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The Travel & Tourism Game

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From the July/August 2019 Issue. Travel Association, 2.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 can be attributed to travel and tourism. Total domestic and international inbound traveler spending in the U.S. million directly in the travel industry and 6.8 By the BF Staff. reached $1.1

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Last year was Europe’s hottest year EVER recorded with highest-ever temperatures across the continent during the sweltering 2019 heatwave, EU report finds

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Last year was the hottest experienced in Europe since records began, according to a climate report issued by the European Union. . Pictured, a graph showing how the average surface temperature in 2019 exceeded the average temperature between 1982-2010. Greenhouse gases continued to rise in 2019, EU-backed report finds .

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Will the tourist hordes return? Coronavirus pandemic could be the end of overtourism

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Same in Prague, where non-essential travel was allowed from the same date, but foreigners have disappeared from the cities of Europe that have suffered most from overtourism. million mainland Chinese travelled overseas. Since 2013, more Chinese have travelled overseas than any other nationality. Case in point – New Zealand.

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Snow-capped mountains and tranquil lochs: The stunning best entries in the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, with a frontline doctor declared the overall winner

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This was possibly the coldest morning of 2019 at -12C’ David Queenan was named the overall competition’s runner-up with his portfolio of three pictures. He explained: ‘I combined two exposures of the same tram travelling in opposite directions’ . Dr Muir called this image Wild Caledonia.

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Holidaymakers face six-month wait for travel refunds as airlines struggle to deal with colossal backlog of claims with £7billion owed to customers

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Millions of travellers owed refunds for cancelled flights face months of chaos amid a crisis in the airline industry. Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has today cut up to 3,000 jobs but vowed to refund 25 million out-of-pocket customers – as Heathrow sees a 97 per cent drop in travellers in the last month. . By Amie Gordon .

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Hotels and food waste: What happens to breakfast buffet leftovers

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The figure is the same for Asia but in the European Union, where buffets and catering tend to be far less lavish, the figure is much lower, with the hotel and restaurant sectors combined responsible for an estimated 14 per cent of total food waste. Measuring waste. Measuring food waste is the first step in getting to grips with the problem.

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British Airways could pull out of Gatwick and cut a quarter of its pilots, leaked memo reveals

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This comes as it was revealed the beleaguered airline is seeking to cut pilot numbers by a quarter as it slashes costs to weather the coronavirus crisis, according to a separate letter sent to union leaders. Will air travel get more expensive? In these markets, we can expect train and bus travel to see significant growth.’

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