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Alberta is Canada’s most beautiful province. I may be biased since I was born in Alberta and have returned countless times, but it’s hard to compete with the Rocky Mountains, The Badlands, and the glistening glacier lakes. Since we love visiting Alberta so much, we want to share the most beautiful places to visit in Alberta so that you can be the judge. Home to the Canadian Rockies, Alberta boasts five national parks and six UNESCO World Heritage Sites, among others, some of the best scenery in Western Canada. If you are planning a trip to Alberta, don’t miss these…
Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Industry Leaders Look Back at 2024 Legislative Days Released Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 5:50 p.m. During the 2024 Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce Legislative Session Day at the Ohio Statehouse, the chamber awarded three scholarships. Ohio House Speaker Jason Stevens (R-Kit Hill) awarded the scholarships to Joshua Childers ($1,000), Olivia Kingley ($1,000) and Hannah Taylor ($2,500). Childers, a South Point High School graduate, will attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Kingley, a Dawson Bryant High School graduate, will attend Marshall University. Taylor, a Fairland graduate, will study at Ohio University Southern Campus. (Ironton Tribune | Courtesy…
Tourism Ministers from APEC member countries are coordinating policies to make the tourism industry more accessible, inclusive and sustainable.Meeting in the town of Urubamba in Cusco’s Sacred Valley of the Incas, the ministers faced a changing tourism industry that included rising prices and inflationary pressures, extreme weather, labor shortages and infrastructure strained by pent-up demand. Their agenda focused on leveraging innovation and digital tools to facilitate the transition of informal stakeholders to the formal economy, optimizing resilient tourism and sustainable tourism supply chains, and reducing food loss and waste in APEC economies.In her opening remarks at the 12th Ministers of…
Ongoing tensions between the US and China have given rise to the erroneous but persistent belief that this is a zero-sum issue, one that favors one side or the other, either favoring the US or favoring China. Of course, that is nonsense. The situation is much more nuanced than is being made clear.Admittedly, I am no expert on geopolitics, nor am I well versed in the military planning and international political pawns of the Chinese or US governments, but I think we can all agree that this lofty level of politics is not generally shared by the general populace, who…
Hyderabad: Tourism Minister Jupally Krishna Rao has said that the state of Telangana, which is rich in natural beauty, will become a wedding capital. Speaking at an event organised by the Telangana Chamber of Events Industry (TCEI) on Sunday, Krishna Rao said though Telangana is a wedding destination, such ceremonies are being held only in banquet halls, convention centres and resorts in and around Hyderabad. Apart from Hyderabad, there are many other beautiful places that are rich in resources and have historical importance, he said. One of them, the area around Nagarjunasagar reservoir, in the midst of green hills, is…
Thousands of people marched through the streets of Menorca and Mallorca this weekend in protest against mass tourism and overcrowding.Around 10,000 people took part in protests on Mallorca on Saturday, while hundreds marched on Menorca carrying signs reading “SOS, residents” and “Enough with mass tourism”, a Spanish national police spokesman said.”We call on the authorities to ban people who haven’t lived here for more than five years from buying property and to tighten regulations on holiday accommodation,” said Carme Reynes, whose group organised the protest in Palma de Mallorca.But protesters say holiday rental fees are driving locals out and “mass…
Travel Oregon CEO Todd Davidson was this week’s guest on Eye on Northwest Politics PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In a sure sign of Oregon’s recovery, tourists are returning to the Beaver State at levels not seen since before the pandemic. The Oregon Tourism Commission, operating as Travel Oregon, said tourist spending in 2023 will reach a record $14 billion. Travel Oregon CEO Todd Davidson appeared on Eye on Northwest Politics to talk about why Oregon tourism is back on track and what the future holds for tourism in Oregon. First, tourism is a major driver of Oregon’s economy, bringing an…
Share this article A change may be about to occur in the way Bali’s tourism sector operates. As island leaders rack their brains to find better ways to create more culturally respectful and sustainable tourism and curb over-development on the island, some big ideas have been proposed. Key tourism industry leaders gathered in Denpasar this week for an event called “Now is the time to talk”. The event took the form of a roundtable discussion chaired by a representative from the Indonesian Association of Travel Agents (ASITA), bringing together stakeholders from all sectors of the tourism sector to discuss what…
While tourism accounts for about 45 percent of the Balearic islands’ gross domestic product, protesters in Menorca and Mallorca say the prices of holiday rentals are driving out locals. Dylan Donnelly, News Reporter Sunday 9 June 2024 15:31 UK Thousands of people took to the streets in the Balearic Islands this weekend to protest against mass tourism and overcrowding. Demonstrators marched through Menorca and Mallorca on Saturday in the latest protests against the “massification” of tourism in Spain’s island regions.Tourism accounts for about 45 percent of the Balearic Islands’ gross domestic product, according to data from industry group Exceltur, but…
TEHRAN – Iran will host the third National Symposium on Tourism and Green Investment, focusing on promoting green economy and entrepreneurship and innovation in the tourism industry.The event will be held on June 18-19 by the Iran University of Science and Culture in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism Committee of the Iran Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Until now, green economy and tourism investments have often been seen as mere attention-grabbing slogans or remained in the realm of scientific hypotheses, but the increasing attention given to the topic by the United Nations Tourism and its designation…