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Insights into Tourism Branding
By Anita Mendiratta, CNN Task Group/eTN
IMAGE IS EVERYTHING
Gulf Tourism needs marketing money
By ILEANA MORALES
WASHINGTON — States bordering the gushing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico need as much as $500 million to boost tourism with marketing campaigns aimed at cleaning up their image, tourism ...
AIDS threatens Bali tourism
A leading tourism official said on Wednesday that child prostitution was a major contributor to increasing HIV/AIDS cases in the country’s tourism hot spots, while another official from Bali ...
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Thai Tourism Comeback
BANGKOK — The Thai capital has been mostly scrubbed clean, but it will be some time before images of two months of deadly anti-government street protests fade from the minds of potential ...
Utah Tourism: Doing Damage Control
By Mike Gorrell
Although news of Ronnie Lee Gardner's selection of execution by firing squad traveled quickly around the world, there is little expectation that his choice will significantly impact Utah's tourism ...
Rome
ROME - Rome's largest taxi cooperative is trying to improve the bad name of the city's cabbies, notorious among tourists to one of the world's best loved cities.
Algeria
By Christian Lowe
ALGIERS - Algeria is an emerging tourist destination which is spreading the word to potential visitors that the image of a country overshadowed by extremist violence is out of date, the tourism ...
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Spain's Tourism Seeks To Upgrade Its Image
MADRID — Half a century after it pioneered the cheap "holiday-in-the-sun" package deal, Spain is seeking to upgrade its image by convincing the discerning and affluent tourist that it has much ...
Immigration Policies Hurt Israel's Tourism
Public storm caused by detention of Peruvian tourist visiting Israeli boyfriend prompts Minister Misezhnikov to send letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu calling for meeting on Interior Ministry's ...
Thailand
By Greg Barrett
When Kung Fu star David Carradine died last Thursday, I wasn't surprised. He was 72.
Travel
By cnn.com
When travel author Beth Whitman was in Vietnam, she witnessed a group of young American male travelers rough-housing in the streets outside of the Rex Hotel.
Nigeria's Tourism Rebranding Effort
By Lucky Onoriode George, eTN Ambassador
From "Giant in the Sun" to the controversial "Hearts of Africa" and now, "Nigeria, Good People, Great Nation," Nigeria has re-branded itself three times in a matter of 20 years.
Trinidad and Tobago's Image
By Gail Alexander, Guardian Trinidad and Tobago
Governments of the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are maintaining strong travel advisories on crime in T&T - and two have also included warnings on yellow fever.
Air Mauritius
By eTN
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius - Air Mauritius has today revealed its new visual identity including a modernised and vibrant logotype which symbolises the airline's new ambitions.
Russia
By tourism-review.com
The number of foreign tourists who choose to spend their vacations in Russia, including Moscow and St.
Germany
Business and tourism leaders in Berlin fear shops will be forced to close and hotels run empty as the crippling public transport strike enters day nine on Thursday, March 13, with no end in sight. ...
Queensland Image To Change
QUEENSLAND needs to push past its reputation as a "creepy-crawly jungle'' to increase European tourists, a conference has been told.
Portuguese Tourism
By Mark Harding
LISBON, Portugal (eTN) - The Portuguese government last week presented a new image for the external promotion of Portugal. This new image aims to maneuver the country into a more attractive and ...
