2013
Insights from the UNWTO Global Summit on City Tourism
With more than half of the world’s population living in cities and the number expected to reach almost five billion by 2030, the scope for city tourism is growing rapidly. Here are my top insights gained from the UNWTO Global City Tourism Summit.
by on 26.09.2013
26.09.2013
World Tourism Day 2013 - the business of tourism
This year’s theme for World Tourism Day highlights tourism’s role in water access and shines a spotlight on the actions currently being taken by the sector in order to contribute to a more sustainable future for tourism and the environment, as well as the challenges ahead.
by on 25.09.2013
25.09.2013
Moscow - more than just another city
It is almost 2 am in the morning. I am waiting, yet again, at Dubai Airport. I am not the same person I was four days ago, waiting at this same airport. I am returning to Cape Town with a new perspective on a new destination. This is the beauty of travel.
by on 18.09.2013
18.09.2013
Liveable cities are more desirable destinations
How “liveable” is your city? What makes one city more liveable than another? How does liveability affect tourism? These are enquiries at the core of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual survey of the world’s 140 major metropolises.
by on 16.09.2013
16.09.2013
I am the urban tourist. I travel to see, feel, absorb, comprehend and lose myself in the everyday life of cities, both large and small. I am rarely interested in being told where the centre of the city is; I am rather interested in exploring and finding its pulse in the streets and communities which form it.
by on 15.09.2013
15.09.2013
Cities – the new super brands of destination marketing
Cities now constitute the battleground for visitors with urban travelers making up the greatest percentage of potential and actual visitors in the global tourism industry.
Cities are considered to be the new super-brands of the 21st century and according to the Communications Group from the UK, “the prisms through which countries are viewed”.
by on 12.09.2013
12.09.2013
Good wine, good food and good art go together
Last week I had the pleasure of putting together a special Wine Tourism experience for the Tripadvisor and South African Tourism teams visiting Cape Town for the 6th eTourism Africa Summit in Cape Town. By the end of the day my international guests agreed that the Cape Winelands stood head and shoulders above any other wine region in the world.
by on 05.09.2013
05.09.2013
Dining with the eagles at Waterkloof
Lunch at Waterkloof, the spectacular ‘cellar in the sky’, reaffirms my belief that the Cape Winelands is the world’s premier wine tourism destination.