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Saint Lucia poised for a strong 2011

Saint Lucia Tourist Board announces major on-island developments

Saint Lucia poised for a strong 2011

Saint Lucia – With 2011 arrivals for April showing a 12.4% increase over April 2010, the Saint Lucia Tourist Board announces major on-island developments including multi-million dollar hotel ...

Thousands gather in NYC to celebrate Caribbean heritage

Caribbean Travel and Cultural Fair

Thousands gather in NYC to celebrate Caribbean heritage

NEW YORK - The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will host its annual Caribbean Travel and Cultural Fair on Wednesday, June 8th at Grand Central Terminal as part of Caribbean Week.

The new face of Australian tourism is from Beijing

Chinese Tourism To Australia

The new face of Australian tourism is from Beijing

The new face of Australian tourism is from Beijing not Birmingham and prefers designer handbags to well-worn rucksacks.

NSB: Chinese spies come to Taiwan disguised as tourists

Chinese Tourism To Taiwan

NSB: Chinese spies come to Taiwan disguised as tourists

Taiwan's top intelligence agency yesterday confirmed that it has frequently spotted Chinese intelligence agents attempting to enter the country under the guise of visiting tourists or scholars to ...

New York and Orlando squabble over tourist numbers

Brawl Over US Tourism Crown

New York and Orlando squabble over tourist numbers

Figures released this week suggested that Orlando, home to the Disney World resort, had reasserted itself over New York, receiving 51.5 million visits last year compared to its rival's 48.7 ...

Orlando Becomes 1st US Destination to Top 50 Million Visitors

Orlando draws record breaking 51.455 million visitors in 2010

ORLANDO, Fla. - In simultaneous bi-coastal events, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs along with City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer in Orlando, Fla.

7 Pharaonic tombs open to visitors in Egypt

Egypt Opens Pharaonic Tombs

7 Pharaonic tombs open to visitors in Egypt

Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities on Monday announced the opening of Pharaonic tombs to tourists after restorations had been completed.

All eyes on Titanic Museum Attractions as the 100th year approaches

Titanic Museum Attractions Gives Away Trips to Belfast, Ireland

All eyes on Titanic Museum Attractions as the 100th year approaches

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. and BRANSON, Mo. – In May 1911, the RMS Titanic slid down Slipway No.

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 beckon, and tourists are once again flocking to Kashmir.

Dubai tourism boom boosts private jet business

Demand for charter flights to and from the UAE grows

Dubai tourism boom boosts private jet business

Private Jet Charter, independent private jet charter brokers and consultants, has said that private aviation business is witnessing higher growth in UAE in general and Dubai in particular, driven ...

Egypt's tourism takes a dive

Egypt's Tourist Numbers Tank

Egypt's tourism takes a dive

The number of tourists arriving in Egypt fell by 45.7 percent to nearly 1.9 million between January and March of this year, according to a government report issued by the Central Agency for Public ...

Christchurch is open for business

Visitors being summoned back to Christchurch

Christchurch is open for business

Tourists are being summoned back to Christchurch as earthquake recovery workers leave and accommodation becomes available.

PATA: Asia Pacific arrival numbers  increase

Asia Pacific Tourism

PATA: Asia Pacific arrival numbers increase

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has released preliminary figures for international visitor arrivals into Asia and the Pacific for the first quarter of 2011 showing a year-on-year ...

Chinese tourists returning to Japan

Chinese Tourism To Japan

Chinese tourists returning to Japan

There is, finally, some good news this week for the Japanese tourism industry as the first large group of Chinese tourists prepares to visit the country after the devastating earthquake and ...

10 tourism issues need to be addressed in the Greater Mekong Region

Greater Mekong Region Tourism

10 tourism issues need to be addressed in the Greater Mekong Region

BANGKOK, Thailand – Ahead of the Mekong Tourism Forum on 27-28 May 2011 in Laos, Khiri Travel asked its country managers in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam to identify the unnecessary ...

Weeks after quake Japan's tourism still on its knees

Number of foreign travelers to Japan plummets

Weeks after quake Japan's tourism still on its knees

In the cavernous lobby of the Tokyu Hotel in Tokyo, executives sip $14 coffees, crisply dressed waiters hover with English-language menus and bilingual reception clerks wait patiently for incoming ...

New Pirates of the Caribbean filmed in Puerto Rico to encourage tourism

Puerto Rico's Tourism To Get Boost From New Movie

New Pirates of the Caribbean filmed in Puerto Rico to encourage tourism

Puerto Rico has recently become one of the hot filming locations for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film, On Stranger Tides, released in UK cinemas today.

Cayman's tourism can raise its game by taking care of small things

Island could do more to enhance visitor experience

Cayman's tourism can raise its game by taking care of small things

Cayman’s tourist industry can raise its game by taking care of the small things, according to the boss of a transportation company.

North Africa struggles to win back tourists

North Africa's Tourism Recovery

North Africa struggles to win back tourists

Tour operators have reduced the cost of packages to Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco in response to declining visitor numbers.

Goa set to launch helicopter tourism

Helicopter tourism in Goa

Goa set to launch helicopter tourism

PANAJI - A helipad alongside Panaji's Mandovi bridge and five more across the state, including at Colva and Old Goa, are set to launch helicopter tourism in Goa.Tourism director Swapnil Naik said ...

Tourism To Japan

Tour operators eager to resume outbound activities to Japan

Figures on tourist arrivals early this year by the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) had never been more positive or filled with potential.

Philippines turning nuclear power plant into tourist site

Bataan Nuclear Power plant to become tourist trap

Philippines turning nuclear power plant into tourist site

Philippine tourism officials are turning an unused nuclear power plant into a tourist attraction, the Philippine Star reports.

Beverly Hills Visitors Bureau tourism unveils new website

Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau

Beverly Hills Visitors Bureau tourism unveils new website

Beverly Hills, Calif. – Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau today announced the launch of a new website,

Hoards of tourists threaten Machu Picchu's very survival

Machu Picchu: From lost city to tourist trap in 100 years

Hoards of tourists threaten Machu Picchu's very survival

As Hiram Bingham hacked his way through remote Andean cloudforests in search of a lost Inca citadel in 1911, little could the American adventurer have known of the tourism juggernaut that his ...

Report: Religious tourism to bring 15 million visitors to Saudi Arabia

Saudi Religious Tourism

Report: Religious tourism to bring 15 million visitors to Saudi Arabia

The religious tourism sector in Saudi Arabia, which generated more than $7 billion in 2009 and registered 12 million visitors to pilgrimage sites, will attract 15 million visitors in 2013, said a ...

251 climbers to attempt Mt. Everest this spring

2011 spring mountaineering season opens in Nepal

251 climbers to attempt Mt. Everest this spring

KATHMANDU, Nepal - The spring 2011 mountaineering season has begun, and 26 expeditions consisting of 251 climbers have already headed towards Mt.

Italy, meet New York; New York, meet Italy

Authentic Italian Food Experience in SoHo

Italy, meet New York; New York, meet Italy

NEW YORK - Barilla, one of Italy's top food companies, is bringing the authentic Italian lifestyle to New York City throughout the spring and summer with a series of events in support of "a festa ...

Archaeological sites in Egypt to open soon

Promoting tourism in Egypt

Archaeological sites in Egypt to open soon

During his meeting with Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, Zahi Hawass, Minister of State for Antiquities, reviewed the Ministry’s work for the coming weeks.

Holiday Tourism To Israel

Israel expects 250,000 visitors for Passover, Holy Week

Jerusalem, April 15 - Israel’s tourism is holding steady for the upcoming Passover and Easter holidays despite the turmoil in neighboring countries and recent terrorist and rocket attacks.

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