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”

• Working With Funzi Turtle Club (Day 2)

  
  GVI Kenya — Authority: 418
  On our second day at Funzi, we were awoken to a panoramic view of dawn over the island which made our 6am wake up a lot easier.  Our first port of call was to the Turtle Nesting Beach a good 45 minute walk from our base. The beach is not only a place which can be used by tourists but more importantly, is where the ...
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• Nevis Tourism Maintains High Standards In Spite of Recession

  
  Nevis Island Tourism Information Blog. — Authority: 139
  Nevis Naturally Tourism Logo Charlestown, Nevis November 11, 2009 Premier of Nevis and Minister of Tourism Hon. Joseph Parry said that the strategy being used by Nevis tourism officials at the ongoing World Travel Market (WTM) in London recommend Nevis as a destination that had maintained its standards, in ...
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• Wellington whiteout forecast for Saturday

  
  NewsWire.co.nz — Authority: 131
  ANITA Hunziker and Francis Christeller strike the white pose in the Capital to encourage whiteout conditions at this weekend’s World Cup football qualifier. Tourism Wellington is urging people to dress all in white to show who they support when the All Whites meet Bahrain at Westpac Stadium on Saturday. Dancers ...
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• Con man steals from musicians at Disney-area hotel

  
  Around Disney — Authority: 552
  Anaheim police are alerting tourism and hotel officials about a slick-haired con man suspected of stealing thousands of dollars from musicians and athletes, including a Latin rock group at a Disney -area hotel. The man has targeted several upscale hotels in Los Angeles and Orange County, including Hotel Menage near ...
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• ST. KITTS IS ON SALE WITH DELTA AIR LINES

  
  Kittivisian Life — Authority: 130
  St. Kitts Celebrates the Start of its Second Weekly Non-Stop Flight from Atlanta with the Delta’s Special New Low Fares Basseterre, St. Kitts The St. Kitts Tourism Authority is pleased to celebrate the commencement of a second weekly non-stop flight from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to St. ...
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• Vegas tourism companies embrace social media strategies (Las Vegas Sun)

  
  Stompernet SEO Course — Authority: 163
  With social media taking hold as a valuable marketing tool around the globe, Las Vegas tourism businesses are developing techniques to ensure they aren’t left behind.
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• Camino Real San Luis Potosi Hotel

  
  Mexico Vacations Weblog — Authority: 128
  Camino Real San Luis Potosi is a beautiful hotel located into La Loma sports centre. This hotel located in San Luis Potosi has 133 comfortable guestrooms, where you will be able to rest and spend relaxing moments in that important business trip or vacation. Rooms include air conditioning, heating, 2 direct ...
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• How social is your DMO? [del.icio.us]

  
  Lara Kretler's blog — Authority: 142
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• eLearning in Tourism and Hospitality: A Map

  
  eLearning + eTourism — Authority: 120
  Cantoni, L., Kalbaska, N. & Inversini, A. (2009) eLearning in Tourism and Hospitality: A Map , «JoHLSTE – Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education», 8/2: 148-156 (DOI:10.3794/johlste.82.263)
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• West Jet Rewards on the way...Killer Virgin letter!...Vegas Sins...Jims Deal/Day

  
  Jim Byers' Travel Blog — Authority: 125
  WestJet officials tell me t heir rewards program will be up and running in late November or early December. But they plan something different than the competition.   Air Canada’s Aeroplan program has certain numbers of seats set aside on each airplane and program members accumulate points to ...
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• Belize Tourism Board director leaving after 12 years

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 540
  The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) recently announced that as of December 31, 2009, director of tourism Mrs. Tracy Panton will be leaving her post after a 12-year tenure. read more
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• Islay High’s famous five go whaling

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 144
  Five intrepid S2 students from Islay High School attended a ceremony today (11th November) in memory of more than 40,000 slaughtered whales. The ceremony heralds the start of the Junior Whale Conference whose delegates were chosen after submitting a 100 word statement about whaling issues. Other delegates from ...
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• Have Medical Need, Will Travel

  
  John Goodman's Health Policy Blog — Authority: 564
  This is from Deloitte’s Medical Tourism: Update and Implications 2009 report: We project that outbound medical tourism could reach upwards of 1.6 million patients by 2012, with sustainable annual growth of 35 percent. Concurrently, inbound medical tourism will see relatively slow growth to report up to 561,000 ...
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• Mystery Mansion in Dupont: The Heurich House

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  ‘Hidden Bronze Lion’ courtesy of ‘CathyLovesDC’ Tucked away in plain view, the Heurich House is the most intact late-Victorian home in the country. Right in the middle of the action in Dupont Circle – on a corner you have probably walked by at least a dozen times – you are absolutely transported ...
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• Burning rainforests account for 20% of greenhouse gases

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 540
  Seeing a burned-down rainforest is like going to a football match where all the fans are dead, or an opera where people are lying around bleeding. read more
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• Builders erecting more to raze

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 685
  SOME residents of a local village slated to be razed for a Disneyland are quickly putting up structures in what many suspect is an attempt to net more money when the land is taken over. Some villagers told China...
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• Kerrera one of 5 Scottish finalists for Big Lottery Village SOS project

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 144
  Jim Mather, Argyll’s MSP and Enterprise Minister,  has warmly welcomed the news of the enterprise that has brought the Isle of Kerrera Development Trust to the shortlist of five Scottish finalists (two from the Highlands), in the Big Lottery Fund’s Village SOS project.This project is a  partnership between the ...
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• UNWTO: tourism leaders call for supportive global policies

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 540
  Around 80 tourism ministers meeting at the UNWTO Ministers Summit (November 10 at World Travel Market, London) called for global policies that are supportive of the travel and tourism industry. read more
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• What to Expect From The Global Tourism Industry in 2010

  
  Investment U — Authority: 501
  What to Expect From The Global Tourism Industry in 2010 by Martin Denholm, Senior Editor “A challenging year.” That’s a contender for one of the understatements of the year when talking about the woes for the global tourism industry. It comes courtesy of Caroline Bremner, global travel and tourism ...
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• Roadside Statues of North America: Somebodys Top-21 List

  
  Apathetic Lemming of the North — Authority: 437
  " 21 Roadside Statues " Eric Peterson, HowStuffWorks.com " Without a doubt the most prevalent form of roadside kitsch, the larger-than-life statue takes a familiar image and presents it in an entirely new context. " Maybe its a fish out of water. Or a corporate mascot finally free from the label on a can of ...
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