The estimate from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is based on the 2026 pre-conflict forecast for the Middle East.
Iran conflict ‘costs Middle East travel and tourism industry €515 million a day’
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Wed 09:26 - DW All
Germany news: Merz open to social media ban for under-16s
Wed 09:26 - DW Top
Germany news: Merz open to social media ban for under-16s
Wed 14:27 - Politico EU
Germany eyes social media ban for kids
Wed 16:44 - DW All
EU governments look to Australia's social media ban for kids
Wed 16:44 - DW Top
EU governments look to Australia's social media ban for kids
Wed 16:44 - DW All
Europe looks to Australia's social media ban for kids
Wed 16:44 - DW Top
Europe looks to Australia's social media ban for kids
Wed 21:57 - France 24
Gabon suspends access to social media amid teachers' strike
Thu 11:30 - National Review
In Politics, Social Media Has Supplanted Experience
Thu 22:12 - Al Jazeera English
Is social media addictive?
Fri 07:45 - SRF International
Protection of minors on the Internet – This is how the USA, EU, Switzerland and Australia want to rein in social media
Sat 04:14 - Tagesschau
CDU votes on social media and part-time work at party conference
Sat 06:04 - BBC Headlines
Why fake AI videos of UK urban decline are taking over social media
Sat 10:06 - DW All
Germany news: Merz rallies base at Stuttgart CDU conference
Sat 10:06 - DW Top
Germany news: Merz rallies base at Stuttgart CDU conference
Sat 10:32 - Handelsblatt Politik
Social media: CDU party conference takes Instagram, Tiktok and Co. to task
Sat 13:51 - Handelsblatt Politik
Federal party conference: CDU wants social media age limit from 14 years
Sat 18:11 - ANSA Mondo
Spiegel, 'the CDU votes to ban social media for children under 14'
Sun 10:10 - DW All
Germany news: New rules aim to give asylum-seekers job access
Sun 10:10 - DW Top
Germany news: New rules aim to give asylum-seekers job access
Tue 00:18 - Fox News
Social media erupts after Stephen King makes false claim about Trump's family: 'What is this sh--?'
Tue 08:53 - DW All
Germany news: Bundestag honors its late ex-president
Tue 08:53 - DW Top
Germany news: Bundestag honors its late ex-president
Wed 07:59 - DW All
Germany news: Bundestag to vote on major drone deal
Wed 07:59 - DW Top
Germany news: Bundestag to vote on major drone deal
Wed 16:46 - DW All
Germany news: Bundestag passes major drone deal
Wed 16:46 - DW Top
Germany news: Bundestag passes major drone deal
Thu 06:42 - DW All
Germany news: Passenger attacks conductor on ICE train
Thu 06:42 - DW Top
Germany news: Passenger attacks conductor on ICE train
Fri 04:49 - HLN (BE)
Vias: young people are more likely to take risks in traffic due to social media
Fri 08:21 - DW All
Germany news: Strikes hit public transport across country
Fri 08:21 - DW Top
Germany news: Strikes hit public transport across country
Sat 16:33 - France 24
Strikes on Iran: In Israel "most people support this operation"
Sun 09:59 - Euronews
In pictures: Strikes across Tehran, Tel Aviv and Dubai
Sun 17:01 - Al-Monitor
Germany's Merz calls for plan for 'day after' in Iran
Sun 19:43 - Sky News (UK)
Anxious allies are demanding Trump's team shows it has a plan for Iran
Sun 21:21 - Sky News (UK)
Trump's war with Iran has become personal for people in Dubai
Sun 22:35 - BBC Headlines
Consultation on social media ban for under-16s to begin
Mon 00:01 - Sky News (UK)
Do you want to ban kids from social media? The government is asking
Mon 00:07 - Washington Examiner
UK, France, and Germany jump into the fray in Iran, vowing to defend Gulf allies
Mon 10:26 - DW All
Germany news: Top diplomat denies Berlin is joining Iran war
Mon 10:26 - DW Top
Germany news: Top diplomat denies Berlin is joining Iran war
Tue 09:44 - DW All
Germany news: Opposition slams Gulf evacuation strategy
Tue 09:44 - DW Top
Germany news: Opposition slams Gulf evacuation strategy
Tue 12:40 - Euronews
No, Netanyahu did not flee Israel for Berlin amid Iran war
Wed 11:56 - DW All
Germany news: Skilled craft sector faces huge labor shortage
Wed 11:56 - DW Top
Germany news: Skilled craft sector faces huge labor shortage
Thu 17:11 - Al Jazeera English
Traffic chaos in Beirut as Israel issues forced evacuation order
Fri 02:48 - DW
Iran war: Israel launches more attacks on Tehran, Beirut
Fri 02:48 - DW All
Iran war: Israel launches more attacks on Tehran, Beirut
Fri 02:48 - DW Top
Iran war: Israel launches more attacks on Tehran, Beirut
Fri 05:00 - Al-Monitor
Heavy attacks hit Tehran as Israel says war in 'new phase'
Fri 05:57 - DN (SE)
"Extensive attack wave" tonight - Israel enters new phase
Fri 06:29 - Euronews
Israel launches new strikes on Iran and Lebanon as Tehran targets Tel Aviv
Fri 06:37 - SRF International
Expansion of the Iran war – Israel also attacks Beirut
Fri 07:20 - ANSA Top News
Israel, 'intense bombings on south Beirut, Hezbollah sites hit
Fri 07:20 - ANSA Mondo
Israel, 'intense bombings on south Beirut, Hezbollah sites hit
Fri 09:00 - Al-Monitor
Fresh Israeli strikes on Lebanon as PM warns of 'looming humanitarian disaster'
Fri 10:01 - Al-Monitor
Blanket evacuation orders in Lebanon raise international law concerns, says UN human rights chief
Fri 10:13 - Middle East Eye
Iran launches wave of missiles towards Israel
Fri 10:39 - Al Jazeera English
Huge explosion seen in Tehran as strikes on Iran continue
Fri 12:58 - Al Jazeera English
Al-Aqsa compound empty as Israel restricts access to holy sites
Fri 13:17 - Middle East Eye
Estimated half a million displaced in Lebanon, social affairs minister says
Fri 13:53 - France 24
Lebanese PM says 'humanitarian disaster is looming' from displacement
Fri 14:10 - Middle East Eye
Gaza’s fragile humanitarian lifelines in Israel’s crosshairs
Fri 14:11 - Middle East Eye
Israel targets several areas across Lebanon, including site near Iranian embassy
Fri 14:38 - France 24
'Catastrophic': Humanitarian emergency unfolding in Lebanon as Israeli airstrikes intensify
Fri 14:57 - Middle East Eye
Israel killed 217 in Lebanon since start of March, health ministry says
Fri 15:00 - Al-Monitor
UN demands swift probe into Israeli strikes on Lebanon
Fri 15:45 - Al Jazeera English
Thousands of Syrian refugees flee Lebanon after Israeli strikes
Fri 16:10 - Middle East Eye
Video: Thousands of Lebanese shelter in schools, fleeing Israeli bombs
Fri 16:21 - Al Jazeera English
Israel extending ‘Gaza playbook’ to Lebanon, charity warns
Fri 16:55 - BBC Politics
Badenoch presses Starmer to strike Iranian missile sites
Sat 05:02 - Middle East Eye
Demonstrators rally in Sanaa in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon
Sat 14:43 - France 24
Iranian civilians seek shelter abroad
Sat 15:06 - Middle East Eye
Trump: US destroyed 42 Iranian navy ships
Sun 02:22 - Middle East Eye
Protesters rally in Tunis in solidarity with Iran
Sun 04:55 - Al Jazeera English
Flames engulf Kuwaiti high-rise amid Iranian drone strikes
Mon 12:00 - UN News All
Nearly 700,000 displaced in Lebanon as Middle East crisis escalates
Mon 16:21 - Washington Examiner
Rubio warns US will no longer tolerate ‘hostage diplomacy’ and claims Iranian military is ‘being eviscerated’
Mon 17:30 - Al-Monitor
Joy of Ramadan sapped by destruction of Middle East war
Tue 03:30 - Sky News (UK)
MPs vote down social media ban for under-16s
Tue 12:00 - UN News All
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 10 March: Displacement, supply shocks and civilian toll rise
Tue 15:57 - France 24
As energy prices soar, Russia emerges as major winner of Middle East war
Tue 17:11 - The Hill
Exxon evacuates personnel in Middle East
Wed 08:00 - Euronews
Middle East flights: British Airways cancels Abu Dhabi service ‘until later this year’
Wed 11:11 - Euronews
Iran conflict ‘costs Middle East travel and tourism industry €515 million a day’
Wed 12:00 - UN News All
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 11 March: More strikes as calls grow for peace