How Jessica Nabongo Will Become The First Black Woman To Visit Every Country

Throughout the past year, Nabongo has received heartening messages from people of color all over the world, saying that her trips have inspired them to visit countries that they thought would be unwelcoming.
Nabongo's biggest rule is that “you can't let the mere possibility of what will happen to deter ...

China property tycoons bet that gambling will come to Hainan

This week, the Chinese president will visit the island and hotel magnates like Mr Zeng hope the leader will come bearing gifts: new tax concessions to attract more tourists to this tropical destination nestled along the South China Sea near the Vietnam border.
Local entrepreneurs and global firms like ...

Jordan tourism revenues to double

She was speaking after winning the Woman Achiever of the Year award constituted by Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (Patwa) and awarded at the ITB Berlin.
Unveiling the kingdom's new tourism strategy, Annab said Jordan has adopted a novel approach identifying promising tourism segments ...

Bravo, Berlin! optimism all around

Optimism and a determination to face the new challenges for the travel and tourism sector was all-pervasive at the ITB Berlin, the world's leading travel ... National tourist boards, travel agents and other service providers, and hotel chains from five continents showcased their products and services at 26 ...

Albany could get a seasonal weekend train to the Berkshires

Trains carrying passengers could "deadhead," basically travel empty to return to Rensselaer on Fridays for cleaning and servicing and to Pittsfield on Sundays for the trip back to New York City. Or they could turn those deadheads into additional revenue trips, coordinating the trips to expedite ...

California cities see consumption lounges as way to increase cannabis tourism

"We were getting requests as soon as the law changed," Brian Harris of Brian Harris Travel in Aspen, Colo., said of the state's 2012 legalization of recreational cannabis.
"It's a whole new industry that's been very well received."
Nonetheless, questions about the viability of pot tourism linger, since ...

Focus on opening up Northeast, Himalayan states; marketing 'wisdom of India': Tourism Min Alphons

In a wide-ranging interview at his office in Paryavaran Bhavan, the civil servant-turned-politician said the government's "huge focus" on the Northeast and other Himalayan states would boost the Indian tourism industry -- currently the seventh-largest in the world and tipped to be the third-largest travel ...