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koreatimes.co.kr - Jhoo Dong-chan - Gov't launches 3-city roadshow to bolster tourism marketing
Gov't launches 3-city roadshow to bolster tourism marketing
The Korea Times

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) will hold a three-region roadshow to introduce inbound marketing support services for businesses seeking to attract international tourists to Korea. This year's…

scmp.com - Matthew Cheng - Cheap tours blamed for coerced shopping in Hong Kong: tourism experts
Cheap tours blamed for coerced shopping in Hong Kong: tourism experts
South China Morning Post

Unreasonably low prices offered by some mainland Chinese tourist groups visiting Hong Kong are a major factor behind coerced shopping, industry leaders have said, urging authorities to step up random inspections during the coming Labour Day…

travelweekly.co.uk - South Korea hopes Virgin Atlantic arrival will help boost tourism ties
South Korea hopes Virgin Atlantic arrival will help boost tourism ties
Travel Weekly

Apr 14, 202611:59 GMT by Phil Davies Virgin Atlantic has become the only British airline to fly direct between the UK and South Korea. The new daily service between Heathrow and Seoul's Incheon International Airport is being operated by three class…

express.co.uk - Emily Wright - Anti-tourism graffiti appears in travel hotspot loved by Brits as summer of protests looms
Anti-tourism graffiti appears in travel hotspot loved by Brits as summer of protests looms
Daily Express

Frustrated locals have launched a 'guerrilla campaign' against tourist apartments in Seville Furious protesters have scribbled the words ' Airbnb out!' across the fronts of tourist apartments in the popular Spanish city of Seville after the city…

koreaherald.com - Ji Da-gyum - Lee proposes 'Saemaul Undong' campaign to revitalize regional tourism
Lee proposes 'Saemaul Undong' campaign to revitalize regional tourism
The Korea Herald

Foreign arrivals top 5 million in first quarter, with regional airport entries up nearly 50% President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday proposed a nationwide campaign to address tourism malpractices and revitalize regional tourism through coordinated local…

cornwalllive.com - Claire Elliott, Cornwall Live readers - Businesses' warning as tourism crisis deepens and Cornwall seen as 'rip-off
Businesses' warning as tourism crisis deepens and Cornwall seen as 'rip-off
Cornwall Live

Cornwall's tourism sector is under increasing pressure, with some business owners warning the county is 'on the brink' as rising costs, policy changes and falling visitor numbers bite. Six years after locals told holidaymakers to “turn…

scmp.com - Bibek Bhandari - Nepal's trekking trade looks east as Iran war disrupts Western tourist flow
Nepal's trekking trade looks east as Iran war disrupts Western tourist flow
South China Morning Post

Nepal 's tourism industry is scrambling to offset a sharp fall in Western visitors during the peak spring trekking season, with operators and officials turning their attention to Asia-Pacific markets as conflict-linked travel disruptions ripple…

skift.com - Rashaad Jorden - U.S. Tourism Rebound Continues, But Asia Is a Soft Spot
U.S. Tourism Rebound Continues, But Asia Is a Soft Spot
Skift

Inbound travel to the U.S. rose 3.6% year-over-year in March, driven by strong growth from Western Europe and South America. Arrivals from Asia, especially India, declined significantly due to policy changes and higher visa fees, despite Indian…

cyprus-mail.com - British women reshape Cyprus' tourism landscape
British women reshape Cyprus' tourism landscape
Cyprus Mail

Cyprus has emerged as one of Europe's leading destinations for female tourism spending, with recently-published analysis highlighting a strong rise in expenditure by British women travellers. The findings, based on research by Solo Female…

41nbc.com - Gena Tripp - Leaders say expanded Macon flights could boost travel, tourism - 41NBC News | WMGT-DT
Leaders say expanded Macon flights could boost travel, tourism - 41NBC News | WMGT-DT
41NBC News | WMGT-DT

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – More travel options are coming to Middle Georgia this summer as Contour Airlines expands service at Middle Georgia Regional Airport. The airline is adding a returning nonstop flight to Baltimore along with a new…

dailymail.co.uk - Ashley Nickel - Qantas and Jetstar scrap five routes as jet fuel prices soar
Qantas and Jetstar scrap five routes as jet fuel prices soar
Mail Online

Jetstar and Qantas suspended four routes The company cited ongoing fuel hikes READ MORE: Woman dies on Qantas flight from America to New Zealand Qantas has announced it will raise fares, reduce its domestic capacity and change its international…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Agency, tour guide stripped of licenses for pressuring mainland tourists to spend
Agency, tour guide stripped of licenses for pressuring mainland tourists to spend
The Standard

Hong Kong's Travel Industry Authority has revoked the licenses of a travel agency and a tour guide after an investigation found they were involved in coercive shopping practices targeting mainland inbound tour groups. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH…

watoday.com.au - Hamish Hastie - 'Quite bizarre': WA premier lashes 'opportunistic' Qantas after Busselton to Sydney flights scrapped
'Quite bizarre': WA premier lashes 'opportunistic' Qantas after Busselton to Sydney flights scrapped
WAtoday

West Australian Premier Roger Cook has labelled Qantas as “opportunistic” while blasting its subsidiary Jetstar's decision to scrap the Sydney to Busselton route due to sky-high fuel prices. Jetstar announced on Tuesday it would…

dailymail.co.uk - Isabella Machin - B&B owners call Reeves' 'holiday tax' the 'nail in the coffin
B&B owners call Reeves' 'holiday tax' the 'nail in the coffin
Mail Online

Get your news delivered straight to you by 7am - sign up to our new Morning Mail newsletter for FREE Are you a concerned B&B owner? Email isabella.machin@dailymail.co.uk B&B owners have warned Rachel Reeves ' 'holiday tax' will be the 'nail in the…

theglobeandmail.com - Nathan VanderKlippe - In Minnesota's wilderness, a town divided over the future of mining
In Minnesota's wilderness, a town divided over the future of mining
The Globe and Mail

The wilderness in northeastern Minnesota occupies a landscape guarded against the heavy footprints of humanity. No road penetrates its lakes and wetlands, a watery maze that drains north to Canada. No signs blemish its campsites. No chainsaws are…

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