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Nepal tourist arrivals up by 26 percent

Nepal Tourism Year 2011

Nepal tourist arrivals up by 26 percent

Nepal welcomed 32,914 tourists in the first month of 2011, a gain of 26.2 percent compared to the same period last year.

Turkish tourism to benefit from Mideast turmoil

Turkish Tourism

Turkish tourism to benefit from Mideast turmoil

The recent outbreak of severe political turmoil and civilian clashes in Mediterranean countries like Tunisia and Egypt is expected to redirect large numbers of European tourists to Turkey for the ...

2010 was a golden year for Myanmar tourism

Myanmar Tourism

2010 was a golden year for Myanmar tourism

YANGON, Myanmar — By Myanmar standards, 2010 was a golden year for tourism.

India aims to become golf tourism destination

Golf Tourism To India

India aims to become golf tourism destination

India’s tourism ministry is making efforts to position India as a golfing destination, Minister of Culture Kumari Selja said on Friday at a workshop in New Delhi.

Weak Hong Kong dollar boosts tourist numbers

Hong Kong Tourism Up On Weak HK Dollar

Weak Hong Kong dollar boosts tourist numbers

The weaker Hong Kong dollar encouraged more visitors from the mainland and other Asian markets last year, Tourism Board chairman James Tien Pei- chun said yesterday.

Jamaica sets ambitious goal of reaching 5 million visitors

jamaican Tourism

Jamaica sets ambitious goal of reaching 5 million visitors

Jamaica's tourism trade appears to have weathered the global recession relatively easily.

Tibet expects 15 million visitors per year

Tibet Tourism To Grow Rapidly

Tibet expects 15 million visitors per year

The annual number of tourists visiting the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) by the year 2015 will be more than five times the region’s current official population of less than three million, ...

Sri Lanka expects 4 million tourists in 2012

Sri Lankan Tourism

Sri Lanka expects 4 million tourists in 2012

About 4 million tourists would visit Sri Lanka next year, a top tourism official said yesterday.

Phuket International Boat Show delivers the goods

Phuket International Boat Show

Phuket International Boat Show delivers the goods

PHUKET, Thailand - Phuket is in celebratory mood as the eighth Phuket International Boat Show (PIMEX) comes to an end and delivers the goods.

New visa rules irk Sri Lanka tourism

Sri Lanka new visa rules

New visa rules irk Sri Lanka tourism

Sri Lanka's tourist industry wants the government to postpone a new rule to charge for visas, scrapping on-arrival visas, saying it could deter visitors whose numbers boomed after the end of a ...

Venice to introduce tourist ticket

Venice Visitors To Be Taxed

Venice to introduce tourist ticket

Venice mayor said that it is time for the city to introduce a "tourist ticket" for its roughly 20 million visitors a year in order to help the historic island city's finances.

Dubai cruise tourism to grow 58.3 percent by 2015

Dubai cruise tourism

Dubai cruise tourism to grow 58.3 percent by 2015

Dubai, UAE - Dubai's marine tourism will see 58.3 per cent growth by 2015 as an increasing number of cruise lines are attracted to the region, officials said.

Taiwan to allow more Chinese tourists each day

Taiwan Bumps Up Number Of Daily Chinese Tourists to 4000

Taiwan to allow more Chinese tourists each day

Taipei - Beginning on January 1, 2011, the number of Chinese tourists allowed to enter Taiwan each day will increase by 1,000 to 4,000, according to an agreement reached between the two sides ...

Abu Dhabi becoming one of most retail-concentrated cities in the world

Abu Dhabi Becoming Top Retail City

Abu Dhabi becoming one of most retail-concentrated cities in the world

DUBAI, U.A.E.

Metropolitan Museum exhibitions generate $784 Million for NYC

Met Expos Bring $784 Million In Tax Revenue For New York City

Metropolitan Museum exhibitions generate $784 Million for NYC

New York, NY - The Metropolitan Museum’s concurrent presentation of three acclaimed and widely attended special exhibitions over the summer 2010 season—Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of ...

Japan Tourism Report 2011 released

Japan Tourism

Japan Tourism Report 2011 released

DUBLIN - "Japan Tourism Report 2011" report has been released.

Israel expects 90,000 Christmas tourists

Christmas Tourism To Israel

Israel expects 90,000 Christmas tourists

The Tourism Ministry is preparing for the expected arrival in Israel of 90,000 tourists over the Christmas period (which is celebrated over a two week period by the different churches) - about one ...

Cancun Underwater Museum opens its doors

Cancun Underwater Museum

Cancun Underwater Museum opens its doors

The Cancun Underwater Museum officially opened its doors, completing the exhibition titled “The Silent Evolution” by artist Jason deCaires Taylor.

Empire State Building launches newly designed web site

Empire State Building

Empire State Building launches newly designed web site

NEW YORK - Today, the Empire State Building announced the launch of its newly designed Web site, www.esbnyc.com.

Prince Edward Island named Undiscovered Golf Destination of 2011

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island named Undiscovered Golf Destination of 2011

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, Canada - Prince Edward Island (PEI) is known for a lot of things; the home of Anne of Green Gables, the best mussels on the continent, world famous Malpeque oysters, the 2nd ...

Tourism Fiji launches new Romance Me website

Tourism Fiji

Tourism Fiji launches new Romance Me website

Further positioning Fiji as one of the world’s premier destinations for the international wedding, honeymoon and romantic travel sector Tourism Fiji has this week launched its new look ...

NYC & Company launches Get More NYC holiday campaign

Get More NYC Campaign

NYC & Company launches Get More NYC holiday campaign

NEW YORK - NYC & Company, the City's official marketing, tourism and partnership organization in partnership with American Express today launched the Get More NYC holiday campaign.

Japan tourists welcomed with bra

Welcome To Japan Bra

Japan tourists welcomed with bra

TOKYO — A truly intimate welcome for visitors – a "Welcome to Japan" bra, complete with greetings in three different languages, has been unveiled by Triumph lingerie maker

Taiwan expects 5.4 Million visitors in 2010

Taiwanese Tourism

Taiwan expects 5.4 Million visitors in 2010

According to the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the number of tourists visiting Taiwan is expected to reach a record 5.4 million this year, which represents ...

Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art launches monthly event

Art & Wine: A Perfect Pairing

Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art launches monthly event

LAS VEGAS - Wine pairings are not just for food anymore. Do you love art? Fine wine?

Largest Canadian theme waterpark is growing

Calypso Theme Waterpark

Largest Canadian theme waterpark is growing

Limoges - Calypso Theme Waterpark announced today that its guests will get to enjoy a brand new aquatic complex featuring 10 new waterslides for the 2011 summer season.

Free holiday fun in Philly

Holiday Season In Philadelphia

Free holiday fun in Philly

PHILADELPHIA - In Philadelphia and The Countryside®, families partake in festive and free traditions to make happy holiday memories.

Hong Kong tourist traps - good, bad and other

Hong Kong Tourism

Hong Kong tourist traps - good, bad and other

By Christopher DeWolf

We’ve all been there, squeezing through crowds to see something every guidebook says we're supposed to see.

We arrive to find an expensive and underwhelming downer.

It’s a ...

Denver offers free admission to 18 museums

Denver Night at the Museums

Denver offers free admission to 18 museums

DENVER - Denver's borrowing an idea from Paris to turn 18 of the city's museums into a great Saturday family night during the fourth annual Denver Arts Week (Nov. 5-13, 2010).

Top ten European cemeteries according to traveler popularity

Cemetery Attractions In Europe

Top ten European cemeteries according to traveler popularity

LONDON - Top 10 cemetery attractions in Europe, according to traveler popularity:

1) American cemetery, Colleville-sur-mere, France

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