Maximizing Tourism Revenue: Ensuring Local Communities Benefit

Maximizing Tourism Revenue: Ensuring Local Communities Benefit Is Your Destination Benefiting from Tourism Revenue? Tourism is often celebrated as an economic engine for destinations worldwide. Visitor arrivals are counted and promoted as proof of success. But the real question is: how much of that tourism revenue stays in the local economy and benefits the people […]

The Tourism Outlook between Australia, South East Asia, China and India

High-Yield Tourism Opportunities Between Australia, South East Asia, China & India The tourism landscape between Australia, South-East Asia, China, and India is evolving, driven by new patterns of consumer demand and supply-side shifts. Gary Bowerman, Co-Founder of High-Yield Tourism, and Garrett Tyler-Parker, Director of Analysis & Insights at Tourism Research Australia (part of AusTrade), discussed […]

From Volume to Value: How Tourism Taxes Can Support High-Yield Strategies

From Volume to Value: How Tourism Taxes Can Support High-Yield Strategies The Rising Trend of Tourism Taxes Tourism taxes are an increasingly common feature in travel destinations worldwide. Bali (Indonesia), Japan, the UK, the US, Malaysia, Bhutan, New Zealand, France and Germany have implemented some form of tourist levy. Stated reasons vary, ranging from raising […]