Budapest Airport 2011: All Traffic Records Beaten
Budapest Airport registered an amazing 8.9% traffic increase last year and recorded an all-time high of 8,920,653 passengers. Thus the 2007 record of 8.6 million has been surpassed by 320,000 passenge ...
New Species Discovered Every Two Days in the Mekong
A new monkey, a self-cloning skink, five carnivorous plants, and a unique leaf warbler are among the 208 species newly described by science in the Greater Mekong region in 2010 and highlighted in a ne ...
International Volunteer Day: UNWTO Volunteers Promote Tourism's Contribution to Development
On International Volunteer Day (5 December), celebrated in 2011 under the theme ‘Volunteering Matters’, UNWTO is highlighting how tourism and volunteer work can make a difference through its UNWTO Vol ...
Tourism Ministry of Oman Fails to Pay Its Bills
Travel media alert to the unpaid promotion campaign ordered by Oman’s Tourism Ministry. A collective lawsuit is likely to follow. ...
A Crisis in Governance: Corruption Perceptions Index 2011
Corruption continues to plague too many countries around the world, according to Transparency International’s 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index released today. It shows some governments failing to pro ...