Tourism

I am planning to move fro Canada to the DR & hopefully land a job in a hotel/resort & maybe teach scuba diving on the side. I have lived in a few locations in the Caribbean for a few months at a time, and I miss it a lot. Looking for a good place to call my new home! Any advice?

It is extremely difficult to find a good job in the DR unless you have qualifications which may be in demand. As a rule employers hire friends who "have paid their dues", and know the ins and outs of the country.Here are a couple of sites in Puerto Plata and Sosúa which may be of help. You may also find our yahoo Sosúa group of help. Good luck.
http://www.northerncoastdiving.com/northerncoast.html
http://www.ginniebedggood.com/index.html

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sosuadominicanrepublic/

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I have the economic environment, the environment (pollution etc) can you think of any others? Thanks.

* money
* terrorism
* high expectations
* food bugs

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Madagascar the film, was a box office smash in 2006. We take a look at the impact on the tourism industry on this little known African island

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10 September 2009

10. CATHERINE DELAHUNTY (Green) to the Minister of Tourism: What is the value of New Zealand’s “clean, green” brand to our tourism economy?

Mr SPEAKER: I call the Hon Jonathan Hunt.

Hon Members: Ha, ha!

Mr SPEAKER: I call the Hon Jonathan Coleman. I apologise to all members.

Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN (Associate Minister of Tourism) on behalf of the Minister of Tourism: That was a long lunch, Mr Speaker! That is a pretty broad question, and I have to answer it from the tourism point of view. I tell the member that people come to New Zealand for all sorts of reasons, and last year overseas visitation earned $8.8 billion for the New Zealand economy.

Catherine Delahunty: Does the Minister agree with the Tourism Industry Association that opening up the conservation estate to mining interests could put New Zealand’s $20 billion tourism industry at risk?

Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN: That is not actually what the Minister of Energy and Resources is proposing.

Hon David Parker: Is the Minister aware that the head of the New Zealand Minerals Industry Association, Douglas Gordon, just yesterday on the current affairs TV programme Back Benches-in response to a question from the interviewer asking whether he would say right now that he would absolutely write off the idea of mining in national parks, even if it was offered to him-said: “That is a yes.”; if so, will he now advise the Minister of Energy and Resources to desist in his efforts to open up national parks to mining?

Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN: The Minister of Energy and Resources has not said anything about opening up national parks to mining.

Catherine Delahunty: Has the Minister raised concerns with his colleagues that even underground mining of conservation land will carve roads through forests; create processing plants, blasting effects, and noise; and risk subsidence of land, all of which will deter visitors?

Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN: The main thing we should be concerned about is that if the Green Party members keep on talking up matters in that scaremongering way, they really will end up putting off visitors to New Zealand.

Catherine Delahunty: Supplementary question, Mr Speaker-[Interruption]

Mr SPEAKER: I cannot hear what the member is calling. Is this a supplementary question? I call Catherine Delahunty.

Catherine Delahunty: Does the Minister not realise that to tourists around the world who are thinking about visiting New Zealand, mining in our national parks sounds about as clean and green as George Bush drilling for oil in Alaska?

Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN: That member is the only person talking about mining in national parks.

Hon David Parker: I seek leave to table a transcript of the Back Benches interview where Mr Gordon said that the mining industry does not want to mine in national parks.

Mr SPEAKER: Leave is sought to table that document. Is there any objection? There is no objection.

Document, by leave, laid on the Table of the House.
Catherine Delahunty: I seek leave to table a statement made by the Tourism Industry Association that mining national parks could put our $20 billion tourism industry at risk.

Mr SPEAKER: Leave is sought to table that document. Is there any objection? There is no objection.

Document, by leave, laid on the Table of the House.
Jeanette Fitzsimons: I seek leave to table a speech by the Hon Gerry Brownlee that talks about taking land out of schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act, which is where national parks are listed, in order to open them for mining.

Mr SPEAKER: I take it that this is a recent speech?

Jeanette Fitzsimons: Yes-last week.

Mr SPEAKER: Leave is sought to table that speech. Is there any objection? There is no objection.

Document, by leave, laid on the Table of the House.

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Sri Lanka Small Miracle –
Sri Lanka Tourism officially launched its new logo and tagline Sri Lanka Small Miracle yesterday (23)with the ushering of peace in a new era.

Addressing the guests and media via a live feed from Temple Trees at the launch of Small Miracle at the BMICH, President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared 2011 as Visit Sri Lanka Year.

In keeping with this theme, a series of activities and events have been planned in 2011 to lure in more tourists to the island.

The President said: Having regained peace, my vision for development of tourism has become a reality. The rebranding is an integral part of the repositioning strategy of Sri Lanka Tourism, and comes at an opportune time with the dawning of a new era of peace in Sri Lanka, where there are much expectations and opportunities in the tourism industry.

Managing Director of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau Dileep Mudadeniya, said The objective of the Sri Lanka Tourism re-branding exercise was to create a single core idea that can change peoples perception of the country.

The challenge faced by Sri Lanka Tourism during the brand strategy planning session in 2006 was to find an idea that embraces the truth of the country, which is relevant to the potential visitor; then communicate that idea through every material item produced, thus establishing an integrated marketing communication approach, he said.

Sri Lankan tourism industry has a great potential in the future. In 2008 Sri Lanka Tourism was able to earn economic events worth around US$ nine trillion and we hope that in the future Tourism will be one of the major foreign exchange earning industry, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Bernard Goonetilleke said.

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Sri Lanka Small Miracle -
Sri Lanka Tourism officially launched its new logo and tagline Sri Lanka Small Miracle yesterday (23)with the ushering of peace in a new era.

Addressing the guests and media via a live feed from Temple Trees at the launch of Small Miracle at the BMICH, President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared 2011 as Visit Sri Lanka Year.

In keeping with this theme, a series of activities and events have been planned in 2011 to lure in more tourists to the island.

The President said: Having regained peace, my vision for development of tourism has become a reality. The rebranding is an integral part of the repositioning strategy of Sri Lanka Tourism, and comes at an opportune time with the dawning of a new era of peace in Sri Lanka, where there are much expectations and opportunities in the tourism industry.

Managing Director of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau Dileep Mudadeniya, said The objective of the Sri Lanka Tourism re-branding exercise was to create a single core idea that can change peoples perception of the country.

The challenge faced by Sri Lanka Tourism during the brand strategy planning session in 2006 was to find an idea that embraces the truth of the country, which is relevant to the potential visitor; then communicate that idea through every material item produced, thus establishing an integrated marketing communication approach, he said.

Sri Lankan tourism industry has a great potential in the future. In 2008 Sri Lanka Tourism was able to earn economic events worth around US$ nine trillion and we hope that in the future Tourism will be one of the major foreign exchange earning industry, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Bernard Goonetilleke said.

Source: dailynews.lk

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Sri Lanka Small Miracle – Sri Lanka Tourism officially launched its new logo and tagline Sri Lanka Small Miracle yesterday (23)with the ushering of peace in a new era. Addressing the guests and media via a live feed from Temple Trees at the launch of Small Miracle at the BMICH, President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared 2011 as Visit Sri Lanka Year. In keeping with this theme, a series of activities and events have been planned in 2011 to lure in more tourists to the island. The President said: Having regained peace, my vision for development of tourism has become a reality. The rebranding is an integral part of the repositioning strategy of Sri Lanka Tourism, and comes at an opportune time with the dawning of a new era of peace in Sri Lanka, where there are much expectations and opportunities in the tourism industry. Managing Director of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau Dileep Mudadeniya, said The objective of the Sri Lanka Tourism re-branding exercise was to create a single core idea that can change peoples perception of the country. The challenge faced by Sri Lanka Tourism during the brand strategy planning session in 2006 was to find an idea that embraces the truth of the country, which is relevant to the potential visitor; then communicate that idea through every material item produced, thus establishing an integrated marketing communication approach, he said. Sri Lankan tourism industry has a great potential in the future. In 2008 Sri Lanka Tourism was able to earn economic events worth around US$ nine trillion and we hope that in the future Tourism will be one of the major foreign exchange earning industry, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Bernard Goonetilleke said. Source: dailynews.lk

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what exactly doe it mean?how does id help in development of tourism industry?

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