Iceland has been seeing a growing
number of tourists since 2011.
Not exact matches
Egypt is reliant on funds from the millions
of tourists who come to see its antiquities each year, and although visitor
numbers have picked up slightly
since the revolution, they are still low.
Since the government allowed
tourists to stay on local islands, the
number of guesthouses available has exploded.
In 2013 Istanbul saw almost a 12 per cent increase in visitors compared to 2012 and the
number of tourists visiting Istanbul has increased every year
since 2008.
The
number of tourists engaging in cruises along the Danube has grown
since 2003 when only 141 ships docked along the Serbian portion
of the Danube and in 2009 as many as 800 docked.
The new government stood for election with tourism highlighted in its manifesto and
since Uhuru Kenyatta's inauguration, commitments have been made to increase the intensity
of Kenya's tourism marketing activity, to double the
number of tourists to three million a year and to provide incentives to encourage investment in
tourist accommodation.
When I stopped by the Marianne Boesky Gallery on an exceedingly chilly Saturday afternoon, just one day after the opening
of John Waters» Beverly Hills John exhibition — the raunchy filmmaker's been featured in a
number of solo shows across the country
since 2000 — the place was packed with an awkward mix
of tourists and people who seemed to be in the know.
Meanwhile, the strengthening dollar — which has risen more than 15 percent against the Euro
since August 2008, as well as the global reach
of the recession, have diminished foreign traveler's spending power and reduced the
number of tourists visiting the U.S. for luxury bargains, he says.