Archive for August 2021
Community Tourism Gaining Momentum in Nyungwe National Park
Rwanda is actively working to sustainably grow its tourism sector and the efforts are succeeding. Developments in Nyungwe National Park in the southern part of the country are helping to…
Read MoreQatar Airways Launching Service into Heart of Africa
At ITB in Berlin last week, Qatar Airways announced new service to several destinations, including to Kigali, Rwanda, which is fast becoming a regional hub for trade and tourism. This…
Read MoreBusiness Travel Spending over $1 trillion driven by emerging markets
Very interesting article in Travel Daily News online, Tuesday, July 24th, 2012: The GBTA Foundation, the research and education arm of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), released the 4th annual…
Read MoreIndia Supreme Court rules against tiger tourism
The Times of India reported yesterday that the Indian Supreme Court has banned tourism in several tiger reserves. The ruling is meant to push several states into enforcing the establishment…
Read MoreWhite House blogs benefits of tourism on public lands
Last week, the White House blog highlighted the benefits of tourism on public lands. The blog cited the annual visitor survey of the US Department of Agriculture which showed that…
Read MoreNew markets for Caribbean tourism?
In an editorial published Sunday August 5th by the New York Amsterdam News, Columnist Bevan Springer calls for increased recognition in the Caribbean for tourism as the sector with the…
Read MoreMauritius Tourism — Public-Private Partnerships key to Success
The World Trade Organization recently published a case study on Mauritius as part of their series on “Managing the Challenges of WTO Participation.” The problems and solutions highlighted in this…
Read MoreRwanda featured in Selling Long Haul
Melissa Shales, the former chair of the British Guild of Travel Writers, just published a feature on “How to Sell Rwanda” in the UK-based Selling Long Haul publication and website.…
Read MoreWhat motivates a Government to triple VAT on tourism?
This morning the following story from eTurbo News caught my attention: “Iceland tourism braces for huge VAT increase.” VAT is going from 7% to a whopping 25.5%, although a decrease in…
Read MoreChinese Tourism — “Always on My Mind”
Over the past couple of years, after working on tourism development projects around the globe, for nearly every destination without exception from tiny St Lucia to India, China is on…
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