North Korean Resort Seeks to Draw Foreigners

A North Korean Resort Seeks to Draw Foreigners New York Times New investment would help with infrastructure construction, and park operations could bolster tourist numbers. But the vast majority of the two million visitors who have come to the resort since its opening in 1998 have been South Koreans, ...

Amazon CEO Bezos' Space Rocket Lost in Test; Space Tourism Dream Lives On International Business Times But he hasn't yet been able to launch a rocket that successfully leads to spacetourism. It's not for a lack of trying, though. But Bezos' space tourism dream was dealt a setback this week after a spacecraft funded by the Amazon chief was lost during a ...

Saakashvili: 'Wine - Georgia's Passport in Civilized World' Civil Georgia “Grape and wine – it's a matter of our identity, a genuine passport of culture, that's our pride; that's on which our identity, existence stands,” Saakashvili said. “We have to work hard to popularize our wine, because, I repeat it again, ...

Emirati students boost their skills in Delma Island tourism gulfnews.com "We launched this programme because we wanted to encourage Emirati involvement to develop the desert islands into a tourist destination," Mahra Al Qasimi, Senior Communications Manager in Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC), said. ...

Chinese billionaire's Icelandic wildlife resort faces chilly reception Deutsche Welle But not everyone is excited about a Chinese investor's plan to buy up land and build a resort there. It's been almost three years since Iceland's banking system collapsed. The economy was hit especially hard by the financial crisis. ...

Egypt's tourism workers call for protest Egyptian Gazette CAIRO - Egypt's tour guides Saturday called for staging a major protest in the heart of the Egyptian capital to call attention to the importance of tourism for Egypt's economy and the deteriorating conditions for the nation's tourism workers in the ...

An initiative to boost backwater tourism IBNLive.com The balanced development of tourist spots from Aroor to Kayamkulam will benefit 58 panchayats and three municipalities. The master plan also suggests South and North Vembanad, and certain areas alongside the Pampa, in Kayamkulam and Kuttanad as ...

How to be a tourism billionaire Inquirer.net The tourist attractions of Malaysia are similar to ours. But it received almost 10 times more tourists and earned 10 times more dollars than us. If we can replicate just half of the Malaysian performance, our economy will boom. ...

Resort rocks for big Switch-On Blackpool Gazette BLACKPOOL rocked as thousands flocked to the resort to celebrate this year's Illuminations Switch-On. As well as the 15000 crowd in the arena, an estimated 10000 people were on the Promenade where the two-hour concert was being shown on a big screen ... Blackpool Gazette

Photos of North Korea's first cruise ship | FP Passport By Joshua Keating The North Korean cruise ship Mangyongbong docked at the Rason port prior to a ceremony to mark the first-ever cruise to Mount Kumgang International tourist zone, from Rason in North Korea on August 30, 2011. Keen to boost tourism and earn much-needed cash, authorities in the impoverished nation have decided to launch a cruise tour from the rundown northeastern port city of Rajin to the scenic resort of Mount Kumgang. AFP PHOTO/GOH CHAI HIN. SHARE THIS ARTICLE: ... FP Passport

Call for 2012 SANCOR International Travel Student Award for South ... By Shilpi Scholarship Description: The SANCOR International Travel Student Award has been instituted to promote and develop capacity building in science in the marine and coastal environment. It is presented annually to a PhD student in recognition ... College Scholarships, PhD Scholarship...

Get Pleasure From Your Trip In Kelowna Resort By Godisa Posting! Get Pleasure From Your Trip In Kelowna Resort. Posted: September 3, 2011 at 2:19 pm | Tags: Multisports Endurocycle. Kelowna is a metropolis located in Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. This metropolis is ranked as the 22nd ... Godisa.net

In some areas of Mexico, U.S. tourist numbers are dropping | Latin ... By Admin1 The entities reported in northern Mexico border have resulted in a segment of domestic travelers to destinations that move regularly visited by international walkers, said Gloria Guevara, Secretary ofTourism (Tourism Ministry). Previously, “a ... Latin America Current Events & News

Tourism in Spain By admin Transformed and is transforming the coastline in Spain, has promoted the recent boom in ruraltourism, strengthened and strengthens the construction sector, the main engine of the country now for over a decade, has allowed and allows a chronic weakness of exports Spanish property abroad has fostered cultural changes, has driven ... Its continuity and permanence has benefited from the expansion of flights that connect major European cities with major tourist destinations in Spain. ... Spanish Tourism

The French, Opinion Polls And A Tourist In Sri Lanka | The Sunday ... By sanjeewa It is said that the British tourist is content, as long as natives are all waiters. In France this attitude may cause problems because French waiters consider themselves the proud practitioners of a complex and ancient art. The tasteful selection of ... The Sunday Leader

Metropole Hanoi, Nam Hai voted as Asia's No1 hotel, resort: H Kong ... By VBN The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel Hanoi and The Nam Hai Resort in Hoi An shared top billing as Asia's best leisure properties for this year via an online poll by Hong Kong-based travel and trade journal Smart Travel Asia. The Metropole ... Vietnam Business News