The new launch is part of a broader trend of travelers and families building international portfolios of residence rights, citizenships, and investments across multiple countries around the globe.
That’s all needed to engage — and convert — younger consumers, who are the burgeoning demographic expected to account for about 50 percent to 60 percent of travelers by 2035.
Meanwhile, China is attracting more visitors with its visa-free entry policies, and Japan’s weak currency is drawing in a record number of tourists.
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Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2026
Botswana, which attracts international tourists for its rich wildlife, has a policy to compensate local people for human-wildlife conflict incidents and hundreds of cases are recorded each year.
Two engaged couples posed for wedding photos in between joggers, dog walkers and sightseers who clamored around Osprey Street to enjoy the day’s majestic sunset.
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Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Sep. 2026
By the 1980s, just a few years after the National Geographic story came out, the monarchs were already drawing streams of intrepid sightseers from abroad, despite almost no tourism infrastructure.
When presented together and thought juxtapositionally, the works launch visitors onto an emotional pendulum that pivots from exhilaration to unease and distress.
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Tina M. Campt,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2026
His vision was to feed a family of four for $20 and to welcome all visitors.
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