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🏖️ The Seychelles welcomed 253,736 visitors in the first nine months of the year, a 0.38% decrease from 2023. European arrivals grew by 1% to 183,574, with Italy ranking fourth after Germany, France, and Russia, despite a 5% drop. Bernadette Willemin, the Director General of Marketing for Tourism Seychelles, focuses on trade collaboration and stakeholder education. The Avani hotel in Mahé will open in the first quarter of the next year, followed by Melià Hotel and Cheval Blanc.

🏖️ Enrico Ducrot, CEO of Viaggi dell’Elefante, outlines tourism trends: popular destinations in Asia include Japan, India, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Uzbekistan, with South Korea, Mongolia, and Bhutan as rising stars. Growth is seen in Iceland and Scandinavia in Europe; Peru, Argentina, and Cuba in Central and South America; Tanzania and Southern Africa in Africa, with specific interest in Rwanda, Uganda, and Mozambique. Honeymooners prefer Australia, New Zealand (plus Fiji and Cook extensions), Japan, India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives.

🏕 In Austria, the tourism sector is gearing up to surpass pre-pandemic levels with a record 115.6 million overnight stays in the first eight months of 2024, marking a 3% increase in attendance and a 9.6% surge in arrivals for August compared to 2023. Tobias Thomas, the director of the Austrian Federal Statistical Office, reported these figures, which exceeded the 115.3 million overnights of January-August 2019. Factors contributing to this achievement include Austria's rich cultural offerings, scenic landscapes, and popular tourist attractions, with Vienna, Innsbruck, Salzburg, and alpine regions drawing both domestic and international visitors.