The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) announced today that the destination attracted 38.9 million visitors in 2011, the second highest visitor total in history.
Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, the UK's largest privately owned hotel operator with over forty 4 and 5 star hotels throughout the UK and Spain, has further increased its market presence by agreeing terms with the owners of the historic 48 bedroom Haycock Hotel in Wansford near Stamford.
The Maldives has once again topped Kuoni's annual poll of where UK customers want to spend their holidays. In the company's top ten selling destinations for 2012, the Indian Ocean archipelago has held on to the top slot since 2005.
2011 was another record year for tourism in Toronto as the number of hotel room nights sold surpassed 9 million for the first time ever, Tourism Toronto announced today. Additionally, for the first time since 2006, Toronto has seen an increase in overnight visitors from the U.S., while emerging overseas markets continued to show growth.
Building on solid tourism numbers in 2011, the Mexico Tourism Board predicts 52 million tourists will visit Mexico in 2012. This follows a strong winter break season with hotels in many of the top tourist destinations – from Cancun to Los Cabos -- seeing a significant increase in occupancy compared to last year's winter break.
A total of approximately 26.9 million people visited LA in 2011, an increase of 4.2 percent more overnight visitors than in 2010. Tourist spending rose as well with visitors accounting for $15.2 billion in expenditures – an 8 percent increase from the previous year.
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