ITB Berlin and IPK International latest findings show that there are five percent more international trips, outbound travel from the Americas which have shown solid growth in 2018 with a plus of five percent. In contrast to 2017, where North American growth exceeded Latin America, the first eight months of 2018 reflected the contrary.

The upcoming edition of the International Tourism Fair, FITUR 2019, will present the Dominican Republic as a partner country, a destination that has continued to grow in recent years and which is currently a tourism leader in the Caribbean, with 6,2 million international tourists arriving in 2017, according to the Dominican Republic Central Bank.

Having taken place during the first week of December in Cannes, ILTM 2018 was the biggest ILTM event ever, with the show boasting 1880 exhibitors from 101 countries, an 8,5 percent increase year on year.

The scale of business that FITUR achieves as one of the meetings with the greatest impact in the world tourism industry, which annually brings together more than 200,000 professionals and more than 10.000 companies from 165 countries, together with its ability to detect trends and business models, has inspired IFEMA, through the Madrid International Tourism Fair, to set up the FITURNEXT Observatory.

The 2018 edition of World Travel Market (WTM) saw the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) continue its operational focus on investing in innovation and digital advances for a tourism sector that can deliver opportunities for all.

Invest Cyprus, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) and the Press and Information Office (PIO) of the Republic of Cyprus are organising the Cyprus Film Summit 2018 on October 10 at the Filoxenia Conference Centre, in Nicosia.