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Voluntourism: Making a Difference through Tourism

By Anita Mendiratta, CNN Task Group/eTN | February, 2011  - GOING BEYOND JUST BEING THERE :  The arrival of the twenty first century brought with it an array of challenges to global stability and connectivity. Crises, both natural and man-made, have caused people around the world to look around and question not just how it all [...]

February 14, 2011   Posted in: Travel Industry Info

Travel Industry Optimistic for 2011

The travel and tourism industry is extremely optimistic 2011 will see it leave the global financial downturn behind, revealed a survey of World Travel Market’s Meridian Club – the industry’s most senior buyers. Almost eight out of ten (78%) Meridian Club members polled say they are optimistic for the industry’s prospects in 2011.

January 26, 2011   Posted in: Travel Industry Info

Agritourism Branches Out in Vacation Planning

Flexibility of choices is one of the modern-day luxuries available for any holiday planning. Travelers who long for a bit of rural diversity combined with unique culinary experiences and outdoor leisure activities need not look further. Agritourism is what they need. An ideal holiday means one can get exactly what one wants. For some, the [...]

January 24, 2011   Posted in: Travel Industry Info

International tourism 2010: Multi-speed Recovery

International tourism recovered strongly in 2010 according to the advance release of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Tourism Barometer. International tourist arrivals were up by almost 7% to 935 million, following the 4% decline in 2009 – the year hardest hit by the global economic crisis. The vast majority of destinations worldwide posted [...]

January 18, 2011   Posted in: Travel Industry Info

World Tourism Day celebrations: conserving biodiversity, a collective responsibility

The official 2010 World Tourism Day (WTD) celebrations held in Guangzhou, China, have underscored the need for increased action by the global tourism sector – as one of the world’s leading economic activities – towards the preservation of biological diversity. Jointly organized by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the China National Tourism Administration [...]

September 28, 2010   Posted in: Travel Industry Info

New UNWTO report highlights impact of demographic change on tourism

Demographic change will have major implications for the tourism sector over the coming decades but also presents important opportunities. This is among the central findings of the recently published UNWTO/European Travel Commission (ETC) report on “Demographic Change and Tourism.” The report sets out the main demographic trends worldwide and in major current and emerging source [...]

September 22, 2010   Posted in: Travel Industry Info

Green Globe launches updated sustainability standard

LOS ANGELES, CA – Green Globe Certification has today launched its latest update to the Green Globe Standard for sustainable operation and management. The Green Globe International Advisory Group, which brings together the knowledge of travel and tourism professionals, as well as environmental experts, has overseen the latest review process.

August 18, 2010   Posted in: EcoTourism, Travel Industry Info

9th annual September concert expands to 3-day celebration of peace through music

August, 2010: NEW YORK, NY – On the weekend of September 10-12, across America and around the world, the skies will come alive with music as The September Concert Foundation presents its 9th annual celebration of peace and humanity.

August 16, 2010   Posted in: Travel Industry Info

Volunteer Sea Turtle Monitoring and Sea Kayak Quick Tour Combo Baja

LORETO, BAJA California — Idaho-based Sea Kayak Adventures, Inc. is offering an exciting all-inclusive eight-day trip package where participants can spend three days hands-on helping researchers monitor and tag endangered sea turtles at their nesting beach in Magdalena Bay, then three days paddling a sea kayak alongside dolphins and sea lions in the clear waters [...]

August 3, 2010   Posted in: Environmental Issues, Travel Industry Info

Largest ever gay marketing survey unveiled at WTM 2010

World Travel Market, the premier global event for the travel industry, will unveil results from the largest ever international survey into the travel and leisure patterns of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community at WTM 2010.

July 30, 2010   Posted in: Travel Industry Info