News tagged with 'travel'. Found 152 tagged news.

Tourism industry is shaken

New Delhi :: India | 1 day ago

At a time when the tourism sector is battling slowdown, terrorist attacks in Mumbai have cast a shadow on the travel and tourism industry. Early indications estimate that during the coming peak season, as much as 50% cancellation is expected. In fact,...

Tags: travel, tourism, terrorist attacks, airlines, all, hotel

Mumbai terror will hit Goa tourism

Mumbai :: India | 2 days ago

Free of Itinerary (FIT) category of travellers. "FIT tourists arrive in India through different flights, travel around India and then use Mumbai as the point to enter Goa. President Ralf de Souza said.  Ralf contended that the global meltdown had already...

Tags: travel, tourism, India

EDITORIAL COMMENT | Push Growth Now

Mumbai :: India | 2 days ago

The morning after the terror attack on Mumbai, an anticipated free fall in the equities markets didn't occur. On Friday, apart from hotel stocks taking a knock, the Sensex remained resilient. So, Mumbai's morphing into a veritable warzone hasn't pushed...

Tags: tourism, terror attacks, terror, attack, travel, india, pakistan, terrorist

Traveling Germs

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 3 days ago

Posted by pochp

Dr. Mark Gendreau, a senior staff physician at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts, said,"The risk of contracting a contagious illness is heightened when we travel within any enclosed space, especially during the winter months,...

Tags: travel

SAS airliner makes emergency landing in Norway

Oslo :: Norway | 4 days ago

Norway— SAS airlines says a plane carrying 193 people en route to the Unites States has been forced to land in Norway after shutting down one of its two engines. SAS Norway spokesman Knut Morten Johansen says the unplanned "security landing" at Vaernes...

Tags: airlines, travel, emergency, SAS Norway

Come on down: Collier tourism reaching out to more international travelers

Naples :: FL :: USA | 8 days ago

Tourism marketing is getting more aggressive and more creative in Collier County. It has to in these tough economic times _ or more business and jobs could be lost. The new strategic marketing plan for fiscal 2008-09 includes several new initiatives.

Tags: tourism, travel, economy

Mainland visitors to have cheaper trip to Taiwan

Taipei :: Taiwan | 10 days ago

An increasingly popular destination for tourists is Taiwan Island. Prices are expected to come down in the near future for tourists travelling to Taiwan from the Chinese mainland. Word of the expected price drop comes from the tourist industry. A delegation...

Tags: tourism, travel, Taiwan Island

S Korea, new hub for medical tourism

Seoul :: South Korea | 15 days ago

In this city’s Apgujeong district, famous for its high-end boutiques and plastic surgeons, tourist buses unload Chinese and Japanese visitors looking for a nip and tuck as part of their packaged tour. On the resort island of Jeju, the government is building...

Tags: travel, tourism, Korean, South Korea

Tourism body unveils new strategy at mart

Doha :: Qatar | 15 days ago

Qatar as a unique and world class destination at the World Travel Market (WTM) which concluded in London recently. Tourism in Qatar is business-oriented with unique tourism attractions to offer...Qatar in forthcoming travel and tourism events around the...

Tags: tourism, travel, Dr Najeeb Al Nuaimi

Top 10 ugly buildings and monument

Sydney :: Australia | 16 days ago

Posted by pranay

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – Travel can open your eyes to some of the world's most beautiful sights and buildings -- and to some of the ugliest. Web site VirtualTourist (www.virtualtourist.com) has come up with a list of "The World's Top 10 Ugliest...

Tags: Ugly, buildings, monuments, travel, architecture