This journal issue presents recommendations developed by the Committee of Diseases related to travel and imported Diseases (DIAC) and approved by the High Council for Public Health (HCSP) during a meeting held in 24 April 2015. They take into account the data of the National Reference Centre (CNR)...

A smart destination puts information and communication technologies (ICT) into use to provide value to stakeholders and guests. In particular, this approach is not limited to the application of technology, but also to the necessary human and social capital in order to use this infrastructure...

This report provides an overview and update about the hotel sector in India. Following a review of current trends in tourism arrivals and overnights, as well as hotel performance, the major chains present in the country (both foreign and domestic) are reviewed and profiled. In a further section,...

This report looks at (1) the number of people using social media around the world; (2) how social media is used by travellers throughout the travel lifecycle; (3) the leading global social-media platforms; (4) the ways tourism organizations use social media; and (5) some of the most successful...

More people visit public lands for recreation than for any other reason, which makes providing opportunities for sustainable recreation a key service that national forests can provide. Recreation managers, however, frequently lack basic information on the amount and extent of recreation use....

We study e-commerce across 47 economies and 26 industries during the COVID-19 pandemic using aggregated and anonymized transaction-level data from Mastercard, scaled to represent total consumer spending. The share of online transactions in total consumption increased more in economies with higher...

As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the world, researchers are attempting to quantify the economic fallout from the pandemic as it continues to unfold. Estimating the economic impacts of a prevailing pandemic is fraught with uncertainties about the epidemiology of the disease and the...

The first part of this report provides an overview of Internet use at a regional and country level, the impact of mobile devices on Internet use, and how the level of social media adoption varies around the world. The remainder of the report discusses the social media channels used in tourism and...

Based on a survey, five customer segments of train users in Switzerland were identified. The persons grouped together in these customer segments have typical orientations with regard to activities preferred in everyday life and on tourist trips and are characterized by specific attitudes regarding...

This report provides an update and outlook concerning Russia's airlines. It looks at (1) the impact of Russia's deteriorating economy and geopolitical isolation on the country's air-transport sector; (2) the key players (airlines and airports) in the Russian aviation market; (3) how the low-cost...