tourism

The tourism trade is popular all over the world and is vital for the stability of many countries. ‘Cox & Kings’ was the first official travel company, founded in the United Kingdom in 1758. Since then, many people book vacations and travel around the world on a regular basis, most often booking hotels and motels, or resorts.

The definition of the word tourism is travel for recreational, business or leisure purposes. It seems that people all over the world have developed a taste for ‘traveling outside their normal living environment for a period of more than 24 hours’, which is the World Tourism Organization’s definition of tourism, as there were more than 903 million tourist arrivals worldwide in 2007 a growth of 6.6% over that of 2006. Popular locations for travel are Costa Rica, Mexico, Europe and Hawaii, to name a few.

The Eco Tourism blog is a robust blog that published stories about creating green travel – environmentally friendly travel with the preservation of the world’s ecosystems in mind.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “tourism”

• Norway harnesses Northern Lights for tourism marketing campaign

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 544
  Innovation Norway, the official Norwegian tourism and trade organization, is hoping to harness the powerful draw of the magical Northern Lights by launching an integrated marketing campaign to positio read more
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• Space Station Is Full: No Vacancy for Space Tourists [Space]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 892
  Its maybe ironic to hear, during the busiest travel week of the year, that nobody will be heading to space. At least no rich-ass civilians, now that the International Space Station permanent crew has doubled to six astro/cosmonauts. [ AP/USNews ]
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• Space Station Is Full: No Vacancy for Space Tourists [Space]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 542
  It’s maybe ironic to hear, during the busiest travel week of the year, that nobody will be heading to space. At least no rich-ass civilians, now that the International Space Station permanent crew has doubled to six astro/cosmonauts More here: Space Station Is Full: No Vacancy for Space Tourists [Space]
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• Space Station Is Full: No Vacancy for Space Tourists [Space]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 542
  It’s maybe ironic to hear, during the busiest travel week of the year, that nobody will be heading to space. At least no rich-ass civilians, now that the International Space Station permanent crew has doubled to six astro/cosmonauts. [ AP/USNews ] More here: Space Station Is Full: No Vacancy for Space Tourists ...
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• Plans for more Eco down under

  
  Eco-Friendly Tips — Authority: 520
  It is always a delight to read the news and see the effort people and cities make to turn Green. Today is no exception with news from Australia of the Green friendly positive kind. Queensland National Parks have announced plans to open new Eco accommodations at seven different sites in the National Parks.This new idea ...
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• Chongming to upgrade tourism facilities

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 681
  CHONGMING tourism authorities said yesterday that its not possible to charge admission to the islands scenic spots in the near future, despite calls by city government to do something to rein in tourist volume....
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• Carnival in Cadiz

  
  Blog of Travel, webblogs of Tourism, Blogs Travel - Vacation - Villadeayora.com — Authority: 137
  Carnival time in Cadiz, it’s time to enjoy the city, the carnival begins Feb. 19 and ends March 1. Cadiz is a city of the province of the same name located in the autonomous community of Andalusia. The music is heard around the corners of the city and prepare the costumes, which are truly works of art.  The ...
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• Monks and residents collide in tiny Assiut

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 544
  Assiut is a tiny, reserved, quiet tourist town in Egypt with few post-Pharaonic attractions gaining widespread tourist attention. For read more
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• Best 100 Travel Blogs

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 428
  Many travel bloggers share their experiences with travel through online travel journals that provide an interesting and sometimes entertaining record of the places they visit and the people they meet. You can read and review about these journeys either just for your own enjoyment or because you want to take a trip ...
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• Tourism & Health Talk

  
  Sweet Surrender v9.0 (food porn, make money, fashion, reviews about anything, technology, life in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia...) — Authority: 130
  We attended 2 talks yesterday night at UCSI. First talk was about tourism by CEO of Sarawak Tourism Board , Gracie Geike, at the UCSI’s Coffee Bar and Bistro. The smell of coffee was so good but I don’t drink coffee *LOL* I just love the smell. It was a great session and we got better ideas now about the ...
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• Kumasi zoo attracts more tourists

  
  The Ghanaian Journal — Authority: 159
  GNA – The Kumasi Zoological Gardens was last year adjudged the best domestic tourist attraction site in the country, registering more than 130,000 visitors.This helped the facility to rake in GH¢40,400.Mr Samuel Darkwa Nimoh, the Manager, told newsmen in Kumasi on Thursday that as of August 2009, revenue had ...
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• EcoMeme: Land Con$ervation

  
  EcoSalon — Authority: 560
  Thanksgiving is for lots of things – feasting on turkey or vegetarian alternatives with family, watching or tolerating football, and if you’re celebrating it in the U.S., contemplating the origins of the country. European colonists here learned and gained a great deal from Native Americans, yet not how to live in ...
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• Thai tourists rank highest of tourist arrivals in Luang Prabang

  
  Lao Voices — Authority: 451
  (KPL) Luang Prabang has recorded over 41,300 Thai tourist arrivals so far this year, equivalent to 11.9 per cent of the entire tourist arrivals in this northern province. Tourists from England ranked the second, 7.63 per cent, and followed by those from America. France, Canada, Australia, Germany, China, Japan and ...
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• Majority leader chastises operators in hospitality industry

  
  The Ghanaian Journal — Authority: 159
  GNA – Mr Alban S. K. Bagbin, Majority Leader in Parliament on Monday chastised operators in the hospitality industry for poor working ethics. He expressed dissatisfaction about services at the Holy Trinity SPA Centre at Sogakope, in spite of the huge investment in the edifice. Mr Bagbin claimed that services at ...
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• Kiwis Prepare for 1000 Years of Mojito Ice

  
  Underwater Thrills:Swimming With Sharks — Authority: 501
  A titanic iceberg some 500 meters wide, 50 meters tall, and 350 meters thick, containing enough fresh ice to power 11.9 billion Mojitos is barreling down on the New Zealand coast this week. Loose from the Ross ice shelf in 2001 the unprecedented iceburg has members of the New Zealand cabinet rushing to ...
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• Swiss vote Sunday on minarets, arms exports and fuel tax

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 521
  Geneva, Switzerland (Genevalunch) – Switzerland votes Sunday 29 November on three issues: construction of minarets, Swiss arms sales abroad, spending airplane fuel tax revenues. The Swiss generally vote four times a year on a variety of federal issues. Voters will also have cantonal issues to decide Sunday: in ...
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• Local hospitals allowed to attract foreign patients

  
  Waiguoren's Weblog — Authority: 128
  Posted on korea.net It looks as if more foreigners will come to Korea to receive medical treatment, as the government has decided to allow local hospitals to attract international patients on their own in medical tourism promotion drives. According to the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, local ...
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• No shakeup at the Parks

  
  Niagara Falls Blog — Authority: 142
  From the Niagara Falls Review : There are no plans to shake up the Niagara Parks Commission, Tourism Minister Monique Smith says. In an interview Tuesday, she brushed off a Conservative critic’s claim that replacing the whole board is the only way to restore public confidence in the government agency. “We ...
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