Archive for the ‘Yemen’ Category

The number of UK operators to Yemen looks set to triple in 2009

By eTN | Nov 28, 2008 Yemen's delegation to London's World Travel Market was busy this year. Including the six tour operators already offering trips to Yemen, there are now twenty British companies planning programs for 2009 and Yemeni operators will be hosting a series of study tours in January and February next year.

November 28, 2008 · travelvideo · Comments Closed
Posted in: Yemen

Brits give Yemen an OK, other governments urged to follow suit

By Nelson Alcantara, Special to eTN | Aug 21, 2008 Yemen is once again safe for "responsible travelers," according to the British Foreign Office in a statement released yesterday. The United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is now advising against visiting just five of Yemen's 21 Governorates, having previously advised "against all but essential [...]

August 22, 2008 · travelvideo · Comments Closed
Posted in: Yemen

Meet Yemen's Socotra Island

By Khaled Alduais l eTN Middle East Staff Writer Yemen’s Ministry of Tourism is raising the profile of its Socotra Island by competing for a spot in a new world wonders competition. Yemen's Ministry of Tourism is making strides to raise the profile of Socotra Island.

August 14, 2007 · travelvideo · Comments Closed
Posted in: Yemen

Spanish tourists in Yemen again

By NewsYemen/etn Spanish tourists are once again traveling to Yemen after last month’s deadly terrorist attack. The correspondent of the Al-Ayyan daily could meet seven Spanish tourists, a man and six women, and one Swedish in Shibam of Hadhramout, according to the independent daily.

August 6, 2007 · travelvideo · Comments Closed
Posted in: Yemen

Yemen launches summer tourism fests, plans for more

By Khaled Alduais Yemen’s tourism authority has launched the first of its planned series of tourism festivals. SANA'A, Yemen (eTN) – In its plan to stimulate tourism and festivals associated with attracting more tourists, the Yemeni Ministry of Tourism on Monday launched the Sana’a Summer Tourism Festival 2007, within the framework of another six great [...]

July 17, 2007 · travelvideo · Comments Closed
Posted in: Yemen

UNWTO STRONGLY CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON TOURISTS IN YEMEN

Madrid, 3 July 2007 – UNWTO Secretary-General Francesco Frangialli strongly condemned the attacks against innocent tourists in Yemen, while visiting the Temple of Sheba on Monday 2 July. Earlier, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared that "no cause can justify such acts of indiscriminate violence against civilians."

July 3, 2007 · travelvideo · Comments Closed
Posted in: Yemen

Tourists killed in terror attack in Yemen

By Nelson Alcantara and Khaled Alduais l Etn The Yemeni government issues official statement on yesterday’s bombing attack (in Yemen’s northeast province of Marib) that killed nine.

July 3, 2007 · travelvideo · Comments Closed
Posted in: Yemen