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Abu Dhabi to promote tourism in India with five-city road show

Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority

Abu Dhabi to promote tourism in India with five-city road show

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) is to begin 2013 with a five-city road show taking in key cities in India as it looks to build inbound ...

Explore Crimea - Ukrainian Riviera

Crimean Tourism

Explore Crimea - Ukrainian Riviera

By Dmitro Makarov

If you look at the map of Ukraine you would discover a diamod-shaped peninsula of Crimea.

Taiwan expects tourism revenue to hit $11.68 billion in 2012

Taiwan's tourism revenue grows

Taiwan expects tourism revenue to hit $11.68 billion in 2012

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Foreign tourists are expected to have brought NT$340 billion (US$11.68 billion) into Taiwan as of the end of 2012, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications forecast ...

Lebanon launches campaign to revive tourism sector

Lebanese tourism: 50 days of discounts

Lebanon launches campaign to revive tourism sector

BEIRUT, Lebanon - In 2013 Lebanon can expect 50 days of discounts on airline tickets, hotels and at shopping centers as part of a campaign to revive the country’s tourism sector after months of ...

Burma's tourist numbers expected to total over one million by year's end

Burma's tourism booming

Burma's tourist numbers expected to total over one million by year's end

Burma's tourism industry is on the rise with tourist numbers expected to reach the one million mark by the end of the year.

Iceland's tourist numbers up by nearly 16 percent

Iceland hoping to attract 2 million visitors by 2020

Iceland's tourist numbers up by nearly 16 percent

The Arctic winter may be long and dark but one light still shines bright in the land of the midnight sun -- Iceland's booming tourist trade.

Peru aiming to attract 6 million tourists by 2016

Peru Tourism

Peru aiming to attract 6 million tourists by 2016

LIMA, Peru - Peru is aiming to attract 6 million tourists by 2016, according to Carlos Canales, head of the National Chamber of Tourism.

PATA Chief: Thailand should invest in human capital, not tourism "hardware"

Thai Tourism

PATA Chief: Thailand should invest in human capital, not tourism "hardware"

Thailand should put more importance on investing in human capital and not just in "hardware" in the tourism industry if it wants to secure its sustainable development and keep its leadership in ...

December 13 symbolizes historic date of 1 billionth tourist

One Billion Tourists: One Billion Opportunities

December 13 symbolizes historic date of 1 billionth tourist

One billion tourists have traveled the world in 2012, marking a new record for international tourism – a sector that accounts for one in every 12 jobs and 30% of the world’s services ...

Turkish Airlines launches flights to Kilimanjaro and Mombasa

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines launches flights to Kilimanjaro and Mombasa

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's limping tourism industry witnessed a boost Wednesday with the arrival of the first Turkish Airlines aircraft to signal the start of direct flights between Kenya and ...

London Olympics leaves positive impact but government must do more

World Travel Market Meridian Club Think Tank

London Olympics leaves positive impact but government must do more

London 2012 will have a positive impact on future UK tourism, but the government still needs to do more to help, said delegates at the latest World Travel Market (WTM) Meridian Club Think ...

Sound: a simple moment becomes a lifelong memory

Insights into Tourism Branding

Sound: a simple moment becomes a lifelong memory

By Anita Mendiratta, CNN Task Group/eTN

INVISIBLE IMPACT

New Zealand bids to increase number of Chinese visitors

Chinese tourism to New Zealand

New Zealand bids to increase number of Chinese visitors

Two hundred and fifty of China's leading tourism workers are in Auckland as New Zealand bids to increase the number of Chinese tourists coming here.

CAPMAS: Egypt's tourist arrivals up 8 percent

More tourists came to Egypt in October

CAPMAS: Egypt's tourist arrivals up 8 percent

The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), Egypt’s official statistical agency, registered an increase of up to 8 per cent in the number of tourists visiting Egypt in ...

Kenyan hotel and tourism industry players demanding changes in alcohol law

Kenyan Tourism

Kenyan hotel and tourism industry players demanding changes in alcohol law

NAIROBI, Kenya – Hotel and the tourism industry players are now calling for a review of the Alcoholic Drinks Control Act 2010, which they say continues to have adverse effects on the sector.

Irish tourism woos China

Largest Irish tourism trade mission to China to date

Irish tourism woos China

Eighteen Irish organisations, including hotels, golf operators, visitor attractions and DMCs (destination management companies) linked up with Tourism Ireland in Shanghai last week to form the ...

UK to welcome one million extra visitors in 2013

Great Britain will see 3 per cent rise in overseas visitors next year

UK to welcome one million extra visitors in 2013

The UK will see a 3 per cent rise in overseas visitors next year, tourist chiefs have predicted.

Saudi Arabia bans smoking in all tourist locations

Saudi Arabia’s General Commission for Tourism and Antiquities

Saudi Arabia bans smoking in all tourist locations

Saudi Arabia’s General Commission for Tourism and Antiquities has imposed a ban on smoking at all tourism facilities.

Using tourism as an incentive marketing tool

giving the gift of travel this holiday season

Using tourism as an incentive marketing tool

By Dr. Peter Tarlow, President of Tourism & More, Inc., special to eTN

Even in a period of economic uncertainty, many people still go through the December dilemma of what to give for Christmas or Chanukah.

Taiwan expects 7 millionth visitor before Christmas

Tourism To Taiwan

Taiwan expects 7 millionth visitor before Christmas

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Tourism Bureau yesterday announced that this year’s 7 millionth tourist would likely arrive in Taiwan in the middle of next month rather than at Christmas, as previously ...

Iran produces first tourism 3D animation

Travel to Iran1404

Iran produces first tourism 3D animation

The first tourism three-dimensional animation titled Travel to Iran1404 has been produced in the country’s historical city, Isfahan.

Nepal must recognize tourism as national priority

Tourism in Nepal

Nepal must recognize tourism as national priority

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Tourism entrepreneurs, who were looking forward to enjoying special privileges following the government´s decision to recognize tourism sector as a national priority industry, ...

Philippines launches London taxi tourism campaign

Philippines Department of Tourism Targeting Londoners

Philippines launches London taxi tourism campaign

The Philippines Department of Tourism (PDOT)has launched a London taxi campaign, targeting those who opt for a Hong Kong or Singapore city break, with taglines such as ‘Paradise…only 2 ½ ...

Rakhine clashes do not deter Myanmar tourists

Myanmar Tourism

Rakhine clashes do not deter Myanmar tourists

Though hopes of developing tourism in Rakhine State suffered a blow as last month’s clashes prompted the cancellation of tour packages in the strife-torn area, the tourist industry has seen few ...

David Ling appointed Arief Gunawan as Vice President of HVS Indonesia

hospitality and tourism leader

David Ling appointed Arief Gunawan as Vice President of HVS Indonesia

Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago and is also one of the most biologically-diverse regions on the globe.

Number of tourists visiting South Korea expected to top 10 million

Tourism To South Korea

Number of tourists visiting South Korea expected to top 10 million

SEOUL, Korea - The number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea this year is expected to top the landmark 10 million later this week for the first time on the back of rising Chinese and ...

Ghana warns tourists to avoid unlicensed hospitality facilities

Ghana Tourism

Ghana warns tourists to avoid unlicensed hospitality facilities

Tourists and the general public have been entreated to shun patronizing unlicensed hospitality facilities to ensure their safety and security.

Mexico's tourism GDP grew 3.2 percent in the second quarter

Mexican Tourism Industry Grows

Mexico's tourism GDP grew 3.2 percent in the second quarter

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - The Mexico Ministry of Tourism reports that during the second quarter of 2012, the quarterly indicator of tourism GDP increased 3.2 percent in real terms, compared to the ...

North Korea relaxes tourism policies

Tourism To North Korea

North Korea relaxes tourism policies

Some policy changes are slowly starting to take shape in North Korea.

Radio Free Asia reports North Korea's tourism policies have been eased significantly in recent months.

South African Tourism partners with Visa to promote country's tourist attractions

SA Tourism Teams Up With Visa

South African Tourism partners with Visa to promote country's tourist attractions

South African Tourism (SA Tourism) and global payments technology company Visa have signed an agreement that will see the two organisations working closely together to promote the country's ...

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