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Insights into Tourism Branding

Gaming: rolling the dice on destination image

By Anita Mendiratta, CNN Task Group/eTN

IMAGE IS EVERYTHING

Gulf Tourism needs marketing money

Executives: Gulf tourism needs as much as $500 million for marketing campaigns

By ILEANA MORALES

WASHINGTON — States bordering the gushing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico need as much as $500 ... read more

AIDS threatens Bali tourism

Tourism officials fear AIDS will undermine Bali’s tourist image

A leading tourism official said on Wednesday that child prostitution was a major contributor to ... read more

Thai Tourism Comeback

Restoring image of the "Land of Smiles" will be an uphill battle for Thailand

BANGKOK — The Thai capital has been mostly scrubbed clean, but it will be some time before ... read more

Utah Tourism: Doing Damage Control

Utah: Firing squads - not a great tourist campaign

By Mike Gorrell

Although news of Ronnie Lee Gardner's selection of execution by firing squad traveled quickly ... read more

Rome

Rome taxis notorious for tourists scams seek to improve bad image

ROME - Rome's largest taxi cooperative is trying to improve the bad name of the city's cabbies, ... read more

Algeria

Algeria counters violent image to lure tourists

By Christian Lowe

ALGIERS - Algeria is an emerging tourist destination which is spreading the word to potential ... read more

Spain's Tourism Seeks To Upgrade Its Image

Spain trying to shake off cheap "holiday-in-the-sun" image

MADRID — Half a century after it pioneered the cheap "holiday-in-the-sun" package deal, Spain ... read more

Immigration Policies Hurt Israel's Tourism

Tourism Minister: 'Insensitive immigration policies' present Israel as 'inhumane state'

Public storm caused by detention of Peruvian tourist visiting Israeli boyfriend prompts Minister ... read more

Thailand

In Carradine death Thailand's sex caricature endures

By Greg Barrett

When Kung Fu star David Carradine died last Thursday, I wasn't surprised. He was 72.

Travel

Tourists have to try to combat the 'ugly American'

By cnn.com

When travel author Beth Whitman was in Vietnam, she witnessed a group of young American male ... read more

Nigeria's Tourism Rebranding Effort

What is Nigeria telling the world now?

By Lucky Onoriode George, eTN Ambassador

From "Giant in the Sun" to the controversial "Hearts of Africa" and now, "Nigeria, Good People, ... read more

Trinidad and Tobago's Image

Foreign advisories clobber Trinidad and Tobago

By Gail Alexander, Guardian Trinidad and Tobago

Governments of the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are maintaining strong travel ... read more

Air Mauritius

Air Mauritius gives a new boost to its image with the unveiling of a new visual identity

By eTN

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius - Air Mauritius has today revealed its new visual identity including a ... read more

Russia

Tourists are afraid to go to Russia

By tourism-review.com

The number of foreign tourists who choose to spend their vacations in Russia, including Moscow ... read more

Germany

Transport strike dents Berlin's image, hurts tourism industry

Business and tourism leaders in Berlin fear shops will be forced to close and hotels run empty ... read more

Queensland Image To Change

Tourists 'fear Queensland jungle'

QUEENSLAND needs to push past its reputation as a "creepy-crawly jungle'' to increase European ... read more

Portuguese Tourism

Portugal seeking to present new image to the world

By Mark Harding

LISBON, Portugal (eTN) - The Portuguese government last week presented a new image for the ... read more