Machu Pichu
By Charlie Mills
Finally, the Inca ruins site at Machu Picchu will reopen to international visitors as of April 1st. This reopening comes following a closure of two months caused by flooding.
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Learn About Hawaiian Culture And Make A Difference
By eTN Staff Writer
MAALAEA, MAUI, HI - During 2009, visitors to Maui gave the island a special gift - nearly 4,000 hours working on projects that benefited Maui's unique environment through a program called "Volunteerin
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Nepal
KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal wants to paint Mount Everest pink.
It wants gay honeymooners trekking through the Himalayas.
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India
Thiruvananthapuram - Kerala may have a sea plane service to boost tourism if a study suggests that such a project is feasible, tourism minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said on Tuesday.
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FIFA World Cup 2010
By BILL CORCORAN
World Cup: Hopes that South Africa’s hospitality industry will have a bumper off-season this year due to the World Cup were dealt a blow last week after it was revealed foreign football fans are unl
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Wizarding World of Harry Potter
By Stephen Hayward
Harry Potter has worked his magic on Florida's struggling tourism industry as British holidaymakers flock back in their thousands.
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Record Number Of Visitors To Tanzania Crater
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Almost 454,000 visitors were recorded in the financial year 2008/9, which ended on June 20, 2009, entering the fabled Ngorongoro Crater in northern Tanzania, earning TANAPA about 34 billion Tanzania s
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Iraq
By Gabriel Gatehouse
The city of Najaf in Iraq is thriving as a religious tourist destination for Shia Muslims, with thousands of Iranians making a weekly pilgrimage to the sacred Imam Ali shrine.
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France
By Rick Steves
France is spiffing up its sights and museums from the Rhine to the Pyrenees. Of course, the biggest news is in Paris, where 2010 brings important changes.
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Executive talk with Purnomo Siswoprasetjo
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
They are some of the best-known icons of Indonesia’s tourism.
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Yemen
By Ulf Laessing
TARIM, Yemen - Workers fix potholes, paint mosques and refurbish historic buildings in this sleepy city in Yemen's vast Hadramaut region, where authorities are seeking to lure back tourists scared awa
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Irish Tourism
Ireland needs to work harder on attracting tourists.
That's the sobering news from Ireland's Central Statistics Office which says tourism numbers are down by a whopping 911,500 people.
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Tourists Spent $6.2 Billion In New Zealand
By Tamsyn Parker
The amount of money spent by international visitors hit a record high of $6.2 billion last year, despite fallout from the global financial crisis.
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South Africa's Tourism
The South African Tourism Department is bullish that by the year 2012 number of tourists from India will double to 100,000.
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Mauritius Tourism
PORT LOUIS - Mauritius expects its its tourism industry to recover this year on the back of higher visitor numbers after the island, one of Africa's best tourism performers, has weathered the crisis b
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Bolsa Internacional de Turismo BIT 2010 Milan
A recent study by the Cámara Nacional de Turismo (Canatur) shows that Costa Rica is losing attractiveness for Italian tourists over the last decade.
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Mexican Tourism
Mexico's revenue from foreign tourism dropped 15 percent in 2009 amid the global economic downturn and the swine flu epidemic.
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VisitScotland's Drive it Home
A campaign to entice golfers to Scotland from across the world has been launched by the country's tourism body.
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Considering Cap On Tourist Arrivals
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
While in the Seychelles recently it emerged in discussions with leading stakeholders and tourism planners that the island is considering a cap on tourism arrivals, probably by 2017 or slightly later,
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Positive Indicators
By Robert Kelly, eTN
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is forecasting a rebound in visitor arrivals in 2010 with moderate growth expected for the region on the heels of positive indicators from the fourth quarter o
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