Richard Touraine
This week, we’ll look at a travel-related story that we really wanted to share with you.
Fashion notes for customers visiting North Korea.
When discussing with clients heading to North Korea the topic of what to pack comes up, it’s worth noting that men’s skinny jeans are now banned.
The so-called hermit kingdom believes that tight jeans are an expression of “decadent” Western culture. I included this in my North Korea notebook along with photos of 15 currently approved hairstyles for men and women.
Iceland offers free vacations to housewives.
At the beginning of the modern women’s rights movement in Iceland in 1960, a law was passed requiring housewives to receive paid leave like other workers.
Since then, the city has provided women with time off. The vacation may be to a different part of the country or abroad. Applications for this benefit slowed down due to the coronavirus pandemic, but are rapidly increasing again. Local advisors assist with arranging these paid leave arrangements.
Iceland is now one of the most expensive countries in the world for travelers. The country is doing very well economically, and housewives’ vacation expenses are considerable.
Are we missing an important component in every text message we send to our customers?
A new survey of 2,000 Americans aged 21 and older by Talker Research found that 41% of respondents consider text messages that don’t end with one or more emojis to be “incomplete.”
This study becomes more interesting when broken down by generation. Among Gen Xers, 70% think all text messages should include emojis. Text without one is considered “unprofessional.”
58% of those surveyed believe that emojis improve the way humans communicate with each other, and that their main purpose seems to be to provide a convenient way to express emotions when simple words are not enough.
It may be wise for agencies to consider designing their own emojis to use in text communications.
Here’s why a Taylor Swift concert can shake the earth.
Swift’s “Eras” tour took place in Seattle last year, and seismologists determined that the singing, dancing and joyous jumping of her fans caused a small earthquake (2.3 on the Richter scale, to be exact).
Swift is impacting the tourism sector in several key ways. For each domestic concert, an average of 54,000 fans purchase hotel rooms, airfare, food, etc. The average spending factor for Swift attendees in the United States is said to be in the range of $1,327.
Illinois’ governor and tourism officials announced that the state broke hotel revenue records thanks to Swift’s Chicago concert in June 2023.
Ahead of Taylor’s six concerts in the Los Angeles area, the California Center for Jobs and the Economy estimated that Los Angeles County’s GDP would increase by $320 million and employment would increase by 3,300.
“May was the strongest month for Philadelphia hotel revenues since the pandemic began,” the Federal Reserve said in its June 2023 analysis of economic conditions, which it said was “largely driven by an influx of guests for a Taylor Swift concert.” In the city.”
Swift should be nominated for numerous tourism awards.
