Burma: Tourism returns to Southeast Asia's forbidden land

Burma back on the map: Tourism returns to South-east Asia's forbidden land
The Independent
I had a tourist visa and had listed my profession as "management" but my bag contained a laptop and note pads. A web search of my name would expose me in a second. And I'm a hopeless liar. "Good afternoon," said the bored immigration officer after my ...

SC tourism targets SEC, ACC fans visiting state
CBS News
(AP) CHARLESTON, SC — They might be considered the newest attractions in South Carolina's $14 billion tourism industry: linebackers in Carolina garnet and wide receivers in Clemson orange. Building on the success of the football teams at the ...

Harford tourism, room tax room tax advocates trek to Annapolis
Baltimore Sun (blog)
The appearance of so many people from back home during the delegation's weekly meeting was not happenstance, however, as Friday had previously been designated Tourism Legislative Day in Annapolis for the whole state. Even so, the local contingent made ...

Guess who I saw on my holiday? Tourist captures incredible images of ...
Daily Mail
The incredible image was taken by British tourist Zara MacAlister during a river boat expedition deep in the remote forests of Peru in November last year. The youngster, who was clutching a dead monkey, had a quick look at the weird strangers before ...

Daily Mail

Three Britons die in legionnaires outbreak at Spanish resort
The Guardian
Three British holidaymakers have died in an outbreak of legionnaires disease at a hotel in the Spanish resort of Calpe. The three unnamed Britons, aged between 73 and 78, were among more than 20 people to have contracted the disease at the Diamante ...

The Guardian

Abducted American tourists in Egypt is a reminder of travel dangers
Fox News
The tourists, aged 60 and 65, were returning from the popular St. Catherine's Monastery to the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. A group of masked gunmen held up their tourist bus, snatching watches, cell phones and cash, security sources told ...

Fox News

South Lake Tahoe ski resort kids parks
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
(Heavenly Mountain Resort) Heavenly's new kids ski and snowboarding school, Bear Cave, mimics Tamarack Lodge. (Heavenly Mountain Resort) Sierra-at-Tahoe went for an out of this world experience with its new kids area, teaming up with Burton Snowboards ...

San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Reconnect without leaving this Jamaican resort
Globe and Mail
“Where's the most romantic spot on the resort?” I asked a lot of people this question: former guests, current guests and many of the staff at Half Moon in Montego Bay. It had been a long time since my husband and I were able to escape.

Globe and Mail

Porter County tourism leaders respond to Lake County attack
Chesterton Tribune
Although Lake County's tourism bureau chief claimed at a Thursday news conference to have outperformed Porter County in filling hotel rooms, he actually provided incorrect numbers in one category and ignored two other categories in which his county was ...

Medical tourism from China gets boost
Taipei Times
Although Chinese were able to visit Taiwan for medical care before the introduction of the medical visa in December, Hung said that the significance of the initiative lay in the government's determination to develop medical tourism.

Tourist hurt in mugging, stuck in U.S.
Seacoastonline.com
On Thursday, the woman was unable to return to her home country as scheduled because her passport was in the stolen purse, he said. Those with information about this or any local crime are urged to call the Police Department's detectives division at ...

Legislature revises tourism plan;'the legislators heard the public'
The River Reporter
The resolution supersedes another resolution passed the previous week, which called for immediately issuing a request for proposals (RFP) from interested nonprofit organizations to promote tourism in the county. That resolution sparked an uproar from ...

Master plan for Atlantic City Tourism District suggests zoning changes, tax ...
Press of Atlantic City
The Atlantic City Tourism District Master Plan calls for a pedestrian friendly Pacific Avenue. ATLANTIC CITY — Months in the making, this city's Tourism District plan is 300 pages of research, analysis and concepts, eagerly awaited by a public that ...

Virginia Tourism Corporation and Lomography Launch International Photo Competition
PR Web (press release)
First-ever partnership with a US tourism office will award custom cameras and four prize trips to Virginia's coolest small town sites. Love Unexpected spotlights Virginia's well-loved small towns and off-the-beaten-path treasures that offer a sense of ...

PR Web (press release)

Legislation introduced to cut passport fees
SooToday.com
OTTAWA - Thunder Bay-Superior North Member of Parliament Bruce Hyer has introduced legislation calling on the government of Canada to negotiate a joint reduction in passport fees with the United States, in order to boost tourism between the two ...

SooToday.com

SC tourism targets SEC, ACC fans
Aiken Standard
By BRUCE SMITH Associated Press CHARLESTON -- Consider them South Carolina's newesttourist attractions - linebackers in Carolina garnet and wide receivers in Clemson orange. Last fall for the first time the state's tourism agency targeted promotional ...

Local ski resort controls its own destiny every year
KTVB
Rather than waiting for Mother Nature, one Idaho ski resort controls its own fate each season. While many Idaho ski resorts waited for the snow to fall mid-January, it's a different story for Idaho's Sun Valley resort. "Even without the help of Mother ...

Statue of Jesus Allowed to Remain at Montana Ski Resort
First Tracks
The statue of Jesus at Whitefish Mountain Resort (photo: US Rep. Denny Rehberg) The statue sits on US Forest Service Land leased to Whitefish Mountain Resortthrough a Special Use Permit. It was first erected in 1953 by members of the local Knights of ...

First Tracks

Nashville resort gardener tends to 50000 plants
Monroe News Star
Hollis Malone, the manager of horticulture, walks through the Garden Conservatory at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. / AP Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Hollis Malone's garden is gigantic and enjoyed by many.

Tourism bosses expect Olympic boost
Atlantic FM
Tourism bosses are optimistic that the start of the Olympic Torch relay in the county will be an early boost to the industry. So far the media have booked up some hotels, but it's thought regular visitors hoping to catch a glimpse of the torch tend to ...

Be a Tourist in Your Own Backyard Weekend Feb. 17-29
Quad-Cities Online
Today is Friday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2012. There are 332 days left in the year. 1862 -- 150 years ago: Edward Bonney, well known in this region as the detector of Col. Davenport's murders, is raising a company of sharpshooters for Col.

Resort Boat Ramp Funds In Md. Budget
The Dispatch
After years of wrestling with an outdated and over-utilized public boat ramp in a residential area in the 94th Street area in Little Salisbury, resort officials last summer identified a new location for a second public ramp in Ocean City proper at a ...

Singapore tourism: Marina Bay a bull, Singapore Airlines a bear ...
By CNNGo staff
Two tales -- one of success, the other a failure -- came out of Singapore's tourism industry this week. The good news came via casino resort Marina Bay Sands, which reportedly took in S$17 billion in the nine months up to September 30, up 22 ...
CNNGo.com

Farmington tourism exec. found dead
Dusenbery disappeared after coming under suspicion for embezzling more than $200000 from the city tourism department. She allegedly used the money to pay for trips for friends and family to Miami, Las Vegas and the Cayman Islands.
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Duluth becoming Minnesota destination for beer tourism | Duluth ...
Grumdahl: That too. But you have a very high concentration of beer-tourist destinations, most of which are within walking distance of the big hotels downtown. All this beer news in Duluth is perfectly positioning the city to be the regional center for beer tourism — a place where couples spend two nights and tour breweries during the day, eat at brewpubs at night. Dave Hoops from the Brewhouse told me there's even a North Coast Style now. It's hoppier and more floral than West Coast, ...
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Blog Archive » February tourism hoisted by skating figures
By Monica Mendoza
Once again, Colorado Springs will be in the international sports spotlight when more than 100 of the world's best figure skaters descend on the city next week for the 2012 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. Figure skaters from 17 ...
Colorado Springs Business Journal

Big Brother really is watching -- Irish tourist nabbed by US ...
Big Brother really is watching -- Irish tourist nabbed by US Government due to algorithm: Irishman Leigh Van Bryan's experience with the Department of Homeland Security was horrific. Last month he was put on the “watch list”, interrogated, ...
IrishCentral News ...

Overhead Bin - Need a passport? It'll cost you more
By msnbc.com news services
For Americans who still need to obtain a passport, or renew an existing one, the price is going up. The application fee for a passport has jumped 27 percent to $70, from $55, with the passport security surcharge doubling to $40 from $20. …
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The Moorea Pearl Resort & Spa: for the vacation of a lifetime ...
By Admin
The Moorea Pearl Resort and Spa is ranked amongst the best beach resorts known to mankind, situated as it is on more than seven acres of sandy white stretch. The island of Moorea is truly a pearl of the Pacific and the Moorea Pearl luxury ...
Health Beauty Spa

Could the key to maintaining the Falklands be an increase in tourism ...
By DM
Could the key to maintaining the Falklands be an increase in tourism? ... There seems to be a fairly simple solution of permanently assuring the future of the Falkland Islands and guaranteeing their link with the UK: tourism. If more people visited the islands, it would not only ensure the future of the local economy – it would ... Would the South American nations continue to shun the Falklands if it were suddenly to offer them a potential tourist boom? I think not. Cut the Falklands fare as an ...
TravelMail blog

Justice Tourism and the West Bank – NextGen Journal
By Larisa Manescu
This term represents a type of alternative tourism that holds the main goal of promoting cultural exchange through one-on-one interaction, increasing revenue for the local area, and both political and historical education. This concept ... To have the truth explicitly bared to them, tourists are recommended to participate in West Bank tours, which help them “better understand the conflict, and deliberately go 'beyond' the standard pilgrimage or mainstream tourist trip to Israel.” A company ...
NextGen Journal

PASSPORT INN, REDENDO BEACH 1959 BY RLH | Flickr - Photo ...
By nobody@flickr.com (roberthuffstutter)
PASSPORT INN, REDENDO BEACH 1959 BY RLH.
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Rushing A Passport « US Passport Now Blog
By admin
Rushing A Passport. Travel planning by its very definition can be stressful. There are so many things to do, especially when talking about international travel. The trip taker must pack for different climates, get plane tickets, their passport and ...
US Passport Now Blog

Talk of 'tornado tourism' stirs anger in Joplin - Yahoo! News
So when a local television report raised the possibility that tourist buses could ... Even before tornado, the city had been planning to update its tourism campaign.
news.yahoo.com/talk-tornado-tourism-stirs-anger-joplin-2122...

Resort casino bill appears doomed in the House | Florida politics ...
For Florida political news today, the Buzz blog is your can't-miss-it source. St. Petersburg Times writers offer the latest in Florida politics, the Florida Legislature ...
www.tampabay.com/.../resort-casino-bill-appears-doomed-hou...

Overhead Bin - Need a passport? It'll cost you more
The application fee for a passport has jumped 27 percent to $70, from $55, with the passportsecurity surcharge doubling to $40 from $20. (And don't forget the ...
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Online Application for U.S. Passport Card
The U.S. Department of State is proud to announce it is conducting a limited pilot program allowing U.S. citizens to apply online for a U.S. passport card.
travel.state.gov/passport/ppt_card/ppt_card_5648.html

Who we are | World Tourism Organization UNWTO
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible ...
unwto.org/en/content/who-we-are-0

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