Subsequently, Parisians are often shocked or simply uncomfortable with people that have an absence of reserve. Montmartre has been connected to artists for more than 200 decades. The Louvre is among the most renowned art museums on the planet. Resting inside this lovely garden after visiting Louvre is ideal, it is an amazing spot to […]
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Turkey Innovates to Attract Tourists
There have been many countries badly affected by terrorist attacks over the last few years and Turkey is one of them. Just like the tourism sectors in places like Tunisia and Egypt every time there is another attack – tourism drops a little further. Even though the tourists haven’t been the primary target in Turkey […]
Australia Expensive for Uk Visitors
Australia has always been a popular holiday destination for the UK traveller despite the long travelling distances involved. However one of their current problems is the high value of the Australian dollar especially against the key currencies for tourism of New Zealand, UK and most of Europe. This concern was reflected in the latest survey […]
Vietnam Suffers Fall in Visitors
The last four cruise ships of a Vietnam tourist company which have passed through Vietnam have all been offered the chance to stop at Ha Long Bay and all have declined. The tourists were unsure about the security and thought the boats looked ugly, so reported the company director. This is not an isolated case, […]
Californian Tourism Hitting the Heights
Tourism is of course, vitally important to the Californian economy. For anyone outside the US who’s come across those expensive, well produced adverts often on prime time TV slots, you can sense that’s it’s big business. However the numbers can be quite staggering even when forewarned, a report published last week suggested that tourists […]
French Plan to Increase Tourism Defies Logic
The socialist government in France seems to have little idea about the negative impacts that increasing costs by levying taxes has on demand. Only last month Mr Hollande launched an initiative to boost tourism in France by upgrading hotel sector, streamlining the visa process and finally building a long needed express rail link from […]
Journey of Recovery from Katrina
It is said by some psychologists that if you experience a tragedy or an event of great trauma then you start a new timeline in your life. That is to say that you will tend to refer to events as being before or after the event. If you speak to the residents of New Orleans […]
Germans Take Their Holidays at Home
The Germans were once pretty famous for travelling far and wide on their holidays, but the latest survey of German tourism habits suggests that might be changing. Last year just under half the population took their holidays in their own country. It was far and away the most popular holiday destination quite some distance from […]
Campaign for Sir Hugh to be Honoured
Tourism is of course important to many countries across the world and the majority of governments do their very best to encourage it whenever possible. It is unfortunately one of the most unpredictable areas of the economy where external events can have a huge impact on the numbers of tourists. We can see now in […]
UK Failing Environmental Challenges Overseas
The well respected group the Environmental Audit Committee has just published a report on environmental issues in Britain’s many overseas dependencies. You can find the report here – but the overall conclusion is that the UK is failing to protect most of the environmental issues in these often remote areas. The UK is responsible for […]