2025-2030 Strategic Plan I N T R O D U C T I O N The tourism industry is one of the strongest economic drivers in San Luis Obispo. The community is a beautiful gem in the Central Coast, offering a mix of history, outdoor recreation, great shopping, and proximity to both the coast and inland vineyards.
Uzbekistan recorded one of the strongest tourism surges in Central Asia in 2025, welcoming a record number of foreign visitors. Driven by regional travel, visa reforms, and improved connectivity, the ...
Spread the loveThe global tourism industry is undergoing a remarkable transformation, characterized by a pronounced shift in travel patterns. While Asia is experiencing a robust resurgence in tourism, ...
The Business Journals: Salem's 'October Club' harnesses tourism surge to feed residents
Yahoo: Houston leaders look to build on tourism surge after Rodeo, spring break boom
Houston leaders look to build on tourism surge after Rodeo, spring break boom
Since the completion of an all-weather road eight years ago, Nepal’s remote Mustang region has become a mass tourism destination, reports Mongabay’s Abhaya Raj Joshi. The surge in tourists, combined ...
The Tico Times: Panama’s Tourism Surge in 2025 Puts Costa Rica on Notice
Sustainable SLO is a San Luis Obispo tourism program dedicated to helping the city achieve its sustainability goals. As part of our “Keys for Trees” program, a portion of your room charge when you stay at a San Luis Obispo hotel goes to planting trees around town.
Collaborating with Visit SLO CAL on countywide sustainability education including serving as partner in the destination spotlight for the World Travel & Tourism Commission highlight the work of the City’s Climate Action programs and their intersection with tourism .
Follow The Central Coast Zoo on Social Sustainable SLO is a San Luis Obispo tourism program dedicated to helping the city achieve its sustainability goals. As part of our “Keys for Trees” program, a portion of your room charge when you stay at a San Luis Obispo hotel goes to planting trees around town.
The Travel & Tourism Development Index 2024 is the second edition of an index that evolved from the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) series, a flagship index of the World Economic Forum.
As global mobility accelerates, the tourism sector should ensure that travel fosters cultural understanding, constructive dialogue and shared prosperity.
Tourism is at a crossroads. Professor Marina Novelli explores the current trends impacting the industry and ways to make tourism more inclusive.
Is tourism a right or a privilege? Reimagining an industry for ...
Saudi Arabia demonstrates how tourism, when treated as core economic infrastructure, can deliver stability, diversification and shared value at scale.
Travel and tourism are not just economic drivers but also powerful connectors between cultures and communities, fostering understanding, opportunity and hope, especially in uncertain times. Despite contributing over 10% of global gross domestic product and supporting more than 350 million jobs, the sector faces serious pressures that must be addressed for sustainable growth. The future of ...
International tourist arrivals and the travel and tourism sector’s contribution to global GDP are expected to return to pre-pandemic levels this year, driven by the lifting of COVID-19-related travel restrictions and strong pent-up demand, as per the new World Economic Forum travel and tourism study, released today. Topping the 2024 list of economies are the United States, Spain, Japan ...
Tourism can deliver a better future but with less than six years remaining to achieve the Global Goals, it must unleash its full power – a new index provides insights.
6 years to the Global Goals – here's how tourism can help
The tourism industry has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic – but seamless travel solutions could be the start of a resilient recovery.
The travel and tourism sector is thriving, but geopolitical tensions and digitalization could destabilize it. Here are four possible scenarios for the future of travel.
But capitalizing on tourism's potential while preserving and enhancing history and culture is possible — and it is already being done in sites around the world. From Malaysia to Saudi Arabia, many are already demonstrating the ability to balance economic development with socially and environmentally sustainable transformations.
VnExpress International on MSN: Asia's 'most beautiful island' welcomes over 1 million foreign tourists in four months
Phu Quoc, voted Asia's most beautiful island by readers of Condé Nast Traveler, is set to welcome over one million international arrivals in the first four months of 2026, up 61.5% year-on-year and ...
Asia's 'most beautiful island' welcomes over 1 million foreign tourists in four months
PITTSBURGH, PA — State officials and environmental partners are urging Pennsylvanians to take part in a statewide cleanup campaign ahead of a major tourism year expected to bring more than 209 million ...
Tanzania’s tourism industry is thriving despite recent political unrest, with international arrivals surging 45% in early November 2025. TANAPA confirms all national parks remain safe and fully ...
eturbonews: Uzbekistan’s Tourism Boom Redraws Central Asia’s Travel Map as Regional Neighbors Fuel Record Growth
Uzbekistan’s Tourism Boom Redraws Central Asia’s Travel Map as Regional Neighbors Fuel Record Growth
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – 2025 brought big gains for Virginia’s Blue Ridge, including a 5.8% increase in hotel revenue, outperforming statewide and national trends. Leaders say tourism continues to be a ...
Baja California recorded more than 72 million border crossings in 2025, including 68 million through official state checkpoints, according to the state’s tourism secretary. Miguel Ángel Badiola ...
Panama recorded 3,004,266 international visitors in 2025. That total marks an 8.2 percent rise from the year before, according to figures released by the Panama Tourism Authority. Air arrivals at ...
A protest against tourists with this slogan was held in Naples, Italy, on the 27th of last month. Participants chanted, “Housing rights come before tourism” and “Cities are for residents,” criticizing ...
To the editor: Why would anyone want to ruin the beautiful stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway that runs through Corona del Mar (“Corona del Mar study outlines proposals to improve business corridor, ...