Full Coverage: Tourism

15.04.2008

07.04.2008 Who had ever heard the names of villages like Purushwadi and Kohane in Maharashtra? But they are now hotspots for rural tourism enthusiasts. If it is opening a new horizon for the villagers, then urbanites too are learning a thing or two about India’s villages.

10.01.2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 10 (OneWorld) - Coastal residents and students from all over South Carolina are planning to picket this evening's Republican Party Presidential Candidates Debate.

06.12.2007 Earthquake of 2004 and the tsunami that followed had destroyed the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, a part of India in the Bay of Bengal. Tourists stopped flocking the picturesque islands out of fear. The worried government began promoting tourism by sending its employees for excursions granting them leave travel concession but this policy is now proving to be disastrous.

30.11.2007

14.11.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13 (OneWorld) - An international rights advocacy group is demanding the world's tourism industry shed business practices that harm indigenous communities and their cultures.

05.10.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Oct 5 (OneWorld) - Rising concerns over changing climates have spurred the world's multibillion-dollar tourism industry to reconsider its future.

05.10.2007 India’s leading wildlife and environment magazine Sanctuary Asia, Bengal Tiger Line and the Sundarban Tiger Reserve have come together to save the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger and its habitat, the Sunderbans. The campaign kicked off at Kolkata, marking the start of the National Wildlife Week on October 1st

05.10.2007 Small glaciers in Kashmir, India have disappeared while big ones are decreasing in size because of global warming, says a recent report by Action Aid International.

27.09.2007 “Tourism Opens Doors for Women.” This is the theme for this year’s World Tourism Day, celebrated every year on September 27. It is also a call to work towards the third Millennium Development Goal of promoting gender equity and empowerment.

17.05.2007 The Protocol for improved protection of “Skakavac” Waterfall nature monument, of a total worth of 69,500 KM, was signed in Sarajevo, at Ravne protected area, in the immediate vicinity of Skakavac waterfall.

03.04.2007 The BIRO Civic Association and EXIT Festival announce a competition for young authors from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Kosovo, to work on the "Ex-YU Travellers Guide Book" project. The project aims to prepare a cultural guide for young travellers from the region, with emphasis on contemporary pop-culture and youth lifestyles.

13.02.2007 The European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) holds a street action today, February 13, aimed at abolition of visa regimes in Europe and promotion of free movement of people.

29.01.2007 B&H Delegation, led by the Secretary of Ministry of Security Bakir Dautbasic travelled to Brussels, yesterday, January 28, to start the second three-day round of negotiations with the European Commission on relaxed visa regime and readmission.

26.12.2006 from eco chick blog:
It can keep your beer cold and your iPod running - while you get a tan to boot.

19.12.2006 The Citizens Pact for SEE (CPSEE), a Novi Sad, Serbia based NGO working to abolish the strict visa regime installed by EU countries for citizens of Western Balkans, presented its new web-site (Need Visa) offering information about necessary documents and procedures to visa seekers.

15.12.2006 The Citizens’ Pact for SEE launched the Guide to Visas website, dedicated to all people who need information on travel to most European Countries.

07.12.2006 Kosova Youth Hostelling Association – KYHA, in cooperation with its partners is organizing the Balkans Youth Summer Camp, Kosovo 2007: Know Your Neighbour. It invites youth organizations to apply for co-implementation of the camp. Deadline for applications: December 11, 2006.

09.11.2006 AEGEE-Skopje, JEF Macedonija, the Union of High-School Students of Macedonia, the Youth Education Forum, Balkan IDEA and the Association of Scouts organized street action against the visa regime for citizens of Macedonia, under the motto “Visa, No Thanks!”

27.10.2006 Zeleni Neretve, Konjic-based civic association for the preservation of Neretva river, recently sent an open letter to all people connected with the river to get involved protecting it from the intended construction of hydro-electric power-plants in its upper valley.