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Egypt aims to attract more tourists from India

Indian Tourism To Egypt

Egypt aims to attract more tourists from India

MUMBAI - Aiming to touch 100,000-plus arrivals from India in 2010 and increasing it to one million by 2015, Egypt ended a two-day road show for tour operators in India , an official said on ...

Singapore tourist numbers up 18 per cent

Singapore arrivals shot up in August

Singapore tourist numbers up 18 per cent

Singapore arrival numbers soared by 18% in August, reaching 996,000, drawn by the two integrated resorts and inaugural Youth Olympic Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

Fewer tourists than expected may come to Delhi

New Delhi - Until two months ago, India's tourism ministry was confident that 100,000 foreign tourists would visit the national capital during the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.

TripAdvisor breaks 40 million unique monthly visitors barrier

TripAdvisor Traffic Up 60 Percent

TripAdvisor breaks 40 million unique monthly visitors barrier

TripAdvisor(R)celebrates becoming the first travel brand to have more than 40 million unique visitors in one month.

Argentina tourism to grow by 10% annually until 2020

Argentina Tourism Booming

Argentina tourism to grow by 10% annually until 2020

LONDON - During the official launch of the Argentina government plan to promote inward investment in the tourism industry, the Minister of Tourism Enrique Meyer announced that British Airways will ...

Arzoo.com launches a know it all website for Commonwealth Games visitors in India

Website To Help International Visitors With Information And Discounts

Arzoo.com launches a know it all website for Commonwealth Games visitors in India

MUMBAI, India - Arzoo.com, one of India's leading online travel portals, is launching a dedicated website for the convenience of tourists and visitors of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, which ...

21st edition of Seychelles in Your Pocket guide book is released

Useful For Visitors And Worth Collecting

21st edition of Seychelles in Your Pocket guide book is released

The 21st edition of the guide book “Seychelles in your pocket” was published recently.

Lake Chala in Tanzania a hidden gem for visitors

Safari Camp

Lake Chala in Tanzania a hidden gem for visitors

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN

(eTN) - As of now, only the chosen few in the know are aware of the unique attraction the Lake Chala area holds for visitors, where the green caldera lake and the surrounding wilderness area just ...

British tourist industry courts new markets

UK Tourism

British tourist industry courts new markets

The number of tourists visiting the UK from emerging nations such as Brazil, Russia, India and China is set to rise sharply, a report by VisitBritain says.

Vatican Apostolic Library reopens to scholars

Vatican

Vatican Apostolic Library reopens to scholars

By NICOLE WINFIELD

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican's Apostolic Library is reopening to scholars following a three-year, euro9-million ($11.5- million) renovation to install climate-controlled rooms for its precious ...

8 million Chinese tourists visited Hong Kong Disneyland in 5 years

Hong Kong Disneyland

8 million Chinese tourists visited Hong Kong Disneyland in 5 years

HONG KONG - Hong Kong Disneyland celebrated the fifth anniversary of its operation on Sunday, with Managing Director Andrew Kam saying it had received up to 8 million Chinese mainland tourists in ...

Tourism news: D.C. tourist numbers up but stays are shorter

D.C. Area Tourism

Tourism news: D.C. tourist numbers up but stays are shorter

By Jeff Clabaugh

More tourists have been visiting the Washington area this summer, but they’re cutting their stays short, according to the Federal Reserve’s monthly Beige Book report.

Nebraska tourism launches web pages in Spanish, French and German

Nebraska Tourism

Nebraska tourism launches web pages in Spanish, French and German

LINCOLN, Neb. - State officials want foreign tourists to know there's more to Nebraska than fields of corn and soybeans along Interstate 80.

US Electronic System for Travel Authorization fee kicks in Wednesday

Travel To US

US Electronic System for Travel Authorization fee kicks in Wednesday

By Marnie Hunter

Planning a trip to the United States? Tuesday is the last day for citizens of some countries to dodge a new travel fee.

Cruise ship industry - economic boon or unwelcome invasion?

Charleston devided over cruise ship industry

Cruise ship industry - economic boon or unwelcome invasion?

By Glenn Smith

To the owners of Hall's Chophouse, a cruise ship pulling into port signals the sound of cash registers ringing.

Universal, Disney report multiple visitor injuries

Amusement park accidents

Universal, Disney report multiple visitor injuries

By Jason Garcia and Sara K. Clarke

Two of Orlando's newest roller coasters recorded multiple rider injuries during the second quarter of the year, according to updated filings from Florida's big theme parks.

Maple syrup, tourists and terrorism

Terrorism concerns halt maple syrup factory tours

Maple syrup, tourists and terrorism

Terrorism concerns are keeping tourists off the factory floor at one of the nation's largest maple production facilities in northeastern Vermont.

"Harry Potter" London studio to be turned into a theme park

Leavesden Studio to become tourist attraction

"Harry Potter" London studio to be turned into a theme park

"Harry Potter" star Rupert Grint has confirmed the London studio where the film magic was created is to be turned into a "Potter" tourist attraction.

Tanzania targets $1.7B in tourism revenue

Tanzania expects to receive 1M tourists by 2011

Tanzania targets $1.7B in tourism revenue

By Ally Hamisi

Dar Es Salaam — Tanzania forecasts it will receive one million tourists by next year (2011) and generate about US$1.7 billion if all strategies to attract tourists succeed as planned.

Japan, China and South Korea agree to 26 million visitors by 2015

Tourism Chiefs Seek To Double Numbers

Japan, China and South Korea agree to 26 million visitors by 2015

In a joint statement made by the tourism chiefs of Japan, China, and South Korea from their trilateral meeting in China on Sunday, it was agreed that they would try to double 2009 ...

Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Mount Yasur volcano

Mount Yasur volcano

Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Mount Yasur volcano

By Madeleine Coorey

MOUNT YASUR, Vanuatu — As the Mount Yasur volcano cracks like thunder, spewing molten rock and billowing clouds of ash, it sends a warm rush of air to tourists watching from its rim.

Tourists seek more "authentic" experience in Berlin

Real Berlin On The Bridge

Tourists seek more "authentic" experience in Berlin

By Eric Westervelt

Berlin is now one of Europe's most popular urban tourist destinations, but the thousands of young travelers visiting the German capital are looking for more "authentic" experiences beyond the ...

First official Chinese leisure tourists arrive to Canada

Chinese Tourism To Canada

First official Chinese leisure tourists arrive to Canada

Canada has welcomed its first official leisure tourists from China this week, after Asia's economic powerhouse granted approved destination status to Canada earlier this summer.

3.3 million tourists visit Tibet this year

Tibet Tourism Increases

3.3 million tourists visit Tibet this year

LHASA - Tibet received 3.3 million domestic and overseas tourists this year to July, 21.9 percent more than a year earlier, a local tourism official said Wednesday.

South Korea goes after Chinese tourists

Visit Korea Year

South Korea goes after Chinese tourists

By Lim Yun Suk

SEOUL - The South Korean government has designated 2010 to 2012 as "Visit Korea Year".

Cash-rich Chinese go on shopping spree in Japan

Chinese Tourism To Japan

Cash-rich Chinese go on shopping spree in Japan

By Martin Foster

The Japanese are feeling the impact of China's emergence as an economic superpower in many different ways.

New agreement between Jetstar and Tourism Western Australia to boost visitors to Perth

Expanding Air Services

New agreement between Jetstar and Tourism Western Australia to boost visitors to Perth

A new agreement between Tourism Western Australia (WA) and Jetstar is set to increase visitor numbers to Perth from the east coast.

Bomb threat causes Lourdes shrine evacuation

bomb threat at Lourdes

Bomb threat causes Lourdes shrine evacuation

By CECILE BRISSON

PARIS – Thousands of people, many disabled or ailing, were evacuated from the shrine at Lourdes in southern France after a bomb threat on the Catholic holy day of Assumption.

Disney goes to the dogs

Best Friends Pet Resort

Disney goes to the dogs

Pluto never had it so good: The next major attraction to open at Walt Disney World won't be for the kids — it will be for the dogs.

Southern Taiwan wants more Chinese tourists

China-Taiwan Tourism

Southern Taiwan wants more Chinese tourists

Kaohsiung - Representatives of the tourism industry in Kaohsiung and Pingtung are scheduled to meet with a top tourism official from China Monday as part of efforts to attract more Chinese ...

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