Biggest-ever Irish tourism initiative unveiled

Biggest-ever Irish tourism initiative unveiled Irish Examiner Irish people around the globe are being invited to come home in 2013 as part of the country's biggest ever tourism drive, the Government claims. Tourism minister Leo Varadkar said the initiative, billed The Gathering, aims to bring at least an extra ...

Canadian Tourism Commission's "Keep Exploring" Wins Gold at the Inaugural ... MarketWatch (press release) TORONTO and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- DDB Canada's "Keep Exploring" campaign for the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) won gold in the Transmedia category at Tuesday night's AToMiC Awards. ...

Law-makers get nod to debate bill on resort casinos The Edge Malaysia Legislation that may bring three resort casinos to South Florida's Miami-Dade and Broward counties cleared one hurdle on Thursday, Oct 6 after an appeals court said law-makers can decide to expand gambling without first seeking voters' approval, ...

Wooing the Bric tourist | beyondbrics | News and views on emerging ... By David Keohane Bric tourists aren't afraid to spend and they could be doubling the amount they pour into the UK to some £1.8bn by 2015 if VisitBritain, the UK's national tourism agency, has its way. The Brics' growing middle classes spend twice as much on ... beyondbrics

TAT Wins “Best National Tourism Organisation” at TTG Travel ... By Richard Barrow The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has been voted by readers of the TTG Asia Media Group of travel trade publications as the Best National Tourism O... Thai Travel News

Asian demand for Australian tourist visas on the rise "The tourism industry is expanding beyond traditional markets to include new ones in Asia, which continue to grow strongly," Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson said yesterday in a joint statement with the Minister Assisting on Tourism Nick ... Australian Visa Bureau News

Japanified burgers on the tourism menu | Japan Pulse By Felicity Hughes Would you go travel hundreds of kilometers just to get a bite of an unusual burger? According to Tokyo Walker, the residents of Kuroshio in Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku, are hoping foodies from around Japan will be induced to do just that. ... Japan Pulse

Inclusive Tourism Is Promoted in Barbados - Rolling Rains Report By Scott Rains Inclusive Tourism Is Promoted in Barbados. By Scott Rains on October 7, 2011 4:30 AM. From Mena.com: There are 650 million tourists with disabilities in the world and a significant number of those want to see the world, the Caribbean ... Rolling Rains Report

Tourism | LIFT | The Phnom Penh Post - Cambodia's Newspaper of ... Tourism not only draws tourists, however; it also attracts a lot of teenagers who are ... On this theme, one of our reporters found a resort that just has opened (11). ... www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/.../LIFT/tourism.html

Seoul, NYC form partnership to boost tourism - Travel - News ... Seeing potential in attracting more travelers from Asia, the city's tourism agency announced a partnership Monday with the government of the South Korean ... www.msnbc.msn.com/.../seoul-nyc-form-partnership-boost-to...

Snow flurries on Saturn's moon would make a perfect ski resort in ... Mapping by Dr Paul Schenk of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, has revealed the surface of Enceladus is covered in superfine ice crystals. www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Snow-flurries-Saturns-moon-make-pe... Passport applicants stage protest The Hindu Utter chaos prevailed at the old Passport Office on Wednesday morning as hundreds of applicants held up the traffic on New Colony Main Road in protest against the undue delay in the issue of passports. They burnt old tyres and raised slogans against ... Sierra Leone Tourism from an American's Perspective Awareness Times A comment on tourism, and tourist visas (my parents operated a successful Travel Agency for about 25 years). From an American point of view, it is reasonable for a country to charge Americans the same amount of money that the United States charges ... Canadian Tourism Commission launches Culinary Journalism Award Sacramento Bee By Canadian Tourism Commission VANCOUVER, Oct. 7, 2011 -- Canadian Tourism Commission and Food Day Canada have combined forces to offer the first ever Culinary Journalism Award VANCOUVER, Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - The Canadian Tourism Commission ... H.K.'s Tien Says Golden Week Tourism May Beat Forecast Washington Post Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- James Tien, chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, talks about mainlandtourist arrivals during China's weeklong National Day holiday. Tien speaks with Susan Li on Bloomberg Television's "First Up." (Source: Bloomberg) ... Philippine 'sex tourism' bared on leaked US cables ABS CBN News by Jojo Malig, abs-cbnNEWS.com MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Several US diplomatic cables published by antisecrecy group WikiLeaks have discussed the flourishing sex tourism and flesh trade industry in the Philippines. This, even before the ruckus ...

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