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13-year-old activist carries Olympic torch to honor children of the world

Olypmic Torch

13-year-old activist carries Olympic torch to honor children of the world

Bilaal Rajan, the 13-year-old UNICEF Children’s Ambassador, youth activist, best-selling author and fundraiser, carried the Olympic flame through the streets of Toronto on Thursday.

Canada International Bureau for Children’s Rights launches important forum

The Protection Of Children Against Sexual Exploitation In Travel And Tourism

Canada International Bureau for Children’s Rights launches important forum

By Marco Sotelo

The International Bureau for Children’s Rights launched a forum entitled “The Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism” co-organized with Thomas Cook and ...

Canada: US tourist numbers down, overseas numbers up

Canada's Tourism

Canada: US tourist numbers down, overseas numbers up

Americans made fewer trips to Canada in October but tourists from overseas flocked to this country during the month, according to government data.

EU signs aviation deal with Canada

EU-Canada Airline Deal

EU signs aviation deal with Canada

BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Union on Thursday signed an aviation deal with Canada that will allow airlines to operate flights from any European city to Canada and will phase out ...

25% boom in China tourists to B.C. expected if approved destination status okayed

British Columbia

25% boom in China tourists to B.C. expected if approved destination status okayed

By Fiona Anderson

VANCOUVER — Chinese tourism to British Columbia could grow 25 per cent a year now that Canada has finally become an approved destination for Chinese tourists.

6 dead in a float plane crash in Canada

Float Plane Crashes In Canada

6 dead in a float plane crash in Canada

SATURNA, British Columbia – A float plane crashed off Canada's Pacific coast, killing six people, including a Vancouver doctor and her six month-old baby, as well as two American residents.

Why did Tourism BC get the axe? Only the premier knows

Canada

Why did Tourism BC get the axe? Only the premier knows

By Vaughn Palmer

When the New Democrats went looking for the reasons behind the B.C. Liberal decision to axe Tourism BC, they did not know what they would find.

Jamaica looks forward to record number Canadian visitors this winter season

Jamaica Tourism

Jamaica looks forward to record number Canadian visitors this winter season

By Robert Kelley, eTN Ambassador

Despite the global economic crisis, Jamaican Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says a record number of Canadian tourists are expected to visit Jamaica this winter.

Two of Canada's major tour operators merge

Sunwing Vacations And Signature Vacations Merge

Two of Canada's major tour operators merge

TORONTO — Consumers should expect more choice and possibly even lower prices in the vacation industry as two of Canada's major tour operators merge.

Canada's tourism ministers meet to support country's tourism

Canada's Tourism Ministers Get Together

Canada's tourism ministers meet to support country's tourism

TORONTO, ONT. - Canada's federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for tourism met today to discuss ways to strengthen the competitiveness of Canada's tourism industry.

Safi Airways appoints Airworld Alliance as general sales agent for the United States & Canada

International Airline Of Afghanistan

Safi Airways appoints Airworld Alliance as general sales agent for the United States & Canada

By eTN Staff Writer

Safi Airways with airline code "4Q" is pleased to announce the appointment of Airworld Alliance as general sales agent in the United States and Canada.

Continental Airlines expands Canadian service

Houston - Edmonton

Continental Airlines expands Canadian service

By eTN Staff Writer

Continental Airlines announced today new non-stop service from its Houston hub to Edmonton International Airport beginning November 1, 2009, subject to government approval.

New Zealand, Canada sign new air transport agreement

New Zealand-Canada Agreement

New Zealand, Canada sign new air transport agreement

WELLINGTON – New Zealand and Canada have signed a new air transport agreement to allow more flights between the two countries, New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser said Wednesday.

Tourism hurt by passport policy

US-Canada

Tourism hurt by passport policy

John King, a used- and rare-book dealer in downtown Detroit, loves piling friends in his car and taking off for a wonderful Chinese or Italian meal in Windsor.

Number of Americans visiting Canada is at a 37-year low and declining

US-Canada Travel

Number of Americans visiting Canada is at a 37-year low and declining

TORONTO — The number of U.S. tourists visiting Canada is at a 37-year low and declining, mainly due to the recession, but stricter new U.S.

The number of tourists traveling between the United States and Canada declined

US-Canada Crossing

The number of tourists traveling between the United States and Canada declined

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario - The number of people traveling between the United States and Canada dropped from May to June, a tourism official said Sunday in Niagara Falls, Ont.

Canadian diplomats - but not tourists - must meet visa requirements to Mexico

Ottawa Mandates Visa On All Mexican And Czech Nationals

Canadian diplomats - but not tourists - must meet visa requirements to Mexico

By eTN Staff Writer

After meeting with Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon, Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa announced that Canadian diplomats assigned to Mexico will need to meet a visa ...

Canadian tourists told that Haiti is "safer"

Haiti Advisory

Canadian tourists told that Haiti is "safer"

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Canada is relaxing its Haiti travel advisory because of improving security in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Canada's tourism industry gets a boost from stay-at-home vacationers

Canada

Canada's tourism industry gets a boost from stay-at-home vacationers

"There's no place like home" appears to be an overriding sentiment these days, one that is influencing Canada's tourism sector.

Canada's most visited tourist attractions

Canada

Canada's most visited tourist attractions

The global recession may have lowered tourism numbers in many vacation spots, but at Grouse Mountain resort in North Vancouver, British Columbia, things are looking up, both literally and ...

Year-round flights between Thunder Bay and Toronto launched

Porter Airlines

Year-round flights between Thunder Bay and Toronto launched

By eTN Staff Writer

Porter Airlines is introducing year-round flights between Thunder Bay and Toronto City Centre Airport (TCCA) following strong interest in advance of the summer schedule debuting today.

Bringing an inn from the late 1800s into the present

Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Bringing an inn from the late 1800s into the present

By eTN Staff Writer

Located in Digby, Nova Scotia, the Bayside Inn is a picturesque, eleven-room inn overlooking the beautiful Annapolis Basin.

US Report: Canada is a target for sex tourists

Sex Tourism

US Report: Canada is a target for sex tourists

VANCOUVER - Canada is a destination for sex tourists, particularly from the United States, according to the U.S. State Department in its ninth annual State of Trafficking in Persons Report.

US tourists likely to stay home due to passport rule

New Passport Rules

US tourists likely to stay home due to passport rule

Tourist-related businesses expect a quieter summer, especially along the Canada-U.S. border with the new passport rule.

Canadians decry passport rules

Canada

Canadians decry passport rules

As travellers prepare to face tougher passport rules tomorrow, southern Alberta border towns fear a slowdown in traffic could leave an economic chill.

New technology helps travelers cross US-Canadian border faster

Using New Embedded Travel Documents

New technology helps travelers cross US-Canadian border faster

By eTN Staff Writer

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a video on its Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) web site (

Border passport rule kicks in Monday

Border Passport Rule

Border passport rule kicks in Monday

It's always been a bit of a misnomer – the "world's longest undefended border" is actually pretty well defended.

US Customs will be flexible with June 1 travel documents for US and Canadian citizens

Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative

US Customs will be flexible with June 1 travel documents for US and Canadian citizens

By eTN Staff Writer

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) assured US and Canadian citizens today that, if otherwise admissible, they will be able to re-enter the United States when the Western Hemisphere Travel ...

Cashless cabins begin Monday onboard American Airlines US domestic and Canada flights

Starting June 1, 2009

Cashless cabins begin Monday onboard American Airlines US domestic and Canada flights

By eTN Staff Writer

On June 1, American Airlines will go cashless onboard flights within the continental United States, as well as flights to and from Hawaii, Alaska, and Canada.

Swine flu is windfall for some top tourism spots

Cruises Rerouted

Swine flu is windfall for some top tourism spots

By AP

The cruise Zenaiva Cervantes booked was to stop in sun-drenched beach cities on the Mexican Riviera. The cruise she took?

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