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In-Depth Insights for the Best Part of Travel: Tours, Activities & Attractions.
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What is the state of the tours, attractions and activities industry two years into the pandemic? Exclusive new Arival research has found out
Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 6 December 2021
How travelers are planning and booking cultural site and monument visits in 2021–2022
Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 8 November 2021
How travelers are planning and booking wellness visits in 2021-2022
Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 12 October 2021
This short Arival Guide provides an up-to-date overview of the distribution landscape for travel’s third-largest sector
Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 10 October 2021
How travelers are planning and booking amusement park visits in 2021-2022
Arival Guides & Presentations
Esta Schoeman
by Esta Schoeman | 16 May 2022
Key strategies from culinary experience operators focused on pricing, multi-destinations, CVB/DMO strategy, and more to help start and grow your business
Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 29 August 2021
How visitor attractions can adapt to the new traveler path to purchase
Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 1 July 2021
This guide provides an overview of the global multi-day tour operator marketplace, with a focus on eight key trends defining the sector’s future
The technology landscape for multi-day tour operators is as diverse and complex as any in travel and tourism
This latest free report, based on surveying conducted in March and April 2021, covers the state of recovery and the outlook for travel’s third-largest sector.
Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 20 April 2021
Arival’s new free report on the state of startup funding in tours and activities provides a complete list of companies, including their funding both before and since the pandemic, the type of company, and region.
Douglas Quinby and Janice Sousa, Indie Travel
by Douglas Quinby and Janice Sousa, Indie Travel | 1 February 2021
A no-nonsense guide to help tour and activity operators assess if they should list, how to list, and how to succeed on Airbnb Experiences. This guide is for operators who currently list or are considering listing on Airbnb.
This latest free report, based on surveying conducted in September and October 2020, covers the state of reopening and recovery and the outlook for travel’s third-largest sector.
TrekkSoft’s latest Travel Trend Report, in partnership with Arival, explores the major themes defining the in-destination Industry.
Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 2 November 2020
How travelers are planning and booking water-based sports, activities and adventure in 2021-2022
Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 2 November 2020
This in-depth report explores the state of sustainable tourism trends among tour and activity operators and what responsible tourism practices matter most to travelers.
This report outlines a five-point plan of digital priorities for each tour and activity operator to implement as they plan to begin welcoming guests in significant numbers again.
Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 25 June 2020
Arival, the global research authority on tours, activities, and attractions, has been regularly surveying operators since mid-March to gauge the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on their business.
Douglas Quinby, Anne Failing and Maggie Rauch
by Douglas Quinby, Anne Failing and Maggie Rauch | 20 June 2020
How the world’s greatest monuments, amusement parks, museums, observatories and cultural sites can forge the new future of safe tourism.
The impact of the pandemic on tour, activity and attraction operators and how they are responding.
Douglas Quinby, Anne Failing and Jenna Blumenfeld
by Douglas Quinby, Anne Failing and Jenna Blumenfeld | 12 February 2020
New Arival report on U.S. attractions travelers illuminates booking patterns, drivers of attractions choices, booking channel and much more.
Douglas Quinby, Anne Failing and Jenna Blumenfeld
by Douglas Quinby, Anne Failing and Jenna Blumenfeld | 12 December 2019
What drives travelers to take tours? This new Arival report is your comprehensive guide to understanding how your customers' research, book, and regard tours today.
Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 11 December 2019
Here’s your essential guide to digital distributors. This second edition serves as a directory of more than 115 companies reselling tours, activities, attractions, events or experiences online.
Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 13 November 2019
This presentation walks through the key drivers and changes underway and explains what it means for the broader travel and tourism industry.
What are the most important forces shaping how travelers today search, book, and review adventure activities?
Douglas Quinby
by Douglas Quinby | 13 May 2019
One of Arival’s most popular reports ever was our Almost Ultimate Directory of Digital Distributors, published in 2018.