United Kingdom Tourism

The English-speaking Caribbean is moaning about the loss of 300,000 visitors from the United Kingdom in its lifeline tourism sector last year. At the same time this is happening, communist-ruled ...

The English-speaking Caribbean is moaning about the loss of 300,000 visitors from the United Kingdom in its lifeline tourism sector last year. At the same time this is happening, communist-ruled ...

Former Tourism Minister Aloun Assamba has been chosen to become Jamaica's new high commissioner to London in the United Kingdom, The Gleaner has learnt. Assamba is slated to take up the post in ...

Former Tourism Minister Aloun Assamba has been chosen to become Jamaica's new high commissioner to London in the United Kingdom, The Gleaner has learnt. Assamba is slated to take up the post in ...

Former Tourism Minister Aloun Assamba has been chosen to become Jamaica's new high commissioner to London in the United Kingdom, The Gleaner has learnt. Assamba is slated to take up the post in ...

WESTERN BUREAU: Former Tourism Minister Aloun Assamba has been chosen to become Jamaica's new high commissioner to London in the United Kingdom, The Gleaner has learnt.Assamba is slated to take up the post in April...

Basseterre, Dec 8 (Prensa Latina) The minister of Tourism of St. Kitts and Nevis, Richard Skerritt, called on the region to protest against the tax hike that the United Kingdom has imposed on anyone ...

Basseterre, Dec 8 (Prensa Latina) The minister of Tourism of St. Kitts and Nevis, Richard Skerritt, called on the region to protest against the tax hike that the United Kingdom has imposed on anyone ...

Basseterre, Dec 8 (Prensa Latina) The minister of Tourism of St. Kitts and Nevis, Richard Skerritt, called on the region to protest against the tax hike that the United Kingdom has imposed on anyone ...

Basseterre, Dec 8 (Prensa Latina) The minister of Tourism of St. Kitts and Nevis, Richard Skerritt, called on the region to protest against the tax hike that the United Kingdom has imposed on anyone ...

Basseterre, Dec 8 (Prensa Latina) The minister of Tourism of St. Kitts and Nevis, Richard Skerritt, called on the region to protest against the tax hike that the United Kingdom has imposed on anyone ...

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An American hotel expert and CEO of Cerios Hotels, Mr. Chuma Mgbeojikwe, has identified Nigerian members of staff in the United Kingdom as the most hospitable in the country's tourism sector, and the key to its high rating.

Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs yesterday unveiled a new website which will help showcase Sierra Leone's cultural heritage to the outside world. The website, www.sierraleoneheritage.org, will provide digital access to Sierra Leonean collections housed in the National Museum and the United Kingdom's partner museums as well as a host of additional resources relating to the country's culture and heritage.

ZAMBIA's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK) Royson Mukwena has urged the international community to embrace the new 'Lets Explore' brand and discover Zambia's tourism products.

The director of the Ruke Amata Media in the United Kingdom, who is currently in the country Thursday met the National Assembly Select Committee on Tourism.

The United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued standard Air Travel Organiser's License (ATOL) to Peacock Travels to begin operations in the country.

Barbados is famous for its rum and its great restaurants, so the four-day Barbados Food & Wine and Rum Festival promises to be an event not to be missed. The Nov. 18-21 festival will include demonstrations and talks by chefs Tom Colicchio, Marcus Samuelsson, and Ming Tsai, along with Barbadian culinary sensation, "The Rhum Chef" Paul Yellin, Food and Wine wine expert Anthony Giglio, and international chefs Mark McEwan and Tom Brodi of Canada, Bruno Loubet from the United Kingdom, and Brazilian chef Vitor Gomes.

The festival is co-sponsored by Barbados Tourism and American Express Publishing's Travel & Leisure magazine, Food and Wine magazine, Departures, and Executive Travel. For a full schedule of events and to buy tickets, visit the festival website.

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Acting Director General of the Cyprus Tourism Organization Lefkos Phylactides said on Monday that largely, the decline in tourist flow from the United Kingdom, which is Cyprus main tourism market, has been contained, while an increase in tourist arrivals from countries such as Russia and Central Europe has been recorded.

Winter bookings from UK looking good 6/28/2011 Arrivals out of the United Kingdom look slow for the summer period, but an official of the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) says that forward ...

Top news: Eskom gets big coal delivery; Nuclear should work towards nuclear energy phase-out following Fukushima disaster; new GE edible crop to be sold following three months of animal testing; eco-tourists in the Philippines welcomed to nuclear power plants; Australian senate exposes palm oil products; solar panels in Britain?  For real!

 

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#Coal energy: South African Greenpeace activists blocked Eskom headquarter entrance today with five tons of coal. Greenpeace is asking Eskom to stop the construction of the Kusile coal-friend power station. As Greenpeace says, Eskom should quit its investments in coal energy systems to start supporting large-scale renewable energy projects.

#Nuclear energy: Greenpeace Germany urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to completely restructure following its recent meeting in Vienna. According to Greenpeace, the IAEA’s goal should no longer be the promotion of nuclear power, but a gradual farewell of the technology and a reduction of the actual danger. All 151 IAEA member states who attended the meeting agree on the necessity of stricter controls on nuclear facilities worldwide - but the only problem is that the international agency reportedly does not have equate funds to do this.

#GE food: Australia has approved genetically modified wheat for human consumption: After just three months of testing on animals.  Experts in the field recommend long-term (2 years) animal feeding studies  prior to any testing on humans, to provide evidence of potential carcinogenic and other dysfunctions. As Greenpeace Food Campaigner, Laura Kelly, said the lack of risk assessment around the trials raises serious doubts over the independence of Australia’s chief national science body. “Years of budget slashes have forced Australian research bodies into partnerships with companies pushing PR-style research that gets profits into their pockets quicker,” continues the campaigner.

#Green tourism: A new eco-tourism project launched in the Philippines aims to turn the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant into a tourist attraction. Tourists will be able to visit a remote turtle sanctuary with its famous white corals before venturing into the heart of a nearby nuclear power plant. While the government sees the venture as both a potential money-spinner and a way of making the case for the nuke plant’s resurrection, other groups including Greenpeace, see it as a chance to “remind people of the inherent dangers of nuclear power."

#Palm oil: Our 2010 KitKat campaign still continues to have an effect. There is good news about the fight against palm oil plantations and related deforestation in tropical areas such as Indonesia. The Australian senate has already passed an amendment to the Food Act requiring that products containing palm oil be explicitly labeled, rather than merely described as 'vegetable oil'. Thanks to these new regulations, Australian consumers will now be able to choose  palm oil free food, which will help protect forests.

#Solar energy: Britain’s biggest solar energy farm has been connected to the national grid. 3,000 solar panels will generate up to 682MWh a year, saving 350 tons of CO2. Despite what one can think, the United Kingdom is not such a bad place where to install solar panels. As Derry Newman, chief executive of the company who supplied the panels, says: “solar works on daylight, not necessarily [direct] sunlight and it gets light every day in Britain”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Zealand tourism and travel companies have banded together to ask the United Kingdom government to reform a flying tax, which they say is damaging tourism in both countries and eroding strong traditional ties between the two countries. The UK government is reviewing the air passenger duty (APD) paid by air travelers and submissions on the review closed Friday. In a joint submission, the Tourism Industry Association New Zealand (TIA), Inbound Tour Operators Council (ITOC), New Ze ...

MANHATTAN, New York: AS THE Caribbean braces for more contraction in arrivals from the United Kingdom, one of Grenada's finest hospitality practitioners, Sir Royston Hopkin, has called on the region's heads...

by Adrian Loveridge, small hotel owner Tourism MATTERS: We’re missing a huge opportunity Imagine having a virtually captive audience, motivated by all the right reasons and that is larger than your main source tourism market, the United Kingdom. That’s perhaps … Continue reading →

The United Kingdom has soared up the world rankings for tourism competitiveness reaching the top ten for the first time in an index published on Monday at the Global Tourism Forum (GTF) in Andorra.