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2024-03-29T06:47:18Z
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Cybercriminals Target the Travel Industry & Travelers
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2019-12-18T05:03:47.000Z
2019-12-18T05:03:47.000Z
Laura Tyrell
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<div><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><br /> <em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9009416887,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}9009416887,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="750" alt="9009416887?profile=original" /></a><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/cyber-attack-or-computer-crime-hacking-password-on-a-dark-background-gm876883008-244722102" target="_blank">ipopba</a></span></em><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Every September 27, travelers celebrate International World Tourism Day. The tourism landscape has changed immensely since the first such celebration in 1980, with the Internet becoming inevitable for travelers and travel agents. According to the World Tourism Organization (UNTWO), in 2018</span> <a href="https://www.hotelbusiness.com/study-travelers-want-chatbots-to-assist-with-online-travel-experience/"><span style="font-weight:400;">84 percent of travelers booked their holiday through bundling sites</span></a> <span style="font-weight:400;">like Expedia or Kayak instead of contacting hotels and airlines. This counts for</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">1.176 billion</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">travelers. <br /> <br /> Most travelers would agree that the Internet is an essential part of traveling in 2019. For example, <a href="https://www.trekksoft.com/en/resources/ebooks/travel-trends-report-2019">82 percent of travel bookings in 2018 were done online</a>, without any human interaction. “People go on various websites to buy their flights, book a hotel, and rent a car. To do this, they must enter their credit card details and ID information, disclosing their most sensitive data,” says Daniel Markuson, a digital-privacy expert at <a href="https://nordvpn.com/">NordVPN.</a> “The Internet allows people around the world to plan their travels conveniently," he continues, "however, it can also put them at various risks,”</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><br /> The global travel industry by now being dependent on the Internet, no one is protected from security breaches. But there are steps that we can take to protect ourselves from hackers while on vacation. Markuson</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">identifies five main online challenges for travelers and provides tips on how to overcome them.</span></p><p><b><br /> Fake Deals</b></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><br /> Scammers use fake travel websites and holiday packages to attract people with extremely good prices. Then when customers try to book the deals and enter their credit card details, their data is hacked. </span><span style="font-weight:400;">To prevent this from happening, look for the signs. Fake travel deals usually require an advance payment without a written agreement. They also do not specify the airline and hotel names and frequently use words such as “complementary” and “free.” Thus before booking a cheap vacation, always look for these signs and check the website reviews on the Internet.<br /> <br /></span> <b>Phishing Emails</b></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><br /> Another technique that scammers use to trick travelers is fake emails which look completely legitimate. Such emails ask to confirm various details, invite to join online competitions, suggest cheap travel deals, or pretend to give something for free. Also, scammers may send phishing emails asking people to pay a speeding fine for a rental car or otherwise risk a lawsuit.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><br /> Travelers may get fooled as they do not always check the email address and credentials of the seemingly legitimate travel service provider. To avoid this, always check the sender’s email address, official website, design elements, grammar mistakes, etc. If in doubt, better call your agency and ask if they have really sent you this email.<br /> <br /></span> <b>Insecure Wi-Fi</b></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><br /> As mobile data costs much more abroad, most tourists use public Wi-Fi spots. Unfortunately, they are among the biggest threats to travelers’ sensitive information. Hackers often engage in "side-jacking," connecting to a public network and tracking everything that other network users are doing online. </span><span style="font-weight:400;">This way travelers may provide hackers with their social media accounts, photos, passwords, and banking details. The best way to avoid this is to install a reliable VPN, like</span> <a href="https://nordvpn.com/"><span style="font-weight:400;">NordVPN</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">, which would reroute your internet data through an encrypted virtual tunnel.<br /> <br /></span> <b>Internet Censorship</b></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><br /> When you go abroad, you may not be able to access your favorite online content, streaming websites, or various social media platforms. That is either because some countries ban certain websites for political reasons, or because some websites allow their content exclusively to people in certain parts of the world. For example, China restricts access to various social media websites, Google Maps and some other websites that are useful for traveling. Installing a VPN on your device would be a solution to this problem. A good-quality VPN service, such as</span> <a href="https://nordvpn.com/"><span style="font-weight:400;">NordVPN</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">, will allow you to access banned online content.<br /> <br /></span> <b>Social-Media Stalkers</b></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><br /> Many travelers are eager to post their vacation photos on social media. While it may be tempting to update your friends and family on your happy moments, that may also put you at various risks. Hackers and other criminals may take note of your absence to target you and break into your house while you are far away. </span> <span style="font-weight:400;">So it’s better to wait until you get back home to post your travel moments. You can also send your vacation pictures to your loved ones privately.</span></p><p><br /> So with a little forethought and prudence, you can take advantage of the best the Internet has to offer regarding travel, and avoid the pitfalls and dangers. <br /> <br /> <br /></p><p></p></div>
Lung Phin, A Classic Market in Ha Giang, Vietnam
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2020-07-28T05:55:10.000Z
2020-07-28T05:55:10.000Z
Amo Travel
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<div><p>Lung Phin market – one of the most typical and unique backward market in Ha Giang Province</p><p>Most of markets in the north of Vietnam are organized in fixed day such as: Coc Ly Market on Tuesday, Can Cau Markets on Saturday….and repeat weekly. </p><p>But Lung Phin, Sa Phin, Pho Bang, Pho Cao markets in Ha Giang Prince are the exceptional! They take place every 6 days in accordance with 12 animal designations – Rat, Ox, Tiger, Cat/Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. We call them a nick name: “Cho Lui” means “Backward Markets”.</p><p>The morning begins earlier at 05:00AM than normal day and finished at 3 to 4PM. All of ethnic peoples: H’Mong, Zao, Tay, Lo Lo, Tu Di… start going to the market from the early morning by all means of transportation; walk, horse and even motorbike. They travel in family, a group of young girls and boys and starting making the market vibrant with their best and colorful clothes.</p><p>In the market day old people to talk about their family, children, works, a chance for the family to sell their crops, buffaloes, pig, chickens and to buy necessary for their family, crops… It is also a chance for young girls and boy starting their courtship.</p><p>Markets is going to end around 3pm when all of barter counter-trade are over, buffaloes, chickens, pigs are sold, ice creams are all bought by young girls, soup are eated by family, rice wine are all drunken by group of friends. No matter if they could sell all of their products as they could bring them home as they could meet their old friends, could drink, chat, sharing their life stories or even a certain courtship seeded.</p><p>What a wonderful socialize way that we should not miss!</p><p></p><p>End of Lung Phin Market day </p><p>Here is the list to calculate the market days!</p><p><strong>Lung Phin Market:</strong><span> </span>Day of Tiger and day of Monkey<br /> <strong>Sa Phin Market:</strong><span> </span>Day of Snake and day of Pig<br /> <strong>Pho Bang Market:</strong><span> </span>Day of Rat and day of Horse<br /> <strong>Pho Cao Market:</strong><span> </span>Day of Dragon and day of Dog</p><p><br /> Read full story and view beautiful photo at <br /> Amo Travel: <a href="https://amotravel.com/lung-phin-market-ha-giang/">https://amotravel.com/lung-phin-market-ha-giang/</a></p><div>-------------------------------------------</div><div><div><div><span>Discover Real Asia with Amo Travel!!! </span><span>❤</span><span> </span><span>❤</span></div><div><span>Email: <a href="mailto:sales@amotravel.com" target="_blank">sales@amotravel.com</a><br /></span></div><div><span>Tel/Whatsapp: +84913552325</span></div><div><span>Follow our website</span></div><div><a href="https://amotravel.com/" target="_blank">https://amotravel.com</a></div><div><a href="https://www.amotravel.it/?fbclid=IwAR1RuZEjXqFnC2xvdeDzJ-wD7-bAdN3VLi06UjxN4cO_58Et0NAymnfli5M" target="_blank">https://www.amotravel.com/t/<br /></a> <a href="http://amotravel.fr/">https://amotravel.com/fr/</a><a href="https://www.amotravel.it/?fbclid=IwAR1RuZEjXqFnC2xvdeDzJ-wD7-bAdN3VLi06UjxN4cO_58Et0NAymnfli5M" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><br /></a></div></div><div><div><span>#amotravel #travelvietnam #hanoitours #hanoibackstreet #hanoibackroads #vietnamtours #vietnamtour #tourinvietnam #halongtour #hanoitravel #vietnamuniquetour #asiaadvisor #travelauthentic #insidevietnam #insidervietnam #hanoicycling #phongnha #hanoisapatour #hanoihalongtourbooking #halongsapatour #hellovietnam</span></div></div></div></div>
Old-New Forms of Tourism Product Development
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2017-10-24T18:24:38.000Z
2017-10-24T18:24:38.000Z
Peter Tarlow
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<div><p><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9009192871,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9009192871,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="9009192871?profile=original" /></a><span class="font-size-1"><a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-photo/happy-beautiful-unrecognizable-tourist-woman-fashionable-533705191?src=jYbLiHoXKI8lSJ8x0H0olQ-1-19" target="_blank">Oleg_P</a></span></em><br /> <br /> <br /> The famous French phrase: “<em>plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose</em>” (the more things change the more they are the same) is a good starting point for tourism product development. Often what is old becomes new, and what we see as innovative was always right before our eyes. Some basic principles of tourism product development are that “every community has a unique tale to tell, we just have not yet uncovered it”. Another key factor is: “Be who you are, do not be what you are not”. Finally, "what was “then” may well become what will be tomorrow”. In other words things that were pedestrian a century or more ago, may become tomorrow’s unique tourism attractions. Below is a listing of some ideas for the “re-creation” of tourism products. This section is divided into a part one, (1) the theories and methods and (2) some practical ideas that may (or may not be) a right fit for your community or tourism business.<br /> <br /> <strong>Part 1: Principles to consider</strong><br /> <br /> -Know your community. Most tourism directors and officials believe that they know their community. Often what they mean to say is that they know the city’s streets and locations of hotels, restaurants, attractions etc. There is, however another knowledge, often forgotten. It is the hidden tale behind the obvious. Do we know what tales these buildings might tell us if they could speak? What lies below the surface? It is from the ephemeral locale (rather than the physical locale) that ideas for new products are born.<br /> <br /> Start then by asking yourself questions such as”<br /> <br /> -<strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">What are the key components within your tourism industry and what story do they have to tell?</span></strong><br /> <br /> · Hotels<br /> · Restaurants<br /> · Shopping<br /> · Attractions<br /> · Weather<br /> · Other?<br /> <br /> -<strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">How do these factors impact your community and what is the interaction between them? For example look at the:</span></strong><br /> <br /> · Sociological factors<br /> · Economic factors, national and international<br /> · Political factors<br /> · Security and safety<br /> · Environmental factors<br /> · Education and educational opportunities<br /> · Convention and meetings<br /> <br /> <br /> Then put this information all together, and use it to know your tourism community’s strengths and weaknesses:<br /> <br /> -Seek ways to create new combinations from already existing attractions. Many communities have attractions that are marketed as singular products. Take the time to think how these attractions can compliment and support each other. Convention and Visitor Bureaus or Ministries of Tourism do their industry a service by developing ways that all of the tourism industry’s many components can interact. Develop half-, full-, and multi-day packages and tours. The ultimate goal is to entice visitors to stay longer and spend more money.<br /> <br /> <strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">-Know your market.</span></strong> Just because the attraction seems commonplace to you does not mean that it will be commonplace to your clients. People want what they do not have, see, feel, or touch. Thus, a person who has never heard the silence of a desert’s night may be fascinated by something that is all to normal to the local population. Connect each attraction to the unstated narrative that forms the basis of your community.<br /> <br /> <strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">-Seek projects that compliment your community's current. </span></strong> Do not be afraid to cluster. Visitors hate having to travel great distances between sites in the same city. In most cases, clustering, without overkill, is successful. Encourage development that builds on current strengths.<br /> <br /> <strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">-Open up new avenues. </span></strong> Look for new development that although is different from what you have, does not destroy current successes. Take the time to think about what visitor population segmentations are compatible. Keep in mind that some groups cannot coexist with other visitor sub-groups or may be unacceptable to the local population. <br /> <br /> <strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">-Do not be blind to new possibilities.</span></strong> Obtain ideas and insights from both local and outside experts. Outside experts are not blinded by local prejudices. Often outside experts will see an asset that is so common to locals that it is overlooked. These specialists are not hamstrung by current local realities.<br /> <br /> Often the further a tourism product is from reality the more the income the product will produce. The representation of a tourism product placed in a new reality is called “simulata”. For example, few people may pay to be in a gun-fight, but many will pay to see the reenactment of a gun fight<br /> <br /> <strong>Part II: New Types of Tourism Product Development</strong><br /> <br /> Below are a few of the areas where tourism has created whole new products that build on local cultures and turn the mundane into the unique.<br /> <br /> <strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">-Take advantage of where you live.</span></strong> If you live in a rural community create a farm tour experience, but make sure your farmers are in favor of this idea before you begin. If you have local cooperation, then the the Israeli kibbutz (collective farm) model is one to consider. Kibbutzim (plural of kibbutz) allow people from all over the world to have a taste of a rural farming community. Not only do the kibbutz guests provide free and needed labor, especially during the harvest periods, but the tourists pay for the privilege or learning how to work the fields.<br /> <br /> <strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">-Look at new potential demographics.</span></strong> Tourism is a celebration of the unique and the different. What demographics might become a new tourism product? For example, is your community gay friendly? The gay tourism market will continue to grow. Many gays and lesbians have more expendable income than the heterosexual population, but be careful not to generalize. Also do not assume that because a couple is gay, that the couple does not have children. Today’s gay populations range from the single to the married, from the person who seeks to travel so as to meet new people to the gay married couple that seeks a gay friendly family atmosphere.<br /> <br /> -<strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Grandparent-grandchildren vacations are an often overlooked demographic.</span></strong> Grandparents love to spoil their grandchildren and in taking a grandchild on a special trip may also provide a need reprieve for their own children. There are some key factors in making this demographic work. For example, one is that grandparents will easily panic if they do not believe the location is not safe. This demographic is a perfect example how tourism safety and security pay off in economic benefits.</p><p></p></div>
...And then some things never change in Dubai
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2010-03-26T16:17:09.000Z
2010-03-26T16:17:09.000Z
Vanessa Martin Randin
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<div><p><strong>1. Everyone still works with landmarks even though there are street names</strong></p><p></p><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_1043" style="width:546px;"><a href="http://chickstravelflicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/DSC_9633.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1043" title="DSC_9633" height="356" alt="" src="http://chickstravelflicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/DSC_9633.jpg" width="536" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(©MRandin)</p></div><p></p><p>In the 1980s, Dubai was the epitome of the U2 hit, “Where the streets have no name”. Instead, directions were given using landmarks, which were sometimes as vague as “turn right at the first set of pink buildings and then left at the one with the blue balcony railings”.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://chickstravelflicks.com/?p=1045">Continue reading on Chickstravelflicks!</a></p></div>