2010 Cuban Tourism Season
By Marc Frank
HAVANA - The Cuban tourism season got off to a rough start in 2010, with arrivals down 4.9 percent in January from the same month of last year, according to a government report seen by Reuters on Wedn
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Tourism UK
UK tourism took a battering from the recession last year, official figures have shown.
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Mexico Tourism Revenue Drops 7.9%
By Paul Kiernan
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's tourism revenue fell a relatively modest 7.9% in November from the year-ago month, the Bank of Mexico said Friday, an improvement for a sector that was hit simultaneously by the
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Croatia Tourism
ZAGREB — Croatia's key tourist sector, weakened by the economic crisis, shrank slightly in the first 10 months of the year from activity in the same period of last year, official data showed on Wedn
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Cyprus
Thursday, the Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus announced that the tourist arrivals decreased 14% year-on-year in October, compared to the 9.6% fall in the previous month.
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Mauritius
PORT LOUIS - Mauritius visitor numbers fell 9.3 percent to 413,504 during the first sixth months of 2009 compared with the same period last year, official data showed on Wednesday.
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Israel
Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the Holy Land did not have the expected impact on Israel's tourism industry as was originally thought.
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California
Thanks to airline and hotel deals, vacationers are still coming to see the stars, but they're spending less on dining and attractions.
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Hawaii
Visitor arrivals last month dipped a modest 1.3 percent from April 2008, a major improvement over the double-digit declines that have dominated the past 12 months.
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Airline Industry
Airlines’ revenue from international first- and business-class tickets fell by as much as 40 percent in the first quarter as the recession prompted carriers to cut fares, the industry’s biggest tr
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South Korea
The number of Japanese tourists visiting Korea has been decreasing since April due to the recent scare over the (A)H1N1 influenza virus in Korea and the strengthening of the Korean currency against th
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Israel: 30% Drop In Travel Agency Activity
By ynetnews.com
The first quarter of 2009 saw a 30% drop in travel agency activity, data collected from travel agencies between the months January-April showed.
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"Shorter, Closer, Cheaper" Is A Trend
By reuters.com
FRANKFURT - Germany, No.
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US Airlines Losing Less Luggage
By chicagotribune.com
Airlines lost 1.3 million fewer bags in 2008, as more passengers wheeled, dragged and toted their luggage aboard planes to avoid paying new fees to check bags, federal data show.
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Airfares Watch
By AP
Prices for airline travel to Europe and Hawaii during the upcoming peak summer season are far below last year's levels, suggesting the carriers are worried about filling planes, says an observer of fa
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Airline Industry
By bloomberg.com
Premium air travel slumped further in November as global trade slowed and business confidence waned, adding to carrier woes, the International Air Transport Association said.
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Decreases 16.8 Percent For December 2008
By eTN Staff Writer
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, S.A.B. de C.V.
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Carnival
By usatoday.com
The economic meltdown of the past few months is taking a toll on the world's biggest cruise company.
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Hawaii Will See Fewer Arrivals This Summer
Airline seats on flights to Hawaii are forecast to drop 13 percent this summer.
That translates into 2.26 million seats for potential passengers, 389,000 fewer than were scheduled for the May-July period in 2007.
The cutbacks are led by a 15 percent reduction in seats from the U.S. West, Hawaii's largest market for visitors.
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