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Turkey, Thailand, Jordan, Costa Rica and Mexico revealed as some of the leading emerging economies for medical tourism inbound spending.

In Thailand, emerging destinations across the country are increasingly appealing to both domestic and international travellers.

In percentage increase terms between 2017 and 2018, Asia had the strongest annual increase at 8.7%, followed by the Pacific at four percent and the Americas at 3.5%.

Air cargo continues to face strong headwinds from the intensifying trade war between the US and China, as well as weakness in some of the key economic indicators and rising political uncertainties worldwide. Global trade volumes are 1% lower than a year ago.

The 27.5% international visitor expenditure growth compared with State-wide growth of 5.5% to $6billion, which was also a record for Queensland tourism.

One of the travel industry’s most prestigious annual awards, this year saw the voting combined for the readers of both the US and UK editions of the magazine.

The agreement will allow customers staying in Okura Nikko Hotel group hotels to access online editions of the WSJ.In addition, members of Okura Nikko Hotels’ One Harmony loyalty program will be able to purchase WSJ subscriptions at specially discounted prices.

Korean Air held an event at Incheon Airport, during the flight, and at Ho Chi Minh Airport, to commemorate the airline’s first international flight and to thank its customers for their unwavering support over the past half a century.

GlobalData analyzed more than 41,000 global public companies spanning across 5,400 cities and found that the top 25 cities were home to about 9,000 companies (about 22% of the sample), of which 23% were based out of Japan, in 2018.

Sivertson, who is based in Vancouver, Canada, said that the role as CEO of GainingEdge was a good fit both in terms of his past experience and his future aspirations.