News Perspectives

The recovery of travel in 2024 when comparing with arrivals in 2019 for Europe is at +1%, and almost complete worldwide at just -1%.

Luxembourg for Tourism (LFT) and partners’ presence at ITB Berlin Convention with the Visit Luxembourg stand is an opportunity to promote the destination but also serves as an invaluable networking platform for the travel industry and national stakeholders.

Let’s start by setting the scene. What are the characteristics of our times? At a time of polycrisis, there is a tendency for people who can, to retreat into the private sphere, into feel-good bubbles, away from the dangers of the world.

The original LuxembourgCard was launched in 1998 and has existed in various forms since. The year 2021 marked the complete shift to a digital product. In 2025, to correspond to its digital evolution, we have adapted the name to LuxembourgPass.

If you say tourism these days, you also have to say sustainability. As of December 2024, there is an official sustainability concept for tourism in Luxembourg. It is intended to serve as a guide for future tourism development.

Luxembourg for Tourism has brought out a new collection of inspiring and informative Visit Luxembourg Publications 2025 just in time for the start of the year.

2024 is drawing to a close and what was forecast a year ago has become fact: Europe has achieved full recovery of inbound tourism compared to pre-pandemic levels.

The European Travel Commission (ETC) gathers in Luxembourg this week for its 108th General Meeting. Luxembourg welcomes 70 tourism leaders from all over Europe from 20-22 November.

In 2023-2024, Luxembourg for Tourism (LFT) carried out a large-scale new research project: the “Brand & Potential Study” for destination Luxembourg in multiple source markets.