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| Articles about World Travel |
| Philippines ‘WOWed’ visitors at the World Travel Market 2007 | | 2007-11-22 18:49:00 | | The Philippines showcased another successful event this year at the World Travel Market in London ’s ExCel exhibition center at the Docklands, from 12 to 15 November.The WTM, staged yearly in London , is one of the world’s biggest and most important business events. It provides a unique opportunity for people and companies in the travel trade and tourism industry to meet, network, negotiate, conduct business and stay abreast with the latest developments in this global business.Over the years, participation in the WTM in London has been a major activity for the Philippine Department of Tourism—particularly for the PDOT office in London now headed by tourism attaché Domingo Ramon Enero III, assisted by a hard-working and dedicated staff.With the full support of the Department of Tourism under the leadership of the current Tourism Secretary, Joseph Ace Durano, PDOT London has launched several initiatives and campaigns not only in the United Kingdom and in Ireland but in other parts of Europe as well, showcasing the much-vaunted ‘Wonders of the Philippines’—the main thrust of the country’s tourism campaign.The country’s participation in the WTM, in which more than 200 countries participated this year for their optimum share of the world’s tourist traffic, was deemed crucial to the Philippines ’ drive towards economic development, due to the revenues and jobs generated by the influx of foreign travelers as well as investors in the local tourism industry.Global competition in the tourism and travel industry has become keener than ever, and the Philippines has been gearing up to be at the cutting edge of competition, at least in Asia and Southeast Asia . By participating in the annual WTM, the Philippines has been successful in creating visibility for its tourism offerings in the travel trade media, encouraging tour operators and organizers to include the Philippines in their brochures, networking with existing buyers and sustaining their continued sup... | | By: Angat ang Pinoy | | |
| | Jet Airways honoured as 'India's Leading Airline' at 14th Annual World Travel Awards | | 2007-11-06 04:00:00 | | Jet Airways India Ltd has announced that Travel agents worldwide have voted Jet Airways 'India's Leading Airline' at the 14th Annual World Travel Awards. The awards were announced on November 02, 2007, at the World Travel Awards Asia, Australasia & Indian Ocean ceremony, held at the Leela Palace Kempinski, Bangalore, India.Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the "Travel industry's equivalent to the Oscars", the World Travel Awards are the most comprehensive and prestigious awards program in the global travel industry today. Conceived in 1993, these awards seek to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in the world's travel and tourism industry. The World Travel Awards are especially coveted as, uniquely, the votes are cast globally by fellow professionals.
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| | World travel authority finds bustling Bali a magnet to Asian | | 2007-08-06 01:26:00 | | He also found the island was bustling and crowded with visitors from Japan, Korea, Taiwan and other parts of Asia while many Australians missed out on the attractions of one of the top destinations in the world. Asian millionaires were flying in hundreds of guests for weddings while the Japanese (among the world’s most security conscious people) were coming in record numbers because it is one of the places where they feel most able to relax, he says. “The island struck me as far safer than Los Angeles, where I maintain a home, or Delhi, which I visited soon afterwards, or New York, or carjack-filled London, or most of the places I visit. The murder rate in American cities has long been higher than even in cities in the midst of civil war, and since the September 11 attacks it is even more the case that places like New York, Paris, Madrid or London are less safe than less high-profile places. Certainly, I felt much safer in Ubud, say, or Nusa Dua, in Bali, where I was staying to promote the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in September than I do in Southern California or in London.
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| World Travel | | 2007-07-09 06:04:02 | | My mother the globetrotter is packing for a three-week tour of the UK (again), so I’ll be without my relief and emergency babysitter for a while. She’s been all over Europe, North America, and Africa, but I haven’t yet talked her into an Asian trip... probably because the girls and I would want to go with her. You really get to know someone when you travel to new places with them, and she knows me well enough to veto that ahead of time. But she’s a great traveler. I think she’s the only one on her tour who had no problem getting a passport on time. It’s because she updates hers a year before it expires. Not erveryone is so well prepared. How to Scare Tourists. Around the World in Twelve Songs with Boowa and Kwala. Tastes of Tasmania. I didn’t know Tasmania was known for its food, but this makes me want to visit! If you don’t speak the language, you can point to the symbols on this shirt t... | | By: Miss Cellania | | |
| | World Travel Watch | | 2007-05-30 22:03:11 | | Italy: Naples and surrounding towns have thousands of tons of garbage accumulating, with nowhere to put it. via Hartford Courant
Original post by Peter Capella... | | By: UniQuest | | |
| | Cheap World Travel Tips | | 2007-05-20 11:55:29 | | Following are regular updates on travel information for various countries in South America, Europe and the Middle East, as well as Thailand, India and Australia. The text below is added to the comprehensive holiday travel tips to be found at Cheap World Travel Tips
Posted in Cheap World Travel Tips ( 13 links from 4 sites)
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| World Travel: Ecuador | | 2007-05-17 06:33:39 | | I have a pretty bad head cold, Baby won’t fess up to the fact that he was the one who gave it to me. I’m seriously considering shipping him off to the Galapagos Islands because of it. It’s not like he’d completely hate it though. Doing some surfing around TheEcuaTraveler.com I came up with [...]... | | By: krissy.nu | | |
| | Around the World Travel - Domain of the Wealthy? | | 2007-04-30 09:00:17 | | If you’ve been on the backpacker trail for a short time, such as while visiting a single country, or even just been perusing travel blogs online, you may have picked up on a common answer to the question “Where are you from?” The most frequent answers in my experience have been:
Australia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Canada (w/maple leaf flag to prove it)
United States
Israel (after required military service)
Japan
Western European countries (Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, etc.)
I once read about how Buddhism tends to take root in countries and societies after they reach a certain level of success - both culturally and economically (which once included Tibet). This seems both odd, and completely understandable. Affluent societies naturally value the concepts and things which bring them wealth, yet at the same time, a counter-culture develops which values non-materialism. The growing Buddhist movement in the United States is a prime example.
I’d like to think... | | By: GoBackpacking | | |
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