Resources
ASEAN Tourism Country Reports and Presentations 2011
Imtiaz Muqbil, Editor and Publisher of the Travel Impact Newswire just posted the following set of very useful reports from the ASEAN Tourism Forum. Check out the reports and Imtiaz’s…
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A New Destination for Rwanda — Nyungwe National Park
In preparation for ITB Berlin, SW Associates worked through the USAID-sponsored Nyungwe Nziza project to help the Rwanda Development Board prepare for the fair, which is one of the largest…
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Thousand Hills Trail Launched in Rwanda
The Trail begins on the shores of Lake Kivu along the western edge of Rwanda across from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and extends south for 227 kms from…
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Flying to Rwanda gets easier
Rwanda is actively working to grow its tourism sector in as sustainable a way as possible and the efforts are succeeding. RwandAir’s fleet is expanding and new flights and airlines…
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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…
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Qatar 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…
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Business 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…
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India 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…
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White 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…
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New 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…
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Mauritius 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…
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Rwanda 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.…
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