Tag: plea
Sri Lanka still safe for tourists? Heartfelt plea by Jetwing Hotels Chairman Shiromal Cooray
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 25, 2019Sri Lanka Tourism is actually open for business: There is no threat to the overall safety of visitors. This is ... Read More
eTN becomes a SUNx SDG 17 Partner calling for Climate Sanity in Tourism on Earth Day
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 23, 2019In nature, nothing exists alone is the message for Earth Day 2019. Announcing the public launch of its “SDG17 Partners Program” ... Read More
In Amsterdam, tourism growth is not the enemy, bad management is
editor- February 1, 2019As former Secretary General of the UNWTO, the specialized agency of the UN mandated with promoting healthy and sustainable tourism, ... Read More
“Tour operator” fleeces US tourists of $20K, arrested by Uganda’s Tourism Police
Chief Assignment Editor- January 26, 2019Tourism Police on the morning of Friday, January 25, arrested a quack tour operator who had fleeced a family of ... Read More
US Tourism industry presses for shutdown to government shutdown
editor- January 17, 2019Group tour and travel associations from the US Tourism industry came together to urge Congress and the Administration to end ... Read More
Young Balule Elephant shot 13 times before horrified visitors
editor- December 5, 2018Just as the furore about the trophy hunting of the pride male named Skye began abating, another incident has highlighted ... Read More
Avoiding dangerous vacations 2018
Hon. Thomas A. Dickerson- September 19, 2018This is the sixth year that we have posted dangerous vacations destination information collected from news articles and reported law ... Read More
National Safety Council: American children dying while parents get away with it
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 6, 2018These parents are not terrorists, nor are they criminals, but they get away with killing their children. In the United ... Read More
Former Maldives president urges tourists to be more politically aware
editor- October 23, 2012Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives, has called on tourists visiting the Indian Ocean island nation to "be ... Read More
Cruise line pleads guilty in deadly blast
editor- May 4, 2008Five years after the deadliest cruise industry accident in more than a decade, Norwegian Cruise Line has agreed to plead ... Read More