Tourisme Intelligence
THE Quebec source for information on global trends in tourism

Tags: governance, indicators

In tourism, performance evaluation involves objectively assessing projects completed to date according to a predefined plan, whether this relates to a policy, a program or a strategy. Such an evaluation relies on clearly defined goals, pertinent indicators and a number of information sources that are too often incomplete.
Various information sources
Databases of strategic information are produced [...]

Tags: china, Europe, hotels, seasonal-fluctuations, theme-parks, Trends

The opening of the gigantic Tropical Islands theme park just outside Berlin has all of Europe talking. What amusement park trends will emerge in 2005? +++ The Commentary from Liping A. Cai, Professor and Director at the Purdue Tourism & Hospitality Research Center.
Water play
One segment in particular seems to be enjoying exceptional growth: indoor waterpark/hotel [...]