Who's Managing Overtourism?

With travel at an all-time high, many regions find they need to devote as much time to managing overtourism as they have to promoting tourism. Oxford English Dictionary named “overtourism” one of its words of the year last year. Not...

What moves someone to travel, to transform a trip from a dream to reality? Practical things like budget and vacation time are important, but factors that influence travel decisions are usually more intangible—especially for younger travelers. Fighting FOMO & Fueling...

Tourism’s steady growth over the past decade has had positive and negative impacts around the globe, with many countries seeking to enjoy the benefits and minimize the challenges. One of those challenges is “sustainable travel,” a term often used for...

“Travel, Experience: These are an education in themselves.” Euripides said those words, more than 2,000 years ago. So, the concept that travel expands our minds and provides valuable personal and global insights isn’t a new one—even if it sometimes feels...

How much do U.S. travelers expect to travel internationally this year? That’s one of the questions Mastercard and WEX sought to answer in their 2018 Travel Trends survey.  This is the first in a series of posts taking a look...