Bahamas tourism officials counsel delaying trips due to hurricane

Bahamas tourism officials counsel delaying trips due to hurricane USA Today The popular, huge Atlantis resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas is helping "get those currently on the island, off the island" and waiving cancellation fees, a spokesman says in a statement. "We are overriding our existing cancellation policies so ...

NKorea expels SKoreans from joint mountain resort The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea expelled all remaining South Korean workers Tuesday from a stalled joint tourism resort in the North, putting what was once a symbol of inter-Korean cooperation in danger of collapse. The two Koreas launched joint ...

Queen and Obama help boost Irish tourism Reuters Ireland's government, anxious to stoke economic growth, has cut sales tax for restaurants and hotels to help tourism. The tourist sector is Ireland's largest home-grown industry, contributing over four percent of annual economic output and employing...

New search for tourist Robyn Gardner on Aruba comes up empty USA Today By Kitty Bean Yancey, USA TODAY The search for Maryland tourist Robyn Gardner, missing on Aruba since Aug. 2, resumed Monday without success. A horde of law enforcement personnel and others combed a desolate area near the island's southern tip, ...

Tourist relives broken neck dive BBC News The family were staying at the Didim Beach resort in Altinkum on the west coast of Turkey, when the accident happened. Mr Lonergan said he had been scuba diving, and, "assuming it was deep enough," dived back into the water from a pier - a distance ...

Greek Bias Against Gays Compounds Debt Crisis Hitting Tourism San Francisco Chronicle "Allowing same-sex civil partnership in Greece would set the country way above other countries in the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean and would certainly boost gay tourist numbers," Vallianatos said from his Athens office. In drafting a new law, ...

Resort lures job hopefuls Fraser Coast Chronicle LADY Elliot Island Eco Resort has received more than 100 applications from people hoping for one of five chances to live, work and play on the island. The island, nestled at the bottom end of the Great Barrier Reef, has a maximum of about 40 staff each ...

HC dismisses Dawood''s sister''s plea against denial of passport IBNLive.com PTI | 04:08 PM,Aug 23,2011 New Delhi, Au 23 (PTI) A petition by fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's sister Haseena Ibrahim Parker challenging Government's refusal to issue her a freshpassport was today dismissed by the Delhi High Court. ...

15 Bay Area Residents Charged With Passport Offenses In Past Year The San Francisco Appeal by Bay City News Federal prosecutors announced in San Francisco today that 15 Bay Area residents have been charged with passport fraud in the past year. US Attorney Melinda Haag said the defendants are among about 200 people charged with various types ...

Egypt, Israel border incident affecting South Sinai tourism Daily News Egypt Five Egyptian security personnel were killed when Israeli troops repelled gunmen following an attack near Israel's Red Sea resort of Eilat on Thursday. Israel expressed its regret for the Egyptian deaths and said it was investigating the incident, ...

Necker Island: Richard Branson's British Virgin Islands holiday resort Metro Mr Branson quickly developed the 74000-acre isle into a ten-bedroom Balinese-style villa resort, which can accommodate up to 28 guests at one time. Each room comes with a 360-degree panoramic view of the surrounding scenery. The heart of the island is...

Greek Tourism Workers Stage Strike, Protest Over Cutbacks Wall Street Journal Both the strike and the protest, coming at the peak of Greece's all-important summer tourist season, are seen as further tarnishing Greece's image with visitors abroad. That image has already been severely dented when two days of violent protests ...

Pristine Bay Resort in Roatán Will Open in 2012 Honduras Weekly Pristine Bay Resort in Roatán, Honduras today announced that its five-star hotel, beach club, vacation villas and luxury real estate offerings are nearing the completion of Phase I construction. Scheduled for a "soft opening" to start 2012, ...

London 2012: what will the impact be on UK tourism? TravelBite.co.uk (blog) They do not come to sightsee or visit the theatre; they come for the sport, thus not spending money on 'normal' tourist activities. Not only that, Olympic tourists will scare other tourists away. Most of the people who would usually visit the capital ...

Czech Republic extends Trüb passport contract Contactless News In April 2009, the Czech Republic started issuing a new passport with biometric data, based on extended access control. The chip on this second-generation passport stores the personal data, a facial image and two fingerprints of the document holder. ...

Azerbaijan: Tourism – from potential to realization · Global Voices By Pervin Muradli ... as the quality of customer service as well as the infrastructure in place. While the blog notes that the country has much potential for tourism, it concludes that Azerbaijan has a long way to go before turning it into realization. ... Global Voices

Malaysian charged with killing French tourist - Home » Other ... Malaysian prosecutors have charged a man with murder in connection with the death of a French woman whose remains were found in a cave on a tourist island. philstar.com - Breaking News

Exopa to unveil Summer Tourism | Ghanaian Chronicle By salome Exopa Modeling Agency would be adding a new innovation to its numerous fashion shows, dubbed 'Exopa Fashion Café', which would help to project summer tourism in the country. It is based on this, that the leading modeling house would ... Ghanaian Chronicle

Eligible for British Passport? : UK Visas and Immigration By CanuckInSweden Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can help answer this question. My Dad was born in Trinidad in the 1930s while it was still part of ... CanuckAbroad - News

Ecuador's Minister of Tourism has a global perspective on the ... By Nadezda Basyrova Ecuador's Minister of Tourism has a global perspective on the industry, for he has traveled most of the world in his position as television producer and. Rus Tourism News

NKorea expels SKoreans from joint mountain resort | The Associated ... By The Associated Press North Korea has expelled all remaining South Korean workers from a stalled joint tourism resort in the North. The resort's South Korean tour operator says that 14 South Korean and two Korean-Chinese workers at the Diamond Mountain ... Pyongyang is angry that South Korea refuses to resume the joint tour venture that has been stalled since the 2008 shooting death of a southerntourist there. North Korea also announced it would scrap all South Korean assets at the resort. ... Examiner AP RSS

Tax-free tourism spend up 13% in Lebanon | Tourism and Hospitality ... Tax-free tourism spend up 13% in Lebanon. Lebanon: 1 hour, 22 minutes ago. A new report issued by the international tax refund company Global Blue has shown that Lebanon's tax-free spending increased by 13% in the first seven months of ... AMEinfo.com Latest News

Initiatives to promote adventure tourism | PRAVASI TODAY : NRI ... By pravasitoday As per the policy for the diversification of tourism product of India, special attention is being given for the development of Adventure Tourism in the country. The Ministry of Tourism has issued Guidelines for Approval of Adventure ... PRAVASI TODAY : NRI NEWS : NRI HELP

Pyongyang expels South Koreans from "peace" resort - Yahoo! News Read 'Pyongyang expels South Koreans from "peace" resort' on Yahoo! ... gave South Koreans working at a jointly run tourism resort 72 hours to leave, ... since a North Korean soldier shot and killed a South Korean tourist there in 2008, ... news.yahoo.com/pyongyang-orders-south-koreans-quit-joint-r...

Thailand To Shed 'Sex Tourism' Tag Soon - Thailand Forum Arguably called the sex tourism capital of the world, Thailand is now ..... 'fun ' Thailand and everybody wins and tourist dollars don't go into dumpster. ... www.thaivisa.com/.../492038-thailand-to-shed-sex-tourism-tag...