Saturday is Passport Day in the U.S.A.

Passport Day provides walk-up service at sties this Saturday ... Get a new passport or renew an existing one during Passport Day. www.latimes.com/.../la-trb-passport-day-20110913,0,2858357...

Official Website for the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau Smartphone users visit our mobile site Available on the iPhone App Store. © 2011 St. MaartenTourism Bureau | A Tambourine Website. Contact Us | Request ... en.vacationstmaarten.com/ Why the Australian passport category 'X' may not mark the spot The Guardian In future, a letter from a medical practitioner certifying that a person has had, or is receiving, appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition will suffice for them to obtain a passport in that gender: "M" or "F". ... Metro Detroit passport agencies will be open Saturday to take applications Detroit Free Press BY ELLEN CREAGER Many area passport acceptance agencies, including the main DetroitPassport Agency in downtown Detroit, will be open tomorrow for a special walk-in "Passport Day in the USA". With only 30% of the population holding a passport, ... 3 new passport centres to handle 1400 applications Times of India CHENNAI: The three new passport seva kendras launched in the city on Friday will handle 1400 applications daily. Launching the swank kendra on Bhanumathi Ramakrishna Road in Saligramam, chief passport officer, Muktesh Kumar Pardesi said it would handle ... Japanese resort to launch geisha job scheme AFP TOKYO — A small hot spring resort in eastern Japan plans to recruit three women to become geisha in an effort to preserve a tradition and to boost tourism, a local official said on Friday. Shimoda city, 130 kilometres (80 miles) southwest of Tokyo, ... British tourist 'held by Somalis' BBC News Somalia's government says it believes a British tourist kidnapped in Kenya is being held by the Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab. Judith Tebbutt, 56, was kidnapped by gunmen from a remote Kenyan resort at Kiwayu, north-east of Lamu island. ... EU proposes rules for curbs on passport-free travel Reuters The Commission said that under its proposals, EU states could temporarily reintroduce border checks as a last resort, if a country repeatedly failed to improve controls despite EU assistance. "The new mechanism would play a more decisive role, ... Brazil drugs suspect used Irish passport RTE.ie The Department of Foreign Affairs now believes the Irish passport carried by the man arrested carrying drugs in his stomach in Brazil is genuine. The Department of Foreign Affairs now believes the Irish passport carried by the man arrested carrying ... County clerk's office to participate in Passport Day on Saturday Herald Times Reporter There are two types of passports, the passport book and the passport card. A passport book has pages for port-of-entry stamps and is valid for international travel by land, sea and air. The fee for a passport book for first-time applicants is $135 for ... South Korea trying to scuttle North's push to open stalled joint tourism site ... Washington Post South Korea is asking foreign governments to ignore North Korea's push to open the tourist resort the Koreas once ran jointly to international investors. By Associated Press, SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is asking foreign governments to ignore ... Zimbabwe Tourism Industry Hit Hard By Airline Strikes Coastweek The grounding of Air Zimbabwe planes recently, due to protracted labor disputes, has resulted in massive cancellation of bookings by tourists who had planned to visit Victoria Falls, the country's prime tourist destination. Tourism players estimate ... Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts signs contract for hotel in the Russian year-round ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts is to add another Russian hotel to its portfolio: the international hotel chain has signed a management contract for a hotel in the Russian year-round mountain resortGorky-Gorod, in the city of Sochi. ... Golden Week Glitters for Taiwan Tourism CRIENGLISH.com The Taiwan Strait Tourism Association had recently disclosed statistics that in the first month after the new policy took effect only 633 individual tourists visited Taiwan. That number sounds abysmal and even Taiwan's tourist officials and organizers ... Tourist accommodation still performing well The Portugal News On a national scale, the overall revenue generated by tourism in July reached €240.8 million, €172.8 of which from the accommodation sector. This represents year-on-year increases of 11.1 percent and 12.5 percent, respectively. Between January and July ... Postal Service hosting area passport fairs Modesto Bee By Mark Glover - mglover@sacbee.com The US Postal Service is hosting passport fairs throughout the Sacramento area and Northern California on Saturday. Prospective travelers can apply for passports on a walk-in basis; no appointments are necessary. ... Tourism - Maps and Graphics at UNEP/GRID-Arendal By UNEP/GRID-Arendal Sumatran orangutan habitat offers excellent opportunities for tourism, including direct viewing of orangutans and other diverse wildlife, jungle treks and caving, rafting and bathing in rivers and hot springs, and even unspoilt sandy beaches ... New graphics: UNEP/GRID-Arendal... Tomorrow is Passport Day in the USA | Gadling.com By Kraig Becker Tomorrow the U.S. Department of State will hold its third annual Passport Day, giving Americans an opportunity to apply for their first passport, or r. Gadling Two New Tourism Experiences in North Korea: Cruises and Golf By Matthew Burckhardt This week saw the most buzz about tourism opportunities in North Korea since, as far as I can tell, pretty much ever. First, from the New York Times, came an article about new cruises being offered by the Dear Leader: Desperate… ... Vagabondish Tourist Does An Indiana Jones Near Paestum « rogueclassicism By rogueclassicist Fun item from Corriere del Mezzogiorno … a tourist is out hiking near Paestum, falls in a hole and discovers what eventually turned out to be three (Etruscan?) tombs: Pare l'inizio di un romanzo: un turista passeggia in un'area archeologica e ... rogueclassicism Gap Adventures Celebrates United Nations World Tourism Day ... By ATN Editor World's leading sustainable tourism and travel experts converge to discuss the future of tourism On Tuesday, September 27, 2011, United Nations World Tourism. Adventure Travel News CARIBBEAN TOURISM DESTINATIONS SIGNING LETTER OF ... By lisaparavisini CARIBBEAN TOURISM DESTINATIONS SIGNING LETTER OF INTENT. Within a year or two, nationals and residents of eight (8) Southern Caribbean tourist destinations should be able to capitalize on a new travel initiative that allows them to ... Repeating Islands European Ski Resort Home Sales Poised to Recover from Global ... By Michael Gerrity Things are looking up for luxury vacation home sales in certain upscale ski regions in Europe, according to a new Ski Resort property Index report from London-based Knight Frank. Knight Frank's Head of Residential Research Liam Bailey says, "I am pleased to ... Summer tourism, often involving hiking and climbing, particularly in The Alps, has helped to increase rental incomes for many second home owners. Chalet-Louise-Interior.jpg. Chalet Louise Interior. "The stabilization, and in ... WPC News Center Goa tourism moves beyond beaches News By Staff The custodians of tourism here are going for new hooks. The tourism industry here plans to aggressively pitch the state as a destination with 'hidden treasures' during the Goa InternationalTourism Mart (GITM) which gets under way next ... News One ENAT: Accessible Tourism Destination Certification Programme by ... By Scott Rains The first international certification programme for accessible tourism destinations has been developed and carried out in Lousã, Portugal by the Belgian Accessibility Office, Toegangelijkheidsbureau (TGB). The Accessible Tourism Destination ... Following the first National Conference for AccessibleTourism, hosted by Lousã in April 2007, an idea was born to make the region of Lousã the first accessible tourist destination in Portugal. Located in central Portugal, Lousã is known for the ... Rolling Rains Report Stakeholders discussing state of Caribbean tourism industry ... By njames The Caribbean Tourism Organization's (CTO) inaugural State of the Industry Conference has begun here with stakeholders discussing ways of the region remaining competitive in a global economic downturn. ... He noted, for instance that a visitor from a neighboring island can visit St Maarten without a visa and roam freely on both sides, but would be denied a visa if the tourist wishes to visit St. Martin. We have to work on that distance between, on one hand, social links that bind our ... Antigua Observer Newspaper Passport Day in the USA is tomorrow! | AirTreks Travel Blog By Nico Crisafulli In case you missed the last one (not to worry, everyone did) tomorrow is the new date for PassportDay in the USA. Whether you need to renew your old passport or get a new one now's a perfect opportunity to take care of that pre-trip to-do. ... AirTreks Travel Blog Senator Mark Grisanti » Passport Day in the USA By Dan “Passport Day in the USA” will be held on Saturday, September 17 in Buffalo and Grand Island to help citizens apply for passports. The Buffalo Passport Agency in the Genesee Gateway Building at 111 Genesee St. will be open from 10 a. m. ... Senator Mark Grisanti Holiday, Vacation in Austria. Travel Information of the Austrian ... Welcome to the B2B site of the Austrian Tourist Office ... connect professionals from the North American travel industry with Austrian tourism suppliers we provide ... www.austria.info/us_b2b