Monday, August 13, 2012

How one Aussie tourist dies every nine days on paradise island of Bali

How one Aussie tourist dies every nine days on paradise island of Bali
The Daily Telegraph
"The most common reasons for illness or hospitalisation amongst young people who travel to Bali are injuries due to motorbike accidents and nightclub fights," a DFAT spokesman said. "Factors that cause these accidents are inexperience, unfamiliar road ...

Luxury resort helps build Jamaican community
Washington Post
Company : Bluefields Bay, a luxury resort in Jamaica with offices in Alexandria. Loading. ... In the early 1980s, my parents met in Jamaica and fell in love with the island and started to look for a place to have their own vacation home. Through ...

Cuba says tourism income up 12.8 percent in 2011
The Hour
HAVANA (AP) -- Cuban authorities report that tourism revenues rose 12.8 percent in 2011, returning to levels from three years earlier as the key sector recovers from losses due to the global financial crisis. In an undated report posted recently on its ...

Apps for Northwest travel
The Seattle Times
Going green TripSketch has launched the series of regional "Green Travel" apps (http://tripsketch.com/mobile) covering eco-friendly and sustainable attractions, tours, restaurants, hotels and travel services. Its U.S. West version includes Seattle's ...

Travel Picks: Top 10 Olympic cities worth a visit
Reuters
Visitors today can check out the Utah Olympic Oval on the western side of the city, or head east and hit Park City Mountain Resort, Deer Valley, and Snowbasin Ski Area, where former Olympians have competed for gold. In the last ten years since the ...

Chinatown travel agency gives immigrants a tough lesson
Boston Globe
In Woo's plant-filled travel office on the second floor of a building on Chinatown's Kneeland Street, these mostly Chinese immigrants dropped a lot of money, along with a few illusions about their adopted country. The deals drew them in. “The main ...

Boston Globe

Italy: Failed airline deal grounds hundreds
Boston.com
Wind Jet officially stopped operating flights Sunday during what is traditionally Italy's peak summer holiday travel period. Italy's aviation authority has reached a deal with other carriers to take on passengers for an additional fee, but Italian ...

Gay travel helps boost tourism in Israel
MiamiHerald.com (blog)
Nearly 300000 tourists arrived in July, a record for the month and an 8 percent increase over the previous July, according to the Tourism Ministry. The trend is nothing new: The ministry says each month of 2012 so far has set an all-time record for ...

Travel advice: Family holidays in the Big Apple
Daily Mail
This week, The Mail On Sunday's Travel Editor answers the queries of readers asking for advice about budget-friendly family trips to New York, cricket packages to India and short cruise breaks... The seals at Central Park Zoo. Flip out: The seals at ...

Daily Mail

Michael Phelps Vacation Photos | TMZ.com
By TMZ Staff
0811_phelps_golden_boys_launch_2 Michael Phelps really meant it when he decided to go on a guys only vacation to the Maldives ... and TMZ has the bro-tastic pics to prove it. As TMZ first reported, Phelps opted to skip traveling with his ...
TMZ.com

Florida Tourism Arm Accused Of Employee Discrimination « CBS ...
By cbs4macdonald
Visit Florida, the state's tourism bureau, is accused of discriminating against its employees. ... Visit Florida executives travel to trade shows and mission trips across the world to promote Florida's cultural and natural diversity. Last year, about 86 ...
CBS Miami

Italy Farrmhouse Cooking Vacation | Europe Forum | Fodor's Travel ...
By gonago
My wife and I have been dreaming of a farmhouse cooking vacation in Italy, in either the Piemonte or Toscano region. We want to relax, learn a few dishes, visit local sites not tourist it up but enjoy a village or small town. Anyone with any ideas ...
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Maryland Shoppers to Enjoy a Sales Tax Vacation this Week « CBS ...
By mikegartell
Maryland Shoppers to Enjoy a Sales Tax Vacation this Week. August 12, 2012 12:00 PM. Share this. View Comments. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images). Filed under. Maryland, News. ANNAPOLIS, Md. (CBSDC) — Maryland shoppers ...
CBS DC

World's most-visited theme parks - Yahoo! Travel
Travel: Get the scoop on which other attractions and events are drawing crowds to the ... World's Most-Visited Tourist Attractions; » Best America's Rudest Cities; » Best Hotels in New York City ...Adventure next door—all the more reason to book an Anaheim vacation. ... Underwater tourism: There's nowhere to go but down ...
travel.yahoo.com/ideas/worlds-most-visited-theme-parks.html

Jobs dry up for travel agents and IT workers - Employment - NZ ...
If you're a travel agent or an accountant, you could be facing extinction by 2017. ... such as hospitality workers, tourism operators, tradesmen, logistics workers, ...
www.nzherald.co.nz/employment/news/article.cfm?c_id...

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