Entire Aussie tourism industry goes on red alert

Entire tourism industry goes on red alert Sydney Morning Herald Photo: Joe Armao AUSTRALIA'S tourism industry declared a ''code red'' emergency after Qantas's decision to ground its fleet and lock out staff. As the federal Treasurer and industry bodies asked both sides in the dispute to consider the economic impact...

Mexico: Resort town shoppers trapped by gunfight The Associated Press CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds of people cowered for about two hours inside a shopping mall in this resort town Saturday while security forces traded sporadic gunfire with armed men in the parking lot and then searched stores for suspects. ...

Belgian tourist arrivals grow by 114.5 pc Ceylon Daily News Around 400 professionals in the travel and tourism sector and Belgians planning to visit Asia attended this event. The ambassador attributed the increase in Belgian tourist arrivals mainly to the aggressive marketing strategies adopted throughout ...

Kerala Tourism targets Australian, Scandinavian markets Hindu Business Line Among those represented on the team were Abad Hotels and Resorts, Cosmos Tours and Travels, Kairali Ayurvedic Health Resort, Kalypso Adventures, Kumarakom LakeResort, Kerala Travel Centre, Pioneer Personalised Holidays, Spiceland Holidays, ...

Resort taps Jamaican culture Columbus Dispatch Oh, no, I thought to myself — not another generic tourism experience where local culture is replaced by vats of alcohol and mediocre American food. But at the sublime beach, there were signs that my thinking was wrong. A jerk-chicken hut prepared the ...

Tourist off-loadings still raging at airports Philippine Star Reason: his visa was a paper issuance, legit but uncommon, instead of the usual stamp on thepassport, which can actually and easily be obtained on arrival at Doha. His mistake, if one could call it that, was to tell the immigration officer the truth ...

Cancelled Qantas flights affect resort Otago Daily Times By Eileen Goodwin on Mon, 31 Oct 2011 Two Qantas flights at Queenstown Airport were cancelled yesterday as the airline grounded planes, preventing plane-loads of passengers from flying. The Queenstown services were on a Qantas-operated B737-800. ...

Breaking News: Gambia Freedom Newspaper Enjoying the sunny day in my hotel resort in Banjul, I decided to take a walk along the sandy beaches. Tourism is dead in this country. I saw pockets of tourists along the beachside. There is a reason for it. The Tourism, and Culture Minister Fatou ...

Passport books ease travel hassles PennLive.com (blog) What's the difference between a passport book and a passport card? The answer? The passportcard is cheaper, but you might have a tough time traveling if that's all you have. The passport card was created as a consequence of 9/11. ...

Nairobi's tourism circuit attracts six top hotel investors Business Daily Africa Kenya Tourist Board statistics show the number of visitors increased by 32 per cent to 549083 in the first-half of the year. Earnings grew by 32 per cent during this period to Sh40.5 billion. By WANGUI MAINA (email the author) Nairobi's status as a ...

Muziris tourism project getting reactivated The Hindu After being stalled for nearly eight months and the Central government aid allotted to it being diverted by the State government, the Muziris heritage tourism project is set to be reactivated. If everything goes well, the first phase of the project, ...

Asia Pacific tourism arrivals up by six per cent Himalayan Times KATHMANDU: South Asia was the second fastest growing sub-region in August, according to Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) data. With the exception of India, there were across-the-board double-digit increases in arrivals to the sub-region's ...

Phuket's Tourism Future Depends on Safety, Not Crashes, Strandings and Tragedies Phuketwan TOURIST A: ''There were plenty of children on board who were scared and sick and lots of people that were very agitated. There weren't enough life jackets, no two way radios, no flares and a single fluorescent light which eventually died. ...

Tourism rebounds after floods CanadianBusiness.com By AP | October 30, 2011 BISMARCK, ND (AP) — With flooding in Bismarck and Minot, a canceled North Dakota State Fair and continued high-water problems on Devils Lake, tourism numbers will most likely be down for the summer. ...

Tourism helpers needed The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald Wiltshire Council pulled the plug on the town's tourist information centre at the end of September. But now volunteers from Kennet Passengers, the local transport lobby group, have stepped into the breach with an information desk at the town hall. ...

Capital set to cruise to Dh80m The National The cruise industry 'has been prioritised as a core pillar in Abu Dhabi's tourismtargets'. Ravindranath K / The National The first cruise ship to use Abu Dhabi as its base is expected to bring an Dh80 million (US$21.7m) windfall to the emirate this ...

Tourism board move faces ire The Asian Age A large number of foresters were also unanimous in pointing out that tourism in forested areas would lead to unnecessary exposure of local tribal communities to outside people. The resultant liaison would have dangerous dimensions and could lead to ...

Villages get tourism boost with Travel Another India Livemint Village tourism committees, or groups of 8-12 people involving local entrepreneurs and village council members, use the rest of the money to meet expenses. Gouthami, who has a degree from the Institute of Rural Management, Anand, has worked with ...

Domestic tourism Manila Bulletin Speaking before the celebration of Bondoc Peninsula (Bon Pen) Festival 2011, Suarez said that the festival which was organized by Bondoc Peninsula Tourism Council is a window of opportunity for the district must see the tourism places of local and ...

Ground-breaking for Centara's latest Bali resort | Rus Tourism News By Nadezda Basyrova The ground-breaking ceremony for Centara Wuku Resort & Spa Bali took place on October 1, with the hotel opening date set by the end of 2012. This resort. Rus Tourism News

Decline in tourism hurting Tobago | TnT Mirror – Get the real story By Online Editor Referring to a report done by the Division of Tourism and Transportation, he further stated that Stay-Over Arrivals in 2009 has estimated that the average expenditure of an international tourist is US$139 per day. “When translated to the total visitors for 2009 it is ... Dr. Wheeler expressed his support for the November 2011 reopening of the former Hilton Tobago Hotel under a new name, the Magdalena Grand Beach Resort. “My information is that if this hotel was not going to be ... TnT Mirror - Get the real story

WTO to help Tanzania improve tourism attractions – In2EastAfrica ... By In2EastAfrica Elaborating on tourism for the people concept, he said the limited capacity in proper management of depreciable resources which are the key tourist attractions such as wildlife (which is seriously affected by climate change, increased ... In2EastAfrica - All East African...

Ayada Maldives Resort By César Couto As most already said goodbye to Summer, in Maldives the temperature ranges between 24 °C (75 °F) and 33 °C (91 °F) throughout the year. This should be ideal to enjoy the 112 villa Ayada MaldivesResort, recently opened and located on ... Paranoias

Kerkennah Island Tourism | Tunisia By Toon-c The Kerkennah Islands are nestled in the Gulf of Gabes, off the eastern coast of Tunisia. Offering a step back in time to a simpler day, Kerkennah Islands are. Tunisia

New Monkey Valley Resort Blog - Bianca Gubalke By Bianca Gubalke New Monkey Valley Resort Blog The new website development for Cape Town's hottest tip when it comes to nature resorts within a radius of about 30 km from the. Bianca Gubalke

Mexico: Resort town shoppers trapped by gunfight - Yahoo! News Read 'Mexico: Resort town shoppers trapped by gunfight' on Yahoo! News. Hundreds of ... At the present rate,there wont be a single tourist left in all of Mexico by the end of the year. ... I can't imagine what this is doig to mexican tourism ! ... news.yahoo.com/mexico-resort-town-shoppers-trapped-gunfig... ”Dictator tourism” opens in Romania Al Jazeera Romania is now turning to tourism for financial answers, but some of its initiatives are proving controversial among locals. The government has opened some areas relevant to former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's life and trial to tourism. ... Chavez eyes luxury resort for next grab GlobalPost Much of the rest of the country's coastline has been enveloped by mass tourism. Empty beer cans litter the beaches close to Caracas. On weekends, families park cars on the sand, blaring a mixture of pop and reggae on their portable stereos. ... Tourism industry chills out Sunday Times.lk Inadequate market campaigning for Sri Lanka as a destination internationally; new online visa regulations; lack of communication with the markets on developments in the country; increase in rates at both hotels and entrances to tourist sites; ... Maldives unveils new tourism slogan and logo Sunday Times.lk Sri Lanka's neighbour and tourism competitor, the Maldives Islands - which promotes the one-island, one-resort concept - this week unveiled a new tourism slogan and logo after a year-long search. The slogan, “Maldives – Always Natural” replaces the ... Tourism boosting clock change bid Falmouth Packet Tourism in Cornwall could receive a boost after the government confirmed they are considering moving the UK's clocks forward by an hour for a three-year trial period. The trial would see the UK adopt Central European Time, with BST plus one hour in ... Tourism plane crash kills three in southern France Xinhua PARIS, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- A tourism plane crash has killed three people in southwestern France, local media reported Saturday. The plane with a family on board fell down on Friday night near the Toulouse-Blagnac airport, leaving the mother and father ... Tourist-slayer D-Day New York Post AP RABAT, Morocco -- Adel al-Othmani -- who on April 28 dressed like a foreigner so he could plant a bomb in a tourist hot spot, then detonated  it with his cellphone, killing 17 -- was sentenced to death yesterday by a Moroccan court. ... Tourism Development '&' Investment (TDIC) issues statement on Saadiyat WAM - Emirates News Agency WAM Abu Dhabi, Oct 29th, 2011 (WAM)--Tourism Development '&' Investment Company (TDIC), the organisation behind Saadiyat island, is committed to the delivery of the Saadiyat Cultural District museums, including Zayed National Museum, Louvre Abu Dhabi ... DFA taps malls for improved passport services ABS CBN News MANILA, Philippines – Passport services will soon be available in leading shopping malls across the country, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. The DFA said it will start transferring its Regional Consular Offices (RCOs) to shopping malls to ... Tourism development versus historic preservation in Turkey reaches 'fever pitch' Today's Zaman She also drew attention to management and traffic problems regarding historic tourist attractions. “Tourism development needs to be carried out in a more sustainable way in this country,” she began. In Alvarez's opinion, a better management of historic ... Sample Olympics yourself: Whistler resort offers shot at near-Olympic glory HeraldNet The British Columbia ski resort, annually praised by ski, snowboard, outdoors and travel magazines, always seems to be ahead of the pack in opportunities for snowriders. Expect more accolades as the operation takes full advantage of the ... Kerala Tourism upbeat after Australia roadshows TwoCircles.net By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Two roadshows conducted in Australia to promote tourism to Kerala will hopefully translate into business, officials said Saturday. "We hope that the efforts will be translated into business in the coming times as the trade ... Quick passport clicks away Calcutta Telegraph Applicants can now sit in the comfort of their homes and offices and fill up passportapplication forms with the click of a mouse. The forms can be downloaded from the website http://passport.gov.in/patna.html. Once filled up, the form can be submitted ... Al Shabaab war takes toll on Tourism sector ntvkenya http://www.ntv.co.ke The Tourism minister Najib Balala is downplaying the effects of the Al Shabaab threat on the country's top foreign exchange earner; Tourism. The tourism sector particularly at the coast is feeling the effects of the war on terror ... Tourism conference in Somerset Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News "Here in Somerset, where tourism generates 30000 jobs and brings over £1billion into our county every year, we're supposed to be able to stand on our own two feet. "As a well-known and easily accessible tourist destination with something for everyone ... Large Cuban Presence at Argentine Tourism Fair Prensa Latina This large representation corroborates the growing interest of the Argentina tourist market for each one of the tourist regions of the Cuban archipelago, noted Aguilera, who extolled the good results in the current year. "We came to FIT with enough ... Malacañan Palace acts on tourism exec's plea Manila Standard Today by Brenda Jocson Gaudia MalacaÑang has asked Transportation Secretary Manuel Roxas II and Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario to take up the letter of tourism sector leader Robert Lim Joseph to President Benigno Aquino III over the review of ... United Nations World Tourism Organization commends tourism boom in Qatar and Gulf AME Info "This confirms international recognition of the efforts of Qatar through the hosting of large scale events by the country's tourism industry and we are on track to achieve further success." The UNWTO report predicts international tourist arrivals to ... Follow @LaIslaPlaya