Saturday, November 19, 2011

Ever-resilient Thai tourism may bounce back after floods

Ever-resilient Thai tourism may bounce back after floods
Reuters
Domestic tourism, largely supported by high-spending Bangkok residents, may fare worse, however. "Thai tourist numbers have gone down 90 percent," said Maiyarat Pheerayakoses, president of the Association of Domestic Travel. ...
Ski Resort Review: Telluride in Colorado
Yahoo! Sports
Leave the turkey at home this year, and get your ski season started at Telluride Ski Resort. With more than 2000 ski-able acres nestled in the stunning San Juan Mountains, this resort offers a lot of wide open space for your first day on the slopes. ...
Bollywood builds bridge to tourism targets
Sydney Morning Herald
Salaam Namaste is just one of many Indian movies and television programs filmed in Australia with support from Tourism Australia. TODAY, 23 million people will watch a Bollywood film in India and many of them will want to go to the places they have ...
What's a resort in the Caribbean the whole family will love?
Globe and Mail
The Question: Can you recommend an all-inclusive family resort in the Caribbean that would make everyone happy? We're looking for something suitable for kids that also has a good beach and pool, tasty food and isn't too expensive. ...
Tourism talk shaded by 'tea tape' sideshow
Otago Daily Times
During his brief visit to the resort to speak about the tourism sector, Mr Key paid a visit and expressed interest in having a go on a flying fox at the top of the Skyline gondola, but said he was "under strict instruction not to". ...
Development of Cultural Tourism in Botswana
Mmegi Online
These trails have been developed around significant landmarks of the country and aim to provide linkages of outstanding heritage sites with traditional tourist destinations. The Southern Region Heritage Trail discussed last week forms part of the ...
Interstate regional tourism conference inaugurated
MorungExpress
Shillong, November 18 (NNN): Union Minister for Tourism, Subodh Kant Sahay today inaugurated the 2nd Interstate Regional Conference of Tourism Ministers of Eastern and North Eastern States at Hotel Pinewood in Shillong. In his inaugural speech, ...
tourism leaders mark progress
TheNewsTribune.com
“We need everyone to know that tourism matters. It's not just business people – it's everybody, people who invite people to visit, people with ideas about tourism.” • Trends: Blunt outlined China as one of the trends for international travel. ...
Obee: A passport, a pod and a lesson in customer service from Air Canada
Calgary Herald
By Dave Obee, Calgary Herald November 18, 2011 The good people who work for Air Canada in Calgary are probably still talking about the idiot who managed to lose his passport while belted into his seat. In my defence, however, it was in my pocket when I ...
Grenada Coyaba Beach Resort in the Caribbean Introduces 2011 Holiday Menus
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Coyaba Beach Resort Grenada offers special Christmas and New Year's Eve menus for locals and guests of Caribbean resort. Coyaba Beach Resort in the Caribbean has unveiled plans for the 2011 holiday season with the introduction of the Grenada resorts ...
Haiti targets tourism as growth area
Montreal Gazette
By RENÉ BRUEMMER, The Gazette November 18, 2011 Haiti is busy rebuilding damaged structures and putting up new ones to accommodate what it hopes will be a strong resurgence in its once-thriving tourist industry. Resurrecting tourism in a country best ...
Thailand Healthcare: Medical tourism in Bangkok and Phuket
Technorati
Walk into Bumrungrad or Bangkok-Phuket Hospital and you could believe you've entered a five-starresort. The reception lobbies are spacious, with café areas and restaurants and the smell of freshly brewed coffee not disinfectant. ...
Mice tourism to boost hospitality sector
Business Standard
Chandigarh often is believed to be a transit-tourist destination and a gateway for Punjab , Himachal , Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand. Hoteliers believe MICE segment would help Chandigarh emerge as a 'tourist destination'. Commenting on the business ...
I would bet on tourism
Philippine Star
There is even an existing airstrip there already, so it's ready for tourist invasion via small private planes. In 2-3 years time, watch how these two islands in Cebu will overtake many of the more popular ones now. Which brings me to notice the perfect ...
Sen. Klobuchar holds hearing on strengthening local economics through tourism
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
Losing one percentage point of the total world international travel market potentially costs the United States 161000 jobs. A growing problem for US tourism is the extraordinarily long time foreign visitors have to wait to receive a US tourist visa. ...
Government vows to help tourism sector
Himalayan Times
KATHMANDU: Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Lokendra Bista Magar promised to address the bottlenecks of tourism sector on the celebration of thirteen years of Nepal Tourism Board's (NTB) today. “The government is fully committed to help this ...
Himachal Pradesh gets three national tourism awards
Orissadiary.com
He said that Government had decided to make mandatory one tenure for young officers in the tourism department at various levels to enable them understand the working of the Tourism organization. He said that Himachal was emerging as a leading Tourist ...
Tourist loses toe as thousands of flesh-eating piranhas infest popular ...
Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter Thousands of flesh-eating piranhas have infested a Brazilian river beach popular with tourists, biting at least 15 unwary swimmers. One of the bathers lost the tip of their toe during a frenzied attack. ...
Taiwanese EU tourism surges almost 50 percent
Taipei Times
The surge was mainly a result of simplified travel procedures following the introduction of the visa-waiver program, which started in January, allowing Taiwanese passport holders to enter 35 European countries visa-free for stays of up to 90 days ...
Tourism will fast track recovery : TTRweekly
By Paphada Apimonton
On the sidelines of the Tourism Authority of Thailand flood briefing, Wednesday, TCT vice president, Pornthip Hirunkate said she was confident that tourism could earn the kind of revenue to fast track economic recovery. “Thailand will need at least Bt8 billion to ... if the capital remained flooded in December. According to the data provided by the Department of Tourism for the first 10 months of this year, Thailand welcomed 15799037 tourist arrivals, up 25.01% from 12637793 last year. ...
TTRweekly
Market Manila - Hello… Department of Tourism Folks, WHERE ARE ...
By Marketman
After, I first wrote this post, regarding the possible plagiarism of a marketmanila post, I wrote Secretary Jimenez and several undersecretaries at the Department of Tourism. ... Secretary Jimenez is reported as thinking the key to increasing tourist arrivals and “changing the game” is simply to use the social networking sites and the fabulously warm and generous Filipino demeanor, spirit and hospitality (yup, let's not highlight inadequate infrastructure, high hotel rates, lack of rooms in the ...
Market Manila
Integrated tourism circuits to be developed in PPP mode | Firstpost
The Union Tourism Ministry intends to develop 35 integrated circuits in public private partnership in all states, 20 tourism parks and 70 rural tourism clusters during the 12th Plan. ... Addressing the Second Inter State Regional Conference of the Tourism Ministers of Eastern and North Eastern States here, Sahai said a mission has been launched for improvement of the tourism sector by targeting to achieve an annual growth of 12.38 percent in foreign tourist arrivals. A pedestrian walks...
Firstpost
Ongoing search for tourist missing off Oahu beach | The Associated ...
By The Associated Press
The search continues for a tourist who is believed to have gone missing after surfing off Oahu's North Shore.
Examiner AP RSS
Thailand Healthcare: Medical tourism in Bangkok and Phuket
By RebeccaJK
And a report published by Marketsmonitor.com (Asian Medical Tourism Analysis 2008-2012) shows that revenue from the medical tourism industry is growing at a double digit rate. Already thousands of private individuals and insurance companies are opting to have treatment in ... Walk into Bumrungrad or Bangkok-Phuket Hospital and you could believe you've entered a five-star resort. The reception lobbies are spacious, with café areas and restaurants and the smell of freshly ...
Phuket Ocean Villas
Google Voice Search for Tourism Australia | The Inspiration Room
By Duncan
Google Voice Search has partnered with Tourism Australia to launch a YouTube channel featuring videos testing their technology in extreme acoustic environments around Australia. They have conducted two experiments in remote locations, ...
The Inspiration Room
Africa: Forum Stresses Sustainable Tourism at World Travel Market ...
By matt
He added: The pillars of sustainable tourism call for maximising economic benefits while safeguarding the environment, and attaining social justice while preserving local cultural values. The Deputy Secretary-General explained that for a ...
Renewable Energy News, Green...
VIDEO: CNMI Report: Female Tourist Dragged by Car in Brazen ...
By PNC Saipan Correspondent Mark Rabago
There has been a rise in crimes against tourist on Saipan recently. Just last month, five robberies were perpetrated against tourists, which is a detriment considering that the tourism industry is the islands' lone economic driver following the ...
From Broadcast To Broadband -...


'WTO membership will boost Russian tourism' — RT
By RT
Prime Time Russia News 'WTO membership will boost Russian tourism'. MORE ON THE STORY ... Ski resort Krasnaya Polanya (RT Photo / Irina Vasilevitskaya). 



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