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New board of The Region Initiative begins work at start of the New Year

Promoting peace through tourism

New board of The Region Initiative begins work at start of the New Year

The restructuring of The Region Initiative (TRI) was approved during the TRI Tashkent at the ... read more

Maldivian VP to UN:  Arab Spring is proof that Islam and human rights can coexist

Arab Spring

Maldivian VP to UN: Arab Spring is proof that Islam and human rights can coexist

By eTN Staff Writer

The political transitions in various Arab countries this year demonstrate that Islam is ... read more

World Tourism Day celebrations in Pakistan

Building blocks for a more peaceful world

World Tourism Day celebrations in Pakistan

By Muhammad Asad, eTN Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (eTN) - World Tourism Day celebrations are in high gear in Pakistan and ... read more

Seychelles commends commitment of East Africa on peace work

Working towards stability in the region

Seychelles commends commitment of East Africa on peace work

The Seychelles Minister for Foreign Affairs has today commended the commitment of the Eastern ... read more

Zanzibar to launch second major cultural festival

Peace through Music and Tourism

Zanzibar to launch second major cultural festival

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN

(eTN) - September 2 through 4 will see the inaugural edition of the "Jahazi Literary and Jazz ... read more

2011 Global Peace Index: World less peaceful

Violence Cost Global Economy Over $8.12 Trillion in 2010

2011 Global Peace Index: World less peaceful

WASHINGTON - Levels of world peace dropped for the third consecutive year according to the 2011 ... read more

As tourism season nears, Kashmir prays for peace

Karshmir Tourism

As tourism season nears, Kashmir prays for peace

Srinagar - The shadows of violence still linger but the hills and meadows, lakes and valleys ... read more

Does tourism promote peaceful coexistence?

Tourism As A Generator Of Peace

Does tourism promote peaceful coexistence?

By Dr. Peter E. Tarlow

Tourism professionals and tourism scholars have long grabbled with the question if tourism ... read more

Jordan offers a daring discovery: It is safe

Peace in the Middle East

Jordan offers a daring discovery: It is safe

By Nelson Alcantara, eTN editor-in-chief

Jordan’s travel and tourism industry is to be commended for doing what destinations normally ... read more

Kenya's tourism stakeholders demand peace from government

Overcoming Negative Publicity

Kenya's tourism stakeholders demand peace from government

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN

(eTN) - The current series of wrangles, spits, and spats in the Kenyan government over new ... read more

Minister: Be hospitable to tourists and respect them

Minister appeals for peace to woo visitors

Minister: Be hospitable to tourists and respect them

ITANAGAR, India - Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu on Wednesday made one more ... read more

Ban and Chinese Foreign Minister stress need for peace on Korean Peninsula

United Nations

Ban and Chinese Foreign Minister stress need for peace on Korean Peninsula

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today discussed the situation on the Korean peninsula with ... read more

Highland Games - Kenya style

Thousands Participate And Attend

Highland Games - Kenya style

By Kuku Gallmann

The grounds were prepared, the grass cut and cut again, hundreds of flags - and new trousers - ... read more

2010 UN NGO Peace Award finalist offers a life changing experience for the holiday season

Relief Riders International

2010 UN NGO Peace Award finalist offers a life changing experience for the holiday season

Relief Riders International (RRI), an adventure travel company that leads relief missions on ... read more

At the heart of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa peace and security effort

Committee Of Elders Lead The Fight Against Piracy

At the heart of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa peace and security effort

The fight against piracy and the stabilization of Somalia was at the heart of the discussions at ... read more

Peace prevails in Rwanda presidential election

President Kagame Re-elected

Peace prevails in Rwanda presidential election

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN

(eTN) - As suggested by this correspondent in several articles leading up to the presidential ... read more

9th annual September concert expands to 3-day celebration of peace through music

Venues Around The World

9th annual September concert expands to 3-day celebration of peace through music

NEW YORK, NY - On the weekend of September 10-12, across America and around the world, the skies ... read more

International Institute for Peace Through Tourism bids farewell to Mira Berman

Recipient Of IIPT’s 1st Lifetime Achievement Award

International Institute for Peace Through Tourism bids farewell to Mira Berman

It is with profound sadness that the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) ... read more

Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservancy Area takes another step

Peace Parks

Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservancy Area takes another step

By Gill Staden, eTN

Official ceremonies, by their very nature tend to be dull. The KAZA signing ceremony in Victoria ... read more

IIPT and eTurboNews call for world travel and tourism industry support of Olympic Truce

Call For Cessation Of Conflict And Violence

IIPT and eTurboNews call for world travel and tourism industry support of Olympic Truce

By eTN Staff Writer

The International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT), together with eTurboNews, is ... read more

UN envoy to Nepal: resolve outstanding issues to advance peace

Nepal Tourism

UN envoy to Nepal: resolve outstanding issues to advance peace

By Nelson Alcantara, eTN

Nepal has such potential as a destination that it is pity that the country’s instability has ... read more

Fighting terrorism with tourism

Tourism in Iraq

Fighting terrorism with tourism

By Andrew Princz, ontheglobe.com for eTN

Being one of the leading voices of Iraqi tourism and a crusader of the return that country's ... read more

No hope in Bethlehem

Middle East Conflict and Tourism

No hope in Bethlehem

By Hazel Heyer, eTN Staff Writer

A group of Palestinian Christians representing a variety of churches and church-related ... read more

Holy Land tourism promoted as bridge to peace in Middle East

Holy Land Tourism

Holy Land tourism promoted as bridge to peace in Middle East

By Judith Sudilovsky

JERUSALEM – Pilgrimage to the Holy Land can become a bridge to peace, said an Israeli tourism ... read more

Southern Sudan may declare unilateral independence

Sudan Conflict

Southern Sudan may declare unilateral independence

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa

Sources from within the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) have given indication that ... read more

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