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• Tourism excellenced recognised

  
  The Border Watch — Authority: 144
  The managers of Robe’s Lakeside Manor YHA Backpackers visited Adelaide for the 2009 South Australian Tourism Awards on Saturday night with hopes of being named the state’s best backpacker accommodation for the third year in a row. By the end of the night they had scored the hat-trick and been inducted into the ...
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• Nepal Launches Massive Rural Tourism Program To Build Up Villages

  
  Vagabondish — Authority: 523
  © Bogman We’re not exactly fans of so-called poverty tourism (”poorism”). Rich tourists go to a village in India or a township in South Africa. They walk amidst the desperate poverty, maybe pick up some kids, and then leave having experienced a refreshing catharsis of guilt over their privilege. If ...
  4 days ago

• £3m Year: Expected Cost to Island of Pensioner’s Free National Bus Travel

  
  Ventnor Blog — Authority: 150
  Cllr Edward Giles, IW Council cabinet member for environment and transport, has revealed that the current shortfall in the scheme that sees any pensioner in the UK travel free on Island buses is expected to cost the Island £3 million this year.The scheme was brought in by the Government and applies across the whole ...
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• Cambodia tourism rebound continues in September as arrivals rise

  
  Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 116
  Cambodia’s key tourism sector showed further signs of recovery in September, local media reported on Wednesday, citing the newly released Ministry of Tourism data, although all-important air arrivals remained down on last year.Total arrivals in the Kingdom hit 151,937 in September, the figures showed, up 4.68 ...
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• Best Value Destination 2010

  
  Slices of Kerala Life — Authority: 114
  Lonely Planet has declared that India will be one of the world’s top ten best value destinations in 2010 with a special focus on the tourist destinations of Goa, Pushkar and Kerala. In their reporting, the daily Telegraph featured a picture of the chinese nets in Cochin. 2008 and 2009 has been a torrid time for the ...
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• Laos aims for quality tourism by 2020

  
  Lao Voices — Authority: 451
  The Lao National Tourism Administration (LNTA) yesterday launched its national tourism Human Resource Development (HRD) strategy in a bid to strengthen the tourism industry in Laos.The strategy, titled “Achieving Service Quality Through People”, was launched in Vientiane at an event attended by tourism officials ...
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• Texting, new Davao City website to boost Davao tourism

  
  Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 116
  Using cellphone text marketing, databanking and launching a new Davao website are powerful hi-tech tools that are expected to boost the growth of Davao tourism in the coming years, according to Ms. Eden David, technical director of the Department of Tourism (DOT) regional office here.“We all know just how important ...
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• Asia Travel & Dining Guide Names Clearwater Resort as Place to Stay Among Hotels in Angeles Philippines

  
  Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 116
  Asia Travel & Dining Guide selected Clearwater Resort as a hotel of choice for Angeles and Clark Philippines because of several winning factors: (1) safety and security of the venue – practically zero crime rate in the high-security Freeport zone, (2) a laid-back lifestyle that is consistent with what Clark ...
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• Millennium Hotels & Resorts – 15 Properties in the United States

  
  Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 116
  Millennium Hotels & Resorts announced today that it has engaged 5W Public Relations, one of the nation’s 25 largest public relations firms, as the agency of record for all 15 Millennium hotel and resort properties in the United States.5WPR will work with Millennium on strategic planning, media relations, and a ...
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• Pirates May Soon Invade Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta

  
  Search Amelia Island News — Authority: 149
  Although landlocked Atlanta does not have the rich pirate history of Amelia Island, a museum filled with pirate treasure is being planned for downtown.
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• Amelia Island Ranked 4 on Conde’ Nast Traveler

  
  Search Amelia Island News — Authority: 149
  Amelia Island has ranked #4 on the Conde’ Nast Traveler 2009 Readers Choice Awards for islands in North America.
  2 weeks ago

• World’s First Medical Tourism Documentary to be shown in Los Angeles at Medical Tourism Conference

  
  Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 116
  The Medical Tourism Association has spent a year producing a documentary on Medical Tourism called, “Angels Overseas ~ Costa Rica Edition.” The documentary provides insight into the high quality of healthcare that Americans and traveling patients worldwide can receive when they travel to a foreign country.This ...
  3 weeks ago

• California libel tourism law enacted

  
  Index on Censorship — Authority: 609
  The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, yesterday signed a law that will allow the state’s courts to refuse to enforce British libel judgments. The new law effectively negates the practice of libel tourism.The California legislation now gives courts power to block libel judgments from Britain which has, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Amantaka hotel opens in Luang Prabang

  
  Lao Voices — Authority: 451
  The grand opening of Amantaka hotel in Luang Prabang.
  3 weeks ago

• Rio de Janeiro Brazil named 2016 Olympic host city

  
  Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 116
  Rio de Janeiro was named the host city for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games on Friday after an International Olympic Committee vote in Copenhagen.Rio, which faced stiff competition from Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo, becomes the first South American city to be awarded the games.Residents of Brazil’s second largest city ...
  5 weeks ago

• Holiday Inn Opens in Malé, Maldives

  
  Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 116
  The Holiday Inn Malé, located in Malé, the capital city of the Maldives, welcomed its first guests on Monday.Located on the corner of Ameer Ahmed Magu, Holiday Inn Malé lies near the harbourfront, shops and markets and within a short walking distance to the various historical places of interest like the Old Friday ...
  7 weeks ago

• Cebu Pacific offers Osaka Seat Sale

  
  Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 116
  Cebu Pacific is now offering P2,499 seat sale for the Manila-Osaka route starting now until September 21, 2009.This Cebu Pacific Osaka discounted ticket promotions is valid for travel from October 15 to December 15, 2009.The travel period for the seat sale coincides with the fall season of the Kansai area, which ...
  7 weeks ago

• Thailand launches “Ultimate Thailand Explorers” to draw online travellers to visit kingdom

  
  Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 116
  The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) on Monday launched its “Ultimate Thailand Explorers” competition, calling all internet savvy world travellers to enter the competition to get a free trip to Thailand and chance to win over US$ 15,000 cash and prizes.TAT chairman Weerasak Kowsurat chairman and TAT Deputy ...
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• New York and London to boost travel between two cities

  
  Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 116
  New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and London Mayor Boris Johnson announced on Tuesday a two-year tourism agreement to boost travel between the two cities.The cities will provide each other with outdoor media advertising space, and NYC & Company and Visit London, their respective tourism arms, will share best ...
  7 weeks ago

• Accomplice Hollywood: “Legendary” ARG Experience with Neil Patrick Harris

  
  ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network — Authority: 414
  This article is the second in a series on “secret tourism” spots: cities that provide immersive experiences to residents and tourists alike, as long as you know where and what to look for. He’s played a genius child doctor and a likable womanizer. He’s hosted the Tony’s and will do the same for the Emmy ...
  8 weeks ago

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