Travel industry looks to boost US share of international tourism
LAS VEGAS - Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States. ...
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:17:07 GMT |
State tourism office is encouraging Virginians to travel in own backyard
The Virginia Tourism Corporation encourages Virginians and other commonwealth residents to travel throughout Virginia this summer. Virginia is one of the country’s top travel destinations. ...
The Belvoir Eagle: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:17:53 GMT |
Off-peak travel to ease hoteliers' woes
KUALA LUMPUR: Tourism Malaysia plans to promote off-peak travel to cushion the blow to hotels hit by government cost-cutting measures. ...
The New Straits Times: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:14:29 GMT |
Gas high, tourism low
No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. Gas prices have climbed to well-over $1.40 a litre. This, along with the high Canadian dollar and a struggling American economy, is creating a trifecta of challenges for the tourism industry. In Sault Ste. Marie, a [...] ...
The Sault Star: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:53:34 GMT |
Foreign tourism is flat in U.S.
LAS VEGAS Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States. Explanations range from post-Sept. 11 security headaches and lower airfares elsewhere to poor marketing by the U.S. Whatever the cause, travel industry experts say the U.S. is missing an opportunity to make up for the shortfall in ... ...
The Charlotte Observer: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:13:15 GMT |
New experience at Salalah Tourism Festival
THE annual ‘Khareef Festival’ – which has now been re-christened ‘Salalah Tourism Festival’ (STF) – in Oman’s enchantingly beautiful Dhofar region in the south, will offer tourists an altogether new experience this time. ...
Khaleej Times: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:11:07 GMT |
Tui shareholder in Hapag-Lloyd sale threat
The largest shareholder in Tui , the Germany tourism and shipping group, has threatened to seek an injunction preventing the group from selling its Hapag-Lloyd container shipping business without shareholder approval. ...
Financial Times: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:22:07 GMT |
Japanese Travel Demand Declines on Economic Slowdown, JTB Says
July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese demand for domestic summer travel will fall for the first time in four years and overseas bookings will decline for a second year on rising fuel costs and a worsening economic outlook, JTB Corp. ...
Bloomberg.com: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:20:44 GMT |
Tourism industry players to converge for MTTE 2008
OWNERS, school operators and tourism industry players of Mindanao together with the government officials of the education sector will converge next month in time for the 3rd Mindanao Travel and Tour Expo (MTTE 2008) to reconcile needs of both camps for the benefit of the students who will later seek employment. ...
Mindanao Times: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:35:37 GMT |
Travel to Vietnam with Footprint Where Your Money Go to Support the Local Communities
As a local travel company and their mission on responsible travel, Footprint Vietnam Travel invites to you come enjoy the beauty of Vietnam while seeing them making change in their pro-poor tourism projects. (PRWeb Jul 4, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1070754.htm ...
PRWeb: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:37:46 GMT |
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Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:54:00 GMT |
Cape Ann: where the cod have had their chips
Tourism is on the increase in this part of the Massachusetts coast, but only just, says Mark Kurlansky The Cape Ann Motor Inn has an enviable position on Long Beach Search ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:54:00 GMT |
Milwaukee could become biker mecca
Harley-Davidson museum. The museum could attract 350,000 visitors a year, according to Harley, becoming one of Milwaukee's largest tourism attractions. Recent Coverage PHOTOS: Get inside the museum with this preview 6/29/08: A home for Harley?s ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:41:00 GMT |
Despite weak dollar, foreign tourism slips inside U.S.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States.Explanations range from post-9/11 security headaches and lower airfares elsewhere ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:35:00 GMT |
Travel experts: US share of foreign tourists slips
Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States. Explanations range from post-9/11 security headaches and lower airfares elsewhere to poor ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:35:00 GMT |
Lien says direct flights a source of pride for Chinese
Lien said while addressing a luncheon at the Grand Formosa Regent Hotel in Taipei to welcome Chinas Cross-Strait Tourism Association chairman Shao Qiwei (X). Dozens of charter flights landed and departed at airports around the country on Friday, bringing ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:26:00 GMT |
Fighting for the Frontier: Wilderness Tourism Faces High Gas Prices
to land to enjoy it?' Even in the face of rising gas prices, Nobles' organization, a non-profit promoting tourism as part of the state's Heritage Trails program, and representatives from the tiny community of Fort Davis, Texas and gateway city, Midland, ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:21:00 GMT |
Feeble pound shifts Britons' holiday targets
summer shaping up cold, wet and expensive, there is not much sign of a big shift to stay-at-home tourism: visits to Europe by UK residents in the year through to April slipped only by 1 percent to 55.2 million, official data show.That figure is easily ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:20:00 GMT |
Tibet reopens to foreign tourists, but doors to monasteries stay closed
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Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:15:00 GMT |
What you can do: seven steps to more responsible travel
the UK and more than 100 worldwide. Look out when choosing a holiday for members of the Green Tourism Business Scheme (green-business.co.uk); Legambiente in Italy (legambienteturismo.it); the Certificate in Sustainable Tourism in central America; and ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:05:00 GMT |
Despite weak dollar, visitors from abroad pass on the U.S.
range from post-9/11 security headaches and lower airfares elsewhere to poor marketing by the U.S. Whatever the cause, travel industry experts say the U.S. is missing an opportunity to make up for the shortfall in domestic tourism caused by high fuel ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:59:00 GMT |
Travel Experts: US Share of Foreign Tourists Slips
LAS VEGAS -- Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States. Explanations range from post-9/11 security headaches and lower airfares elsewhere to ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:57:00 GMT |
Chinese Officials Hail Launch of Weekend Cross-Strait Flights 4 Jul
Xinhua (New China News Agency) [By reporters Chen Binhua and Mao Leilei: 'Weekend Chartered Flights and Mainland Citizens' Travel to Taiwan Start'] Beijing, 4 Jul (Xinhua) - A ceremony to start cross-Strait weekend chartered flights and mainland ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:57:00 GMT |
Travel experts: U.S. share of foreign tourists slips
LAS VEGAS ? Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States. Explanations range from post-9/11 security headaches and lower airfares elsewhere to ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:49:00 GMT |
Colorado ski resorts offering higher subsidies to airlines
& Visitors Bureau, told the Rocky Mountain News he expects the economy and rising fuel costs to affect tourism in every U.S. city. But Anthony Townsend, research director with the think tank Institute for the Future in Menlo Park, Calif., said he ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:46:00 GMT |
Travel destinations: Papua New Guinea
wish to explore this enigmatic, fascinating part of our planet! Papua New Guinea (PNG), is a relatively new travel destination for tourism, with limited 1 ... Below are the top articles rated and ranked by Helium members on: by Tezzasul A journey through ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:42:00 GMT |
Mamma Mia! island's star turn
neighbour Skiathos, which unlike Skopelos has an airport, flights from all over Europe and long, sandy beaches. So tourism has come late to this rugged island, which has resulted in low-key concessions to holidaymakers and general goodwill towards ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:39:00 GMT |
Travel experts: US share of foreign tourists slips
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States.Explanations range from post-9/11 security headaches and lower airfares elsewhere ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:38:00 GMT |
Ski resorts upping the airline ante
& Visitors Bureau, told the Rocky Mountain News he expects the economy and rising fuel costs to affect tourism in every U.S. city. But Anthony Townsend, research director with the think tank Institute for the Future in Menlo Park, Calif., said he ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:33:00 GMT |
Colorado ski resorts offering higher subsidies to airlines
& Visitors Bureau, told the Rocky Mountain News he expects the economy and rising fuel costs to affect tourism in every U.S. city. But Anthony Townsend, research director with the think tank Institute for the Future in Menlo Park, Calif., said he ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:19:00 GMT |
The Worldâ?"s Most Responsible Hotels
shop. The women keep 100% of the profit. Anantara isn't the only Good Samaritan. Although the socially responsible tourism movement isn't nearly as pervasive as eco-tourism, a growing number of hotels and resorts around the globe are funding programs or ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:09:00 GMT |
Travel experts: US share of foreign tourists slips
Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States. Explanations range from post-9/11 security headaches and lower airfares elsewhere to poor ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:05:00 GMT |
Tourists flock to Savannah for holiday weekend
) - Business has never been so sweet for the River Street Sweets candy shop. Despite fears of travel by tourists for the Fourth of July, Store Manager, Robbie King, says his store has been packed since Friday. 'It's was really busy,' said King. 'It was a ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:57:00 GMT |
London vs Paris
it was the world's financial capital and where there was no end to jobs in banks. Britons could travel to Europe and, encouraged by the pound's strength against the euro, believe that they had found the key to a more prosperous future. That remains more ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:45:00 GMT |
FACTBOX - Hokkaido, site of the G8 leaders summit
last month by Japan's parliament as indigenous people with their own distinct culture. Hokkaido's economy relies heavily on tourism and had a jobless rate of 5 percent in 2007 compared to 3.9 percent nationwide. 'BEAUTIFUL JAPAN' Famous for its beautiful ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:29:00 GMT |
Indian tourists now outspend Americans in Britain
2007, with American travellers now looking for new adventures. Later this year, London is to host India's largest travel agents' convention, the first time it has been outside Asia, the newspaper said. ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:24:00 GMT |
Homosexual, not homogenous - How to Effectively Target Gay Travel Markets Explored at World Travel Market 2008
ideal vacation to a 21 year old gay backpacker, yet the traditional view about these travelers within the travel industry has been that there is a single â??gay market.' The industry misperception that gay travelers form a homogenous target market ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:19:00 GMT |
Locals staying home ease Arizona's tourism losses
itineraries this summer. Record gas prices, higher airfares, the limp economy and sour stock market have sliced into travel budgets, disappointing some travelers - but delivering a welcome lift to the local tourism industry. Scottsdale is the new San ...
Moreover: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:07:00 GMT |
Spain top FIFA rankings after Euro win
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Nadal made to sweat for third final berth
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Naked beach race, noon today, Sopelana
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