Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

A new airport in Taif

Saudi Arabia has unveiled a project to build a new regional airport in Taif Province.

Philippines

Trump eyes tourism investment in Subic

A group that includes American real estate mogul Donald Trump is investing as much as $1 billion to develop a high-end leisure facility in Subic, Olongapo City.

Uganda

Uganda looks to harness IT to boost tourism

The government of Uganda is looking to harness IT to boost a tourism sector whose full potential is yet to be realized.

South Africa

Tourism is not dead yet - Van Schalkwyk

Despite the current global financial crisis, new opportunities in tourism are still arising, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Tuesday.

Laos

Mega tourism project at Lao side of Golden Triangle

VIENTIANE - Chinese investors are trying to develop the Tonphurng district, located in the Golden Triangle area, through a well-funded development plan that would cost US$68 million and known as the C

Two Appointments Announced

Westcore's Airport Development Partners strengthens European Board

SAN DIEGO, CA & LAUSANNE, Switzerland (September 5, 2008) - Westcore Properties announced today that its European affiliate Airport Development Partners SA (ADP), has appointed Dr.

Plans To Develop Over Ten Five-Star Properties

Sobha to debut hotels brand on Sheikh Zayed Road

DUBAI -India and Dubai real estate giant Sobha Group has announced it has acquired a plot on Dubai’s main artery Sheikh Zayed Road for the development of its first hotel in Dubai.

Comprehensive Tourism Planning Exercise

Anguilla launches tourism sector development project

The Valley, Anguilla, BWI - The Tourism Sector Development Project (TSDP) was officially launched on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 following several months of preparations by the project coordinator, Touri

Cabinet Of Ministers Approved Cost Of Tourism Strategy

Saudi Arabia to develop Red Sea

HRH Prince Sultan bin Salman, the SCTA secretary general, considered the Cabinet of Ministers' approval of the tourism development strategy of the Red Sea coast and executive plan proof of the country

Currently Developing As Many As 25 Hotels

Best Western to be the largest hotel chain in the Middle East within three years

Best Western, The World’s Largest Hotel Chain®, has announced that it is currently developing as many as 25 hotels in Gulf Cooperation (GC) countries which will lead it to become the most extensive hotel chain in the Middle East within 2011.

$15 Billion Venture

Bagong Nayong Pilipino-Manila Bay Tourism City

The ripple effect created by the government’s biggest tourism-development project, the Bagong Nayong Pilipino-Manila Bay Tourism City, would extend beyond the local hospitality industry and long after the year 2010, which is when locations in the project are expected to become fully operational.

Projects In Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific

Intrepid Travel announces launch of voluntourism projects

Due to the increasing need for development work overseas, Intrepid Travel has launched voluntourism projects in 10 countries. Intrepid encourages adventure travelers to get involved in community development and to make a difference while traveling.

Plans To Develop Five-Star Properties

Sobha Group to enter the hospitality sector

India and Dubai real estate giant Sobha Group is preparing to build and operate a chain of hotel properties across the Sub Continent, Middle East and East Africa.

The Group has plans to develop at least 10 five-star properties in the next five years, with two hotels earmarked for Dubai, six for India, and one each in Oman and ... read more

China

Hainan's grand plans for tourist paradise

Almost anything is always easier said than done.

That's the case in southern tropical island province of Hainan where the government and the undeveloped tourism industry have ambitious plans for turning it into the Chinese equivalent of Indonesia's Bali, Thailand's Phuket or South Korea's Jeju island.

"It's An Ecological Disaster..."

Costa Rica sees tourism's environmental dark side

Playa Grande, Costa Rica - On a quiet night in February, when winter temperatures plummeted below zero in North America, leatherback sea turtles the size of golf carts lumbered onto this tropical beach to lay their eggs.

Yet just a sandy stroll away, in the booming surf town of Tamarindo, runaway tourism development is turning the sea ... read more

World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) UNWTO At The UN General Assembly

Supporting tourism development in Algeria

UNWTO supports Algeria’s tourism sector as a contributor to the countries’ socio-economic development. Secretary-General Francesco Frangialli delivered an opening speech at the First National and International Tourism Conference held in the Algerian capital (11-12 February) and opened by Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem.

Hawaii

Trouble in Paradise: Kauai vs. tourists

KOLOA, Kauai — This winter's candlelight vigils and banner-waving protesters are gone, their legal challenges exhausted. Soon, bulldozers could roll past Koloa's wooden sidewalks, clucking chickens and stop sign plastered with a "Die Developers Die" bumper sticker, ready to transform a ragtag grove of monkeypod trees into a shopping ... read more