The tourism industry of Turkey fell into a crisis last week when foreigners cancelled hotel reservations and a British holiday sanctuary on Aegean coast was quarantined due to the spread of the bird flu virus. A large number of birds in Kusadasi were annihilated after a dead blackbird, pigeon, and duck were confirmed to have [...]
The future of Cape Town Routes Unlimited (CTRU) remains unsure due to Cape Town’s refusal to withdraw the termination notice stripping the R24-million per year budget of the tourism body. Marian Nieuwoudt, a planning and environment member of the mayoral committee, suggested the fund could be more useful in increasing security at Table Mountain. A [...]
A plant to promote farm tourism and plantation has been formulated by the Tourism Department that will give a boost to the ailing farmlands and plantation sector hit by a drop in the price of agricultural produce. Up to 5% of plantation land can be utilised for tourism purposes according to Tourism Minister K. C. [...]
Tourism bosses in Carlisle anticipate receiving a record number of visitors in the city over the Christmas period. Figures revealed that over the festive period, 2.2 million people have visited the city – reaching up to 5.9% on the 2004 figure. Carlisle has resisted coping with devastating floods in January 2005, which took three lives [...]
Usually, travel advisories are given by each place to serve as warning for travellers against security or safety threats like terrorist activities, a disease outbreak, and natural calamities. Specific travel advisories are also provided for tourists who are enthusiasts of various recreational activities like winter, water, and extreme sports in a particular place. Different countries [...]
The government has restricted the import of SUVs (sports utility vehicles), motor cars and all-purpose vehicles under the EPCG (export promotion capital goods) plan by sectors in tourism, travel and hotels and golf tourism. This comes after the abuse of the export promotion capital goods strategy for the import of cars by some sectors from [...]
You are probably planning to travel overseas, and you’re wondering if your dual citizenship has an effect when you go to other countries. Here are a few things to remember in order to find out whether your dual citizenship has an effect on you. If you are an Australian citizen with dual nationalities, it is [...]
The Culture Ministry for Bulgaria’s 2005 tourism figures show that is that its industry is performing well despite problems such as damage from floods during 2005, as well as ‘construction tourism’. As shown in the figures issued the previous week, international tourism added one million euro to the current account of the country. This is [...]
According to the American Automobile Association, for the first time in this decade, there will be fewer people to hit the road on the fourth of July. This is due to the high cost of gasoline. James Newton, chief economic adviser for Commerce National Bank, said, “If you kick somebody enough in the face, they [...]
With travel budgets stiff, US’ top destinations and budget alternatives are becoming more popular with Americans, as some are preferring to skip travel altogether. “Travel is one of those discretionary expenditures that people are looking at very closely and they are deciding to change their travel patterns”, said Rob Flynn, vice president of Frommer’s, a [...]
