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An innovative responsible tourism initiative in the Beagle Channel - a narrow strait linking the Atlantic and Pacific near the southernmost tip of South America ...
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Uranium Ban at U.S. Grand Canyon Pits Tourism Against Mining
Bloomberg
Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images An Obama administration ban on new uranium mining near the Grand Canyon, the second most-visited US national park, has touched off a debate over jobs from mining and tourism in a state that relies on both industries....

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Federal court hears case on Arizona ski resort
Austin American-Statesman
A federal appeals court is hearing arguments in a case that challenges the planned use of reclaimed water for snowmaking at an Arizona ski resort. The Save the Peaks Coalition and a group of citizens want the US Forest Service to do a more thorough ...

Austin American-Statesman

Park Hyatt Ningbo Resort and Spa Opens
MarketWatch (press release)
CHICAGO, Jan 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hyatt Hotels Corporation /quotes/zigman/574156/quotes/nls/h H +1.30% announced today the opening of Park Hyatt NingboResort and Spa in the eastern coastal city of Ningbo. The hotel is the first Park ...

Vigil Planned for Tourist Who Went Missing in NYC
NBC New York
A candlelight vigil is planned Tuesday evening in Virginia for the tourist from there who went missing in Manhattan. Ian Burnet, 22, left his Richmond, Va., home on Dec. 26 and took a bus to New York City, authorities said. His plans were to stay with ...

Curacao Marriott Beach Resort & Emerald Casino Finishes Enhancements to the ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The Marriott Resort in Curacao refreshes its elegant guest rooms, turning the Curacao accommodations into an unforgettable paradise. The Curacao Marriott Beach Resort & Emerald Casino is happy to announce that its extensive room enhancements will be ...

Passport returned to Ottawa man in Congo: official
Vancouver Sun
But he needs a passport to get back home. OTTAWA — The Canadian government says it has helped secure the release of the passport of a University of Ottawa student who was detained in a wave of political arrests before the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Honey Creek Resort draws hotel manager back home
Journal Express
Mosley said that during the winter months, which are slow for tourism, the resort tends to put on events geared toward locals. Also, he said, he can offer good deals this time of year for locals who want to experience staying at the resort. ...

Political tourism booms in N.H.
Concord Monitor
Dutch students (from left) Thijs Kleinpaste, Toos Hartog and Patrick Bok cheer for Jon Huntsman, their candidate of choice, at a brief rally in Concord's Eagle Square as candidates work to sway voters one day before the New Hampshire primary; Monday, ...

Tourist town to become world's Botox capital in major jobs boost
Irish Independent
The huge jobs boost will make the quiet tourist town on the Mayo coast, with a population of about 5500, the envy of towns several times its size elsewhere in the country. Taoiseach Enda Kenny joined senior management figures of Allergan ...

Call center agents can have more fun in tourism industry
Inquirer.net
By Philip C. Tubeza The new tourism slogan better take off. “It's more fun in the Philippines” if everyone had a job. With a bill pending in the United States Congress seeking to stop American firms from outsourcing their operations overseas, ...

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CordeValle resort near San Francisco offers low-key luxury in the heart of ...
WorldGolf.com
At CordeValle, a Rosewood Resort, about a half hour from California's San Jose International Airport, it's all about personal service and low-key luxury in a secluded, extraordinary setting. With just 45 rooms terraced up the foothills hills of the ...

Boca Raton Resort offers best of Florida's east, west coasts
MLive.com
By Michael Patrick Shiels Photo by Harrison Shiels Boca Raton Resort and Club was designed to be the "Venice of the Atlantic." Its marina and architecture make it so. BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The debate about the South Florida peninsula is ongoing: As a...

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Elandra Resort closes its doors to tourists as cyclone Yasi takes its toll
The Cairns Post
Mr Karras did not return calls from The Cairns Post yesterday but he told the state's TourismMinister Jan Jarratt the Elandra planned to refocus its operations. "They've made a decision to change the model of operation from a holiday resort to a ...

Grenada Board of Tourism and Grenada Hotel & Tourism Association Launch New ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Grenada Board of Tourism's objective is to market and promote Grenada as a preferred year round Caribbean tourist destination, while providing technical and managerial support to the travel trade, tour operators, industry partners and airlines. ...

International tourist numbers rise almost 10%
Taipei Times
The UN's World Tourism Organization had previously estimated that global tourism would increase by between 4 percent and 4.5 percent last year, the bureau said, adding that the increase in touristarrivals in Taiwan last year was twice the global ...

Foreign tourist numbers rise in Spain in 2011
Xinhua
10 (Xinhua) -- Spain received a total of 56.9 million foreign tourists in 2011, increasing 8.1 percent than 2010, Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism Jose Manuel Soriait confirmed Tuesday. The number of tourists traveling to Spain from other ...

Tourism targeting Kiwis and miners
Sunshine Coast Daily
In March a leisure tourism roadshow will head into mining areas to tap into that sector's high discretionary dollar. Results at the region's newest resort, Monaco in Caloundra, which opened in December 2009, have reflected the Sunshine Coast trend with ...

Lanka Orix Seeks Funding for Coastal Resort Complex to Open 2013
BusinessWeek
Thailand estimates tourist arrivals to have reached as many as 19 million in 2011. “We see huge potential in leisure, similar to Thailand,” Jayawardena said in an interview yesterday. “There is now a different economic landscape in Sri Lanka after ...

Vayama Highlights Top US International Travel Destinations for 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Vayama.com, the online travel agency that specializes ininternational travel, announces today its top 12 most sought after international destinations for travel during 2012 based on its customer booking trends. ...

Skiers, Take Heart! There Is Snow if You Know Where to Look
New York Times
And for the first time in 30 years, a lack of snow prevented Vail Ski Resort from opening its back bowls, as of Jan. 6. For the best conditions, head south to resorts like Silverton, Wolf Creek and Durango, which have benefited from the odd weather ...

Another Tourist Arrested for Illegal Gun Possession in Manhattan
NBC New York
The Ohio tourist was busted with three guns -- two pistols and a semiautomatic -- in his Lexington Avenue hotel room. An Ohio man visiting New York was arrested Saturday and charged with three counts of second-degree gun possession after police found ...

Harrison County supervisors give deadline for tourism agreement
WLOX
That's how long Harrison County tourism leaders have to make some vital changes, and end the apparent ongoing turf war that's got public officials worried about the future of the coast tourismindustry. One of the supervisors most concerned about the ...

NM tourism gets national attention
By Hawa Konte
The Wall Street reports our state spends far less than our neighbors on tourism promotion $2.5 million compared to $7 million in Arizona and $12 million a year in Colorado. Tourist trips to New Mexico dropped by nearly 10 percent in the past ...
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Philippines Tourism Campaign Goes Viral
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Advertising: It's more fun in the Philippines. At least that's how it seems now that a fresh campaign from the island nation's tourism board has set internet message boards afire with a clever tagline -- "It's more fun in the Philippines."
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Senate Committee Approves Casino Resort Bill « CBS Miami
By cbs4price
Clearing the first legislative hurdle, a Senate committee Monday approved a controversial bill that would allow up to three resort casinos in Florida.
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Philippines Tourism Campaign Goes Viral | Creativity Pick of the ...
A simple slogan can go far when it is let loose into the world of social media. That's what has happened with the Philippines Department of Tourism's latest campaign, created with BBDO Guerrero Manila.
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Tourism up by 8.1% in 2011
By thinkSPAIN.com
Tourism up by 8.1% in 2011 - Spanish news, news from Spain by thinkSPAIN.com. ... The average expenditure per tourist was 929.5 euros, representing a decrease of 0.3%, with an average daily expenditure of 101.6 euros, 4.1% more than in 2010. As a result of these increased revenues, the minister announced that as of October 2011 the tourism balance of payments stood at 27.9 billion euros, representing a 14% increase over the same period of 2010. Soria said in his speech that ...
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Aussie Tourist's Bungee Cord Snaps - Gifs, Gifs and More Funny ...
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Aussie Tourist's Bungee Cord Snaps GIF - Aussie tourist's bungee cord snaps.
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McNeill explains twinning of tourism and entertainment - News - Go ...
Tourism and Entertainment minister, Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says his ministry will be spearheading the development of a policy for entertainment through an Inter- Ministerial Committee.
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World Travel Awards to celebrate tourism excellent in Doha, Qatar ...
QATAR - The travel brands which have shown the greatest strength amid the global economic uncertainty are to be acknowledged at the Grand.
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Snapped bungee plunges tourist into African river - Travel - News ...
An Australian tourist bungee jumping in Africa plunged 365 feet (111 meters) into a river when her cord snapped, but she managed to swim to safety with a ...
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Interior Secretary Stresses Job Creation From Tourism -- As He ...
"As we make that steady progress to establish the economic stability of the United States, it is important for us all to remember that tourism, leisure are very much ...
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Gunmen attack Israeli tourism hotspot in E... JPost - Middle East
CAIRO - Four armed men attacked a hotel in an Egyptian Red Sea resort popular with Israeli ...South Sinai's Red Sea coast is a major tourism hub for Egypt. ...
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New York Tourist from Ohio Caught With Three Guns in Hotel Room ...
Crime Another NYC Tourist Arrested on Gun Charges Despite Having Permit. Posted on .... This is why you don't visit and give tourism funds to liberal states. ...
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FP Passport: Fidel thinks Americans should vote for a robot over Obama
Foreign Policy (blog)
First Fidel Castro came out against fracking. Now, only days later, he's come out against Barack Obama. In his latest "reflection" in state-run media on Monday, the former Cuban leader declared that a "robot" would do a better job governing the United...