Related NewsPopular show features MB area hot spots (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:32:12 GMT The Grand Strand will get its 30 minutes of fame on the Travel Channel Thursday on "Passports to Great Weekends" with Samantha Brown. The blonde TV travel guide was in the Myrtle Beach area in May for a weekend filming at places such as the Slingshot in downtown Myrtle Beach. Tourism leaders consider the hugely popular hostess a major "get." But it took a lot of dough to lure the show. The ... More... Rexburg Hotels Staying Surprisingly Busy (KPVI 6 Pocatello)Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:10:59 GMT With gas prices on the rise people have talked about tourism and travel being down, but that is not the case for the City of Rexburg. More... Taiwan tour operators sceptical about China boom (AFP via Yahoo! Philippines News)Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:06:00 GMT The launch of regular direct flights between China and Taiwan has been hailed as a symbol of progress and a boon to tourism, but industry workers here are not all convinced. More... Canadians keeping their tourism dollars at home (Daily Gleaner)Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:04:27 GMT Canadians spent more on tourism during the first quarter of 2008, but they spent their money at home. More... COAST christens new Summer Beach Bus (Hampton Union)Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:08:09 GMT HAMPTON — Local chamber of commerce members, state senators, councilors and others rode to Hampton Beach together Wednesday, among the first to ride on the COAST Summer Beach Bus. More... Taiwan tour operators sceptical about China boom (TODAYonline)Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:25:25 GMT Chinese tourists take pictures at Yangming Mountain, a dormant volcano and a popular tourist attraction famous for its hot springs in Taipei on July 5. The launch of regular direct flights between China and Taiwan has been hailed as a symbol of progress and a boon to tourism, but industry workers here are not all convinced. More... Tourism Operators Squeezed by Road User Charge (Scoop.co.nz)Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:34:23 GMT Tourism operators are feeling the pinch as a result of the Government’s shock announcement of an immediate increase in Road User Charges earlier this week. More... One-Tank Getaways: Gas prices drive day trips (Chicago Sun-Times)Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:21:05 GMT Eileen Laureano-Alicea wanted to give her kids the Mouse. Instead they got the Bean. The Addison mom had planned on a Walt Disney World summer vacation with her children, Sienna Marie, 7, and Sebastian, 4. More... Winter wonderland beckons (Hamilton Spectator)Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:13:29 GMT This wasn't your typical snow globe winter scene: a handful of bundled-up twentysomething actors, feasting on Tim Hortons doughnuts and coffee, reading tabloid magazines to pass the time. More... One-Tank Getaways: Gas prices drive day trips (Chicago Sun-Times)Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:05:28 GMT Eileen Laureano-Alicea wanted to give her kids the Mouse. Instead they got the Bean. The Addison mom had planned on a Walt Disney World summer vacation with her children, Sienna Marie, 8, and Sebastian, 4. More... |