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UK: Come on tourists, British weather not THAT bad

VisitBritain: London drier than Rio de Janeiro

UK: Come on tourists, British weather not THAT bad

British government is to use the UK's most changeable feature to promote the country by trying ... read more

Rogue shark tourism companies putting peoples' lives in danger

New Zealand's shark-cage dive industry

Rogue shark tourism companies putting peoples' lives in danger

New Zealand - Southern dive operators say the Government has done nothing to keep people safe ... read more

Ryanair defies credit card surcharges ban

Airline credit card surcharges crackdown

Ryanair defies credit card surcharges ban

Ryanair has defied the government's move to ban surcharges on payments to airlines and other ... read more

Economist: Caribbean Airlines is a liability to Jamaica's government

Partial privatisation can prove costly

Economist: Caribbean Airlines is a liability to Jamaica's government

The Government's minority stake in Caribbean Airlines (CAL), the new parent airline of Air ... read more

Irish Tourism Minister: No VAT rate increase for tourists

Visitors to Ireland to be spared VAT rate increase

Irish Tourism Minister: No VAT rate increase for tourists

Tourists to Ireland won’t be hit by the VAT rate increase proposed by Minister for Finance ... read more

Minister: Nepal's government committed to help tourism sector

Nepalese Tourism Industry

Minister: Nepal's government committed to help tourism sector

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Lokendra Bista Magar promised to ... read more

Equatorial Guinea moves closer to constitutional reform

Voting for reform almost complete in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea moves closer to constitutional reform

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea - With 60% of the vote counted, Equatorial Guinea's voters appeared to ... read more

Minister: Government bailout for Kingfisher "not possible"

Cash-strapped Kingfisher approaches government for help

Minister: Government bailout for Kingfisher "not possible"

NEW DELHI, India - Cash-strapped Kingfisher airlines that has been in the news for numerous ... read more

Aviation industry coalition sends unified message to Congress

Aviation Industry Protests Proposed Tax Increases

Aviation industry coalition sends unified message to Congress

WASHINGTON - A united aviation industry coalition of nearly 30 organizations is opposing ... read more

India may allow direct foreign investment in domestic airlines

Indian Aviation Industry

India may allow direct foreign investment in domestic airlines

NEW DELHI, India - Indian government has initiated inter-ministerial consultation for allowing ... read more

Amazon rain forest destruction data revised by Brazil

Amazon rain forest destruction

Amazon rain forest destruction data revised by Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil — The amount of Amazon rain forest destroyed last year was still the lowest ... read more

No new ferry for Zanzibar-Pemba route anytime soon

Zanzibar Inter-Island Travel

No new ferry for Zanzibar-Pemba route anytime soon

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda

According to the latest reports, Zanzibar government is reluctant to purchase a new, state of ... read more

Australian passport offers new gender option - "indeterminate"

Australia offers option 'X' for intersex people

Australian passport offers new gender option - "indeterminate"

In a move the Australian government hopes will help remove discrimination against intersex or ... read more

Vote puts government's stake in Kenya Airways in doubt

Kenya Airways

Vote puts government's stake in Kenya Airways in doubt

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN

According to the reports from Nairobi, Kenyan parliament has slashed the budget estimate for the ... read more

The government of Pakistan joins The Region Initiative

Pakistani Tourism

The government of Pakistan joins The Region Initiative

By Muhammad Asad, eTN Ambassador

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - National Tourism Organization (NTO) - Pakistan Tourism Development ... read more

Taiwanese tour operators agree to raise travel quality  standards

Bolstering the image of Taiwan's tourism industry

Taiwanese tour operators agree to raise travel quality standards

The government and tour operators in the private sector have decided to join hands to maintain ... read more

Carnival reaches agreement with government of Jamaica

Carnival Cruise Lines

Carnival reaches agreement with government of Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Carnival Cruise Lines has reached an agreement with the Government of ... read more

FAA funding row will cost at least $1.2 billion

Federal Aviation Administration funding impasse

FAA funding row will cost at least $1.2 billion

Washington - The House adjourned for summer recess Monday night without resolving a Federal ... read more

Ghana will use tourism to ease poverty

Ghana Tourism To Fight Poverty

Ghana will use tourism to ease poverty

Government will collaborate with stakeholders to use the tourism sector as a poverty alleviation ... read more

Bahamas bans all commercial shark fishing

Bahamas Acts to Protect Sharks

Bahamas bans all commercial shark fishing

NASSAU, Bahamas - Sharks in The Bahamas can breathe more easily after the nation's government ... read more

China ready for first National Tourism Day

China's National Tourism Day

China ready for first National Tourism Day

The growing importance of tourism in China has been reflected by the decision to this year mark ... read more

Hong Kong Travel Industry Council to lose its authority

Hong Kong Travel Industry Council's influence to be reduced

Hong Kong Travel Industry Council to lose its authority

Hong Kong government prepares to create new system for licensing, regulation of tour ... read more

Is government trying to shut Air India down?

Air India Strike

Is government trying to shut Air India down?

NEW DELHI, India - The Bharatiya Janata Party has alleged that the Centre was trying to use the ... read more

ISME: Nearly 200,000 Ireland's tourism jobs "under threat"

Irish Government Needs To Do More For Tourism Industry

ISME: Nearly 200,000 Ireland's tourism jobs "under threat"

The Government needs to do more for the tourism industry here or nearly 200,000 jobs could be ... read more

ATA comments on proposed passenger screening plan

Air Transport Association

ATA comments on proposed passenger screening plan

WASHINGTON - The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the trade organization for the ... read more

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