IRISH GOVERNMENT AIMS TO BREAK RECORDS

Bill Alen -
2006 has been a wonderful year for the Irish tourism industry, with record numbers of North Americans and British people visiting the “Emerald isle”. To be exact, Ireland this year has so far welcomed ...

CAPE TOWN: NO. 1 TRAVEL SPOT IN AFRICA

William Law -
Cape Town has been enjoying improvements in the tourism industry. This year so far there has been a 26.6% increase in foreign spending and the well-known US travel magazine “Condé Nast” has publically ...

MACAO’S UNIQUE ATTRACTIONS BRING IN MILLIONS

Vanderlei J. Pollack -
Ever since Macao returned to China in 1999, its number of tourists has been on the rise. Indeed, 54% of today’s tourists come from China’s mainland. Beforehand, Macao was a Portuguese colony and strug ...

VIETNAM TOURISM BOOSTED BY NEW IMAGE

Michael Trout -
More and more foreigners visit Vietnam: during the first 9 months of this year Vietnam have welcomed 30% more tourists than last year. Tourism has so far accounted for USD 2.2 billion of the total USD ...

TOURISM AS AN ANSWER TO POVERTY IN 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES

The United Nations has recently pointed out the importance of tourism in the 3rd world countries to combat poverty. ...