Thursday, November 10, 2011

Proposed Tourism Ban Renews Tiger Welfare Debate in India

Proposed Tourism Ban Renews Tiger Welfare Debate in India
Voice of America
Many activists find common ground in the opinion that tiger tourism should be better managed in the country, but resist the notion of a tourism ban. Latika Nath Rana holds a doctorate in tiger conservation, and also runs a tiger tourist lodge in Madhya ...
UK border controls - are they tough enough?
BBC News
By Rebecca Drought BBC News Home Secretary Theresa May is coming under increasing pressure to explain what she knew about the relaxation of some passportcontrols during the summer. The measures were meant to be used to help avoid airport chaos with ...
Plans for resort in Mexico ignite concern about reef
Washington Post
Greenpeace labeled it the worst kind of “predatory tourism.” A UN delegation is coming this month to investigate what is happening to its World Heritage Site. A letter writing campaign — with crayoned cards by elementary schoolchildren — has begun, ...
Tourism minister apologizes for gay ban in B.C. brochure
Canada.com
By Jonathan Fowlie, Postmedia News November 9, 2011 Tourism Minister Pat Bell: "It is certainly not my position, nor our view that that would be appropriate." Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Pat Bell is issuing an apology Wednesday morning and ...
Olympic tourism: Canada reports a boom while London raises questions
Sports Features Communications
TAMPA: The Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) has taken assessment of how the benefits of hosting the Vancouver 2010 Olympics have boosted tourism in Canada from key markets, including the United Kingdom via a strong five-year tourism plan (2008 to...
UK immigration passport control: Broken promises and the anger of a public ...
Daily Mail
By Max Hastings The scene at Heathrow has become familiar to millions of British people returning from abroad. We sleep-walk through the Arrivals corridors until hitting the buffers in the Immigration hall, crowded with zig-zag queues that can mean an ...
Dubai tourism benefits from Arab Spring
gulfnews.com
By Aya Lowe, Staff Reporter Dubai: Hotels continued to enjoy high average occupancy rates of 79 per cent in the first three quarters of this year despite new supply coming onto the market, according to figures released by the Dubai Department of ...
U.S. Tourist Visa Demand Surges on China, Brazil
Bloomberg
By Joshua Goodman - Tue Nov 08 23:00:01 GMT 2011 The US is struggling to keep up with surging demand for visas in China and Brazil, as the growing middle class in the world's two biggest emerging markets flock to American shopping malls and tourist ...
Ministry plans 30-40 tourism theme parks, says Sahay
Business Standard
Minister Subodh Kant Sahay, visiting here to accept two awards for the Incredible India! campaign, said the parks would be designed on the lines of famous attractions like the Sentosa island resort in Singapore. He said plans were on to double inbound ...
Qatar Tourism Authority participates in World Travel Market
AME Info
Staged annually in London, World Travel Market (WTM) is a four-day business to business event presenting a diverse range of destinations and industry sectors to UK and international travelprofessionals. "For Qatar, the World Travel Market continues to ...
Sports tourism is a financial power play
Globe and Mail
Sport tourism is the fastest growing segment of the tourism industry; in Canada, it yields approximately $3.4-billion in annual spending by domestic travellers alone. And it's not just larger metropolitan areas that stand to benefit. ...
Mexican president Felipe Calderon hosts a travel show to boost tourism
Daily Mail
The country's Secretary of Tourism Gloria Guevara told TravelMail: 'President Calderon is not just the president of the country, he is also a world travel and tourism leader, he is very dedicated to tourismin his country. 'He did everything himself ...
The Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority ...
He said the SCTDA expects a further increase in the tourist inflow and hotel occupancy in the last quarter this year because of a number of local and international events including the Sharjah Water Festival and the F1 Powerboat World ... The World Travel Market is one of the premier international travel and tourism exhibitions, one of the top five events in the world where industry leaders meet, network and exchange ideas to promote tourism and their destinations. Last year, more ...
Visit Kerala virtually: New online tourism game | CNNGo.com
By Poorna Harjani
Kerala's tourism secretary, TK Manoj Kumar, seems happy with the game. “Our gaming initiative is going to be another first in the country in tapping the vibes of generation next and drawing them to explore new tourist spots," he said. But users ...
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Court considers Jerusalem passport fight | The Examiner | Op Eds ...
By Ken Klukowski
Can President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ignore the law entitling Americans to say on their passport that Jerusalem is part of Israel? The Supreme Court will now decide.
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indi.ca » Sri Lanka's Tourism Boom
By indi
I was looking thru some photos on the Sri Lanka Tourism Facebook page and it's like, ye gods, I live here? Sri Lanka is a beautiful island and a great tourist destination. It's affordable, friendly, and – for the first time – safe. I remember a friend of ...
indi.ca
Tourism picks up dramatically in Lebanon for Eid al-Adha | War ...
By admin
Tourism outside Beirut remains low, despite some improvement, since Beirut remains the center of tourist activities, Achkar added. The Daily Star interviewed a number of Arab and foreign tourists who were either sipping coffee or having a ...
War & Peace in the Middle East
India's religious tourism takes off : TTRweekly
By Imtiaz Muqbil
Separately, two other large all-Thai groups were also travelling on the Mahaparinirvan Express, a special rail-journey organised by the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation, a division within the massive Indian railway system ...
TTRweekly
ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2012 – A Sold-Out Event | Rus ...
By Nadezda Basyrova
Remarked Pasinee Lawtrakulngam, Director of Sales and Marketing of Kacha Resort and Spa, Koh Chang in Thailand, “This is our first-time at ATF. We have committed to be at the event to significantly raise the visibility and awareness of Koh ... ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) is a cooperative regional effort to promote the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region as one tourist destination. ATF TRAVEX is the longest-running annual ASEAN leisure travel trade event,...
Rus Tourism News
Viaggiandum Est, Cultural Tourism Exchange [Fairs end Expo ...
By walterfano
Among the various tourist areas that the Cultural Tourism Exchange have always promoted , in this new edition will be given more space to cultural tourism and its promotion in various forms, intended in all its facets (folklore, gastronomy, art, ...
Cultural-Hub
Reds sign with Turkish Tourism - Liverpool FC
Liverpool Football Club has today announced a new two-year partnership with Turkish Tourism.
www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest.../reds-sign-with-turkish-touris...
The President, Congress, and Menachem Zivotofsky's Passport
The President, Congress, and Menachem Zivotofsky's Passport. Can an American citizen born in Jerusalem list "Israel" as his nation of birth? by. Rick Richman ...
pjmedia.com/.../the-president-congress-and-menachem-zivotof...
World's Largest Medical Tourism Network Names Michael N ...
Mercury Healthcare International (MHI), the world's largest medical tourism network, has selected Michael Tarabay to serve as Vice President of Business ...
www.prlog.org/11714756-worlds-largest-medical-tourism-net...
Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa (Lucea, Jamaica) - Resort ...
Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa, Lucea: See 1607 traveler reviews, 1761 ... The overall appearance of the resort was breathtaking, but other standards ...
www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g793509-d1094847-Revi...

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