Tourism

If you have ever dreamed of sleeping underwater or on a bed bobbing over a crystalline sea, then get ready for these outrageous luxury hotels which are the future of tourism industry.

They are still under construction and due to open in the coming years, as CNN reports.

Shimao Wonderland InterContinental (Shanghai, China)

EasyJet is currently locked in talks with Greek tourist chiefs to extend the country’s holiday season. The terror attacks in Tunisia have prompted people to turn away from vacations in North Africa, and Greece could profit. Unfortunately, however EasyJet can’t fly people to Greece if there aren’t hotels or restaurants open but they’re not going to open unless people are brought in.

Escalating conflicts have hit the tourism sector in Turkey?s eastern region after June 7 elections and a peace process bid gone wrong. 

The International Short Tourism Film Festival is an annual 4-day event that runs from October 21-26, with daily screenings, held during the works of the YPERIA International Convention on Culture and Tourism.

The chairperson of the Association of Bulgarian tour operators and travel agents, Bayko Baykov, said on Monday that Bulgarian tourism is experiencing its hardest year in the past decade.

According to Kalin Draganov, a member of the association, cultural tourism in the country was mainly developed by the municipalities.

The strong dollar weighed on manufacturing and tourism spending in the US while the economy continued "modest expansion" in recent weeks, the Federal Reserve said in a report Oct. 14.

Despite high profile coverage of Greece’s economic problems during the peak holiday season and the migration crisis, bookings to Greece remain healthy, theAssociation of British Travel Agents (ABTA) said while presenting its Holiday Habits Report 2015 on Tuesday during the Travel Convention at Costa Navarino.

Germany’s fifth-largest tour operator is reducing early booking prices until January 30, 2016. This means that guests will be treated to early booking prices of as much as 2.5% on average, while prices will be kept stable for bookings from February onwards. More than 180 hotels will be offered exclusively on the German market.

Turkey?s tourism industry may close this year with around $10-11 billion in losses amid a dramatic loss in Russian tourists and a sharp slash in hotel room prices across the country, according to leading sector representatives. 

Halkidiki stood out at this year’s World Tourism Expo – World Heritage Cities and Sites, which was held in Padova last month and received a special award for its prominent son, philosopher Aristotle.