World's 12 worst tourist traps

World's 12 worst tourist traps | CNNGo.com By CNNGo Staff Cross off this devil's dozen of overpriced, underwhelming sites from your bucket list. Now! CNNGo.com

Tourism Council Approves $800000 Marketing Budget Over Objection ... By FlaglerLive The publicly funded tourism council approved a 7.7 percent raise for the Flagler Chamber of Commerce's VP for tourism and the council's administrative head, and 6 percent raises for two staff members. The Flagler County Commission must give ... The Flagler County Tourist Development Council approved, with no changes but not without dissent, an $800000 budget for the advertising and marketing portion of its operation for the coming year. The budget represent a 23 percent ... FlaglerLive - Your News Service...

Southern Ind. hopes to boost tourism "It made sense to focus on tourism not only in our county, but in the surrounding area as well," Spinks said. "So we started working on that and sent invitations to the counties around us to see if they wanted to talk about a regional ... News | WISH TV

Pyongyang expels South Koreans from 'peace' resort - Antigua ... By efrancis SEOUL (Reuters) – Reclusive North Korea on Monday gave South Koreans working at a jointly runtourism resort 72 hours to leave, saying time had run out to resolve a long-running dispute over what was once a symbol of co-operation between the rival Koreas. The scenic Mount Kumgang resort has been closed since a North Korean soldier shot and killed a South Korean tourist there in 2008, drying up a lucrative source of hard currency for the impoverished North. ... Antigua Observer Newspaper

NFL , Take Notice: WADA's “Biological Passport” For Olympics | The ... By Kirk Mango Matt McGrath's article at BBC News, Passport to a drug free Olympics?, details the leap forward WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) is taking in combating illegal performance-enhancement at the upcoming London Olympics. ... The Athlete's Sports Experience:...

Sick in Mexico: Should the resort compensate? - Travel - Travel ... Daniel Vosburgh is afflicted by a mysterious illness while he's in Mexico. His hotel isn't answering his complaints, but he thinks he's entitled to either a ... www.msnbc.msn.com/.../sick-puerto-vallarta-should-resort-co...

Blog | Literary Tourist See it. You'll enjoy it, not least because it's better than this. Check out more Shakespearean summer theatre here on Literary Tourist. ... literarytourist.com/blog/ North Korea to Auction Resort Owned by South New York Times After attracting 2 million South Korean tourists by sea or through a road built across the nations' heavily armed border, the project came to an abrupt halt in 2008 after a female South Korean touriststrayed outside the tourism zone one morning and ... Qatar to invest $20 bln in tourism through 2022 Reuters Nuaimi said the country is still hoping to capture the high-end tourist market, even with 2022 looming on the horizon. "We don't want people to come for a $50 room to lie on the beach all day and walk around with a backpack and shorts. ... Spanish tourism authorities warn of more deaths in 'balconing' game The Guardian Two British tourists are among the victims, with a 25-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man dying in falls at hotels in Ibiza's San Antonio resort earlier this summer, according to local press reports. A 20-year-old Italian woman died this month after ... Meet for Free at the Renaissance Koh Samui Resort Middle East North Africa Financial Network The Renaissance Koh Samui Resort & Spa is giving away a free full-day meeting for those who book their event at this splendid tropical paradise resort by September 30, 2011. There's no need to waste time in cramped office boardrooms when a meeting ... Singapore on track to hit tourism target TODAYonline About 80 per cent of Singapore's tourist arrivals are from the Asia-Pacific region and Indian brokerage firm IIFL believes that, over the next five years, tourist arrivals could register 7.8 per cent compound annual growth rate on the back of rising ... Romania to launch Ceausescu tourist trail Daily Mail By Travelmail Reporter Tourism chiefs in Romania are planning to offer visitors the chance to follow in the footsteps of former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. The country's tourism minister Elena Udrea has confirmed that she is working on a 'red ... UN-backed project to provide tourism management skills in Africa and Asia UN News Centre Some 8000 tourism workers and entrepreneurs from developing countries in Africa and Asia will benefit from a training project supported by the United Nations and implemented by an international development organization based in the Netherlands. ... Tech, tourism and food will drive steady economic growth Siliconrepublic.com Nearly all businesses see technology and hospitality and tourism as key areas fuelling economic growth. Over a quarter (28pc) spontaneously mentioned food and agriculture. Views vary significantly between regions in UK however, with more than two ... Indian tourism at risk on debt crisis Hindustan Times PTI The ongoing debt crisis in the US and Europe is expected to impact in-bound tourism into India this season, according to hoteliers and travel companies. “There is definitely going to be an impact on inbound tourism this season, as it was in 2008. ... Mexican President Stars in New Tourism Pitch New York Times President Felipe Calderón of Mexico has a new role in efforts to lift Mexico's sagging tourismindustry, according to The Associated Press. Mr. Calderón, 49, will appear as an adventure guide of sorts in 30-minute television programs to appear starting ... PNoy assures infra support to boost Cordi tourism Philippine Information Agency 22 (PIA) - - President Benigno Aquino III assured infrastructure support to boost Cordillera's tourismas he called on the people to help preserve the natural beauty and wonders of the region that are potential tourist attractions. ... Russia's Space Tourism Ventures: Where Things Stand at Parabolic Arc By Doug Messier Space Tourism … and Much More. ... Program of space tourist flights may face a year delay, Roscosmos Human Spaceflight Directorate Head Alexey Krasnov stated. According to him, an additional Soyuz vehicle to be built by RSC-Energia for space tourists might be produced in 2014 instead of 2013. The delay is dependent on Roscosmos partner Space Adventures which is to collect required number of is not able to provide necessary number of solvent candidates in August 2011. ... Parabolic Arc