VisitScotland's Drive it Home

Tourism campaign to draw golfers to Scotland

A campaign to entice golfers to Scotland from across the world has been launched by the country's tourism body.

California Calling Campaign

Baywatch star heads up California Tourism’s ad campaign

California Tourism’s new campaign, California Calling, was launched today by quintessential Californian babe Pamela Anderson.

Mexico's Tourism Campaign

Mexico Spending $90M on celeb ad campaign for tourism

If the rich, famous and pretty are returning to Mexico's beaches now that officials say the swine flu epidemic is waning, won't everyone else?

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Bangkok City tourism: Desperately seeking smile

BANGKOK (eTN) - The Thailand Travel Mart (TTM) is a great place to get the latest updates on trends, strategies and products that will shape for the year to come the direction of Thailand’s tourism

NYC

NYC promoters woo gay, lesbian tourists

NEW YORK — New York City officials are turning to gays and lesbians to help reduce a projected $4 billion budget deficit.

West Virginia

West Virginia's governor launches new tourism campaign countering Appalachian hillbilly stereotypes

Plagued by the widely publicized 'hillbilly' image, as in recent ABC documentary "Children of the Mountain," West Virginian governor Joe Manchin III has authorized a multimillion dollar marketing camp

Obama, tourism and tax money

Obama: Government-sponsored tourism ads must show results

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama says he's willing to consider a publicly subsidized national advertising campaign aimed at luring more overseas tourists to the United States -

Australia

Tourism to dump Lara Bingle campaign

Twenty years after Paul Hogan first put a shrimp on a barbie, Australia is again looking for his replacement.

Tourism Australia is expected to dump model Lara Bingle as the face of the country along with the 2 1/2-year-old "Where the bloody hell are you?" campaign that brought her to public notice.

Alabama

Alabama spotlights its sports heritage in 2008 tourism campaign

Alabama's tourism department has designated 2008 "The Year of Alabama Sports" and plans to spotlight the state's athletic heritage and attractions to draw visitors.