Saturday, November 26, 2011

Tourism Key to Economic Recovery

Tourism Key to Economic Recovery
The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer
WTTC forecasts travel and tourism's contribution to the Caribbean's GDP will be $70 billion by the year 2021…Every citizen needs to understand that, whether or not he or she works directly in the tourism areas, every tourist's dollar brings economic ...
Tourism's festivals jackpot
Tasmania Mercury
TASMANIA'S artistic festivals are fuelling an explosion in cultural tourism which is injecting millions of dollars into the state's economy. The tourism industry says events such as the Festival of Voices, Ten Days on the Island, the Wooden Boat ...
Resort opens near Palawan's underground river
Inquirer.net
While Sabang is devoid of any real tourist infrastructure, guests in Sheridan can enjoy a variety of activities, ranging from tours to water sports, all just a short distance from the resort. For the more adventurous, Sheridan's beachfront is just a ...
Global travel and tourism branding firm QUO comes to India
Economic Times
Their most recent work has been the new national brand identity they have developed for Maldives that includes the new hand-crafted logo as well as the tagline - 'Always Natural' keeping in mind the sustainability and the tourist experience of the ...
Using the ECB as lender of last resort is asking for trouble
Financial Times
As one of the few institutions in the eurozone with a world-class mandate and reputation, the ECB stands to lose a great deal from actions that look more like fiscal dominance than conventional lender of last resort functions. ...
Tourism office looking for growth
CottageCountryNow.ca
"If I'm a tourist, and I see Rainbow Country, I'm wondering if I'm in the wrong place." Harris said that technically, the sign is in the wrong place and advertises an area farther north. Conn said he was unclear as to why a sign for the Sudbury area ...
Mount Washington resort to open ski season early
Canada.com
By Spencer Anderson, Comox Valley Echo November 25, 2011 Mount Washington Alpine Resort management have moved up the opening of this winter's ski season to Dec. 2 - next Friday - after a flurry of heavy snow hit the mountain on Monday. ...
* Sri Lanka exceeds tourism goal for the year
Colombo Page
Nov 25, Colombo: With the arrival of the 750000th tourist in the country on Thursday Sri Lanka has exceeded its tourism goal for the year 2011. According to Sri LankaTourism Board this is the first time Sri Lanka has welcomed over 700000 tourists in a...
Kerala Tourism Wins CNBC Awaaz Travel Award For The Second Time In A Row
Yentha
Trivandrum: Kerala Tourism has added one more feather to its cap by setting new benchmarks for the industry in coming up with innovative marketing strategies and unique policy initiatives. The latest honour comes in the form of the CNBC Awaaz Travel ...
Theresa May's passport scheme not as successful as she claims
Mirror.co.uk
Shadow Immigration Minister Chris Bryant called on Mrs May to come clean about the number of foreigners that have slipped into Britain since she relaxed proper passport checks in the summer. He added: “Far from improving the number of detections of ...
Botswana in mining versus tourism conundrum
Mmegi Online
Staff Writer TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA finds that reconciling the interests of the mining and tourism sectors on the international stage will be a challenge for Botswana. Botswana is a mining field and this is increasingly spreading to all its shores. ...
Passport office staff oppose new facilitation centres
Times of India
LUCKNOW: As the regional passport office gears up to hand over the application operations to the passport seva kendra by January next, employees have questioned its relevance. Seventyseven such facilitation centres will come up across the country on ...
Tourism in Tucson — Where do we go from here?
Inside Tucson Business
11 issue of Inside Tucson Business written by Lynn Ericksen, chair of the MTCVB's board, touting some of the things going on in tourism but failing to mention what the bureau is going to do about the issues brought up in the performance audit and ...
Passport applications to be processed in 45 mins
Deccan Chronicle
With six Passport Seva Kendras opening in the state on Friday, standing in long queues at the passport office is soon going to be thing of the past. Pankaj Dwivedi, the chief secretary, inaugurated the PSK at Begumpet and PSKs at Ameerpet, Tolichowki, ...
Bartlett Says Tourism Being Underrated
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
Mr. Bartlett made the comments on Wednesday (November 23), at the closing ceremony for a Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) training seminar in the areas of “Protocol and Professional Etiquette”, at the Secrets Resort in Montego Bay. ...
Minister inaugurates tourist centre at Akwamufie
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
The Minister of Tourism, Akua Sena Dansoa, has inaugurated a three hundred and 40 thousand Ghana cedis Tourist Receptive Centre for the Akwamu Traditional Council at Akwamufie. The facility will provide information on the history of the Akwamu people, ...
UAE, Qatar and Kuwait ink agreement to boost Morocco tourism
Khaleej Times
The project in Ouarzazate features hotels, studios, residential buildings, an entertainment centre and golf fields, while the project in Oukaimeden will feature a ski resort, golf fields, a heritage town, a conference centre and tourism facilities. ...
Experience a coastal retreat in Thailand as Faasi Resort and Spa takes you ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The award winning eco resort Faasai Resort and Spa is offering daytrips In the cooler winter months from November to March, with kayaking in the bay and and  mangroves, while year-round it offers mangrove boardwalks and visits to the marine nursery in ...
Passport To Fine Dining In Bermuda
Bernews
25] announced the start of the 2011-2012 Passport to Taste — the credential for fine dining on the island. Steve Marklew, president & CEO of TMC said, “After the success of our 2010/11 Passport to Taste (PT) First Edition, we are excited to announce ...
Bell says staff disciplined for brochure prohibiting gay tourism ads in China
Vancouver Sun
By Jonathan Fowlie, Vancouver Sun November 25, 2011 A BC government brochure banning the promotion of gay tourism in China was the result of "poor judgment," says an internal review released Thursday by Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Pat Bell ...
Fitness Bay Resort Opens: Cambridge Beaches
Bernews
But now they can lose weight and tone up here as well as Fitness Bay Resort today [Nov. 25] announced the opening of their retreat-style, all-inclusive fitness programme at Cambridge Beaches Hotel & Spa. The results-oriented programme is similar to the ...
: Tourism Victoria goes "Sight-showing" with Ogilvy
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
"China is Victoria's fastest growing tourist market, with more than a quarter of a million Chinese tourists expected to visit Victoria this year," Ms Asher said. Chris Reitermann, President of Ogilvy & Mather Group/Shanghai, said, "This is a tremendous ...
ekathimerini.com | Tourism income rises
Bank of Greece figures confirmed on Thursday that income from tourism in the year's first nine months grew at an annual rate of 10.6 percent, climbing from 6.9 billion euros in 2010 to 7.6 billion. Foreign arrivals posted a similar increase, rising ...
ekathimerini.com : Latest News
Witness: 1 tourist killed, 3 kidnapped in Mali | Washington Examiner
By The Associated Press
Until a few years ago, Timbuktu was one of the most visited destinations in Africa, but it is now one of the many former tourist hotspots in Mali that have been deemed too dangerous to visit by foreign embassies because of kidnappings by the ...
Examiner World RSS
Beyond Cruising: Dominican Resort offers luxury getaway — Chris ...
By Chris Owen
A new Dominican resort has plans to change the travel and tourism landscape in the Caribbean when completed in February 2012. Eden Roc at Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic consists of 34 freestanding suites and three opulent ...
Chris Cruises
Hua Hin Marriott Resort & Spa 27th year Anniversary | Travel news
THAILAND-Associates and Executive Management of Hua Hin Marriott Resort & Spa, led by Naowarat Arunkong, General Manager, had recently.
Travel news
5-Star Taj Exotica Resort and Spa Maldives | HomeDSGN, a daily ...
By Eric
The Taj Exotica Resort and Spa Maldives is a 5-star exclusive, private and romantic island resort lush with tropical plants and encircled by clear blue waters of one of the largest lagoons of the Maldives. Taj Exotica Resort & Spa spreads ...
HomeDSGN, a daily source for...
Norwegian tourist injured in Gran Canaria gas blast dies
By thinkSPAIN.com
Norwegian tourist injured in Gran Canaria gas blast dies - Spanish news, news from Spain by thinkSPAIN.com. ... Norwegian tourist injured in Gran Canaria gas blast dies. By: ThinkSpain , Friday, November 25, 2011. The Norwegian tourist ...
thinkSPAIN.com - Spanish News in English
Events » Blog Archive » Archaeology, politics and tourism: a historic ...
By guest blogger
The History of Heritage Tourism in British Mandate Palestine and Transjordan, brought together an impressive array of scholars and experts to explore the interrelationship of scholarship, state and travel in this pivotal period of the region's history. Professor Michael Berkowitz ... How the past is represented, packaged, marketed and sold has consequences beyond the fences of a tourist attraction and shapes perceptions and, therefore, politics for decades to come. It is a relationship we...
Events
Minister inaugurates GH¢340000 Tourist Centre for Akwamu ...
By ekow
Miss Akua Sena Dansoa, the Minister of Tourism, has inaugurated a GH¢340000 Tourist Receptive Centre for the Akwamu Traditional Council at Akwamufie. The facility would provide a one stop shop for information on the history of the ...
Ghana Business News
ST. KITTS HONOURS OUTSTANDING TOURISM ACHIEVE-MENT ...
By admin
Basseterre, St. Kitts – A broad cross-section of the public and private sectors, tourism stakeholders and local tourism and government officials, including Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, gathered Saturday evening at premiere tourist ...
Tropicalfete Inc : Music Reggae...
Russian state university for tourism and services studies - Wikipedia ...
Russian state university of tourism and services studies is a public university in Russia and CIS countries which provides training and education in the fields of ...
en.wikipedia.org/.../Russian_state_university_for_tourism_and...

Witness says 1 tourist killed, 3 kidnapped from a Timbuktu restaurant in Mali
Washington Post
Dramane Diallo, the regional director of Timbuktu's civil protection division, said that he rushed to the scene and found the corpse of an elderly white man, who locals said was the tourist that had refused to enter the car. Until a few years ago, ...
Iceland Rejects Chinese Bid for Resort Land
Fox News
| AP REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- A Chinese entrepreneur's bid to create a vast nature retreat in Iceland was turned down by the north Atlantic island nation's government Friday, amid concern the deal would have handed a major chunk of territory to a foreign ...
Hutchinson Island Marriott Beach Resort & Marina Offers Hot Deals on Cyber Monday
MarketWatch (press release)
The Hutchinson Island Marriott Beach Resort & Marina, among resorts near West Palm Beach, is offering special savings for the holiday season -- for one day only. When you book the first Monday after Thanksgiving, you'll save 25% on regular rates for ...
New southern China resort seen boon to Macau casinos
Reuters
N) since Beijing unveiled a plan two years ago to turn the mountainous island into a touristdestination. "In the coming year there will be big changes," Zhao Zhen Wu, a Chinese government director working on the development of Hengqin, said during a ...

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