Contibutor Fyllis Hoffman writes, "it happend all the time with the tour operator Overseas Adventure Travel. I start out expecting to write about the trip itself – in this case, Sicily's Ancient Landscapes & Timeless Traditions"-- and I
Many voices in the civilized world have been speaking out in horrified outrage at Brunei's new edict decreeing death by stoning for gay sex, and numerous individuals and institutions joining a boycott. Should travelers and the travel industry/media
All across the world - Europe, the United States, Australia, Asia, and elsewhere - immigration and refugees are hot topics. But little attention has been paid to how this issue meshes with the other great mass movement of our era: tourism. An integra
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has announced a 47 percent surge in the travel and tourism trade surplus in 2010; the surplus now exceeds $28 billion. Does that favorable gap between what foreign visitors spend here and what Americans spend abroad exis
Read more…These days we hear about a few Westerners (mostly young men) who have been going to Syria to get a closer look at the war, and it reminds me of several years when I was working as a guide in Palestine. My clients were, for the main part, politically
Will the Obama administration's lifting of restrictions on Cuban-American travel in April eventually lead to the lifting of such restrictions for all U.S. citizens? Should it?
Read more…"Every 35 international visitors we welcome to the U.S. generates one American job that can't be outsourced." -Roger Dow, CEO of the U.S. Travel Association.
Why, then, has the U.S. Government -- unlike Mexico, Israel, Germany, Spain, Turkey, etc. --
Read more…Chosun.com reports that the number of Chinese tourists visiting North Korea has dropped substantially. I think I know why. What do you think?
Read more…Albawaba reports that while overall international tourism rose 4.5% in the first half of 2011, tourism has dropped in the Middle East -- which, by and large, could use the income. Are you surprised by this decline or did you expect it?
Read more…Zoheir Garranah has been sentenced to five years in prison because he was found guilty of selling public land near Red Sea below market value. How surprised are we?
Read more…From which continent have visits to Egypt plummeted the most this winter? Bet you'll guess wrong.
Police found a 330-pound bomb near a Roman Catholic Church. The bomb appears to have been set to go off today, Good Friday. What's in the future for Indonesia?
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Conference connects travel writers with tourism organizations, publishers and sustainability experts to explore new freelance market opportunities.
February 5, 2011 (Portland) - Travel & Words, the premier travel writers' event in the Pacific North
Another Tripatini member just tipped me off to this item about Dubai. I can not figure out: Who are the good guys here -- and who are the bad guys? http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/03/18/dubai.expats/index.html?hpt=Sbin
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Just came across an interesting blog post by Beth Santos, CEO of the women-oriented travel site Wanderful on why travel is a political act. Thought-provoking! Read here.
