Tourism

WPBF 25 News’ Terri Parker talks to the director of Palm Beach County’s Tourism Development Council about how the oil spill in the Gulf may harm South Florida’s economy.
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This 5 minute video about the year-round tourist potential of Maine, courtesy of the Maine Office of Tourism, is the Spotlight Video of the June ‘07 issue of Spotlight e-Magazine.
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A video produced by Niagara Economic Development Corporation (NEDC) to promote Niagara’s tourism industry.
The Niagara Economic Development Corporation is a non-profit corporation with a mandate to carry out activities to advance the economic prosperity of the Niagara community. The corporation provides innovative services to promote investment and to provide businesses with support services to attract, [...]

Sheikh Sultan Bin Ahmed Al Qassimi, Chairman, Sharjah Commerce & Tourism Development Authority, talks about new hotel developments and investment opportunities in the region.
Breaking Travel News (BTN) is one of the Internet’s most comprehensive online travel news networks that offers both the travel trade and consumers instant updates on the most significant developments in the [...]

In the tranquil village of Al Dieseh, nine young Bedouin women are unleashing their creative skills and becoming empowered while earning an income. They are members of Al Dieseh Cooperative, which is producing ceramics to sell to locals and tourists who come to see the famous desert landscape of Jordan’s Wadi Rum protected area.
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The Yachana Foundation, which works in the Amazon region of Ecuador, successfully achieves sustainable development through tourism and education. Geotourism, a term coined by the National Geographic, is tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place – its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and the well-being of its residents. This [...]

This is an overview of the remarkable rise of Dubai – an Emirate in the Persian Gulf – and illustrates a unique tourism and leisure-based economic development model. Surprisingly, the development model did not require native wealth (such as oil) for its execution and could also be successfully implemented in an apparently “troubled” region of [...]

Something unimaginable is being built 4 kms off the coast of Dubai. 300 man made islands that form the shape of the world map of a development so huge that it is visible from space! Several celebrities and business folks have bought these private havens which are being called as a future wonder of the [...]

This clip comes from the Metro Planning Commission meeting in Nashville, Davidson County, TN on May 28, 2009 in which the Planning Commission received input from the public about their views of the May Town Center’s rezoning proposal that is suggested to be built in the Bells Bend Community. Marge Davis, a contributor to the [...]