http://www.adventuretravelnews.com Adventure Travel Industry News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:26:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/president-obama-takes-actions-to-increase-travel-and-tourism-in-the-united-states http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/president-obama-takes-actions-to-increase-travel-and-tourism-in-the-united-states#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:01:18 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=12008 Assistant Editor’s Note: The following statement from the United State’s White House press office was released on January 19th 2012. This morning, President Obama will sign an Executive Order and announce new initiatives to significantly increase travel and tourism in the United States. The U.S. tourism and travel industry is a substantial component of U.S. [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/president-obama-takes-actions-to-increase-travel-and-tourism-in-the-united-states/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/uk-tour-operators-face-%e2%80%98make-or-break%e2%80%99-2012-says-kpmg http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/uk-tour-operators-face-%e2%80%98make-or-break%e2%80%99-2012-says-kpmg#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:01:35 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=11965 According to an article on InAudit.com, tax audit and advisory conglomerate KPMG has warned that many United Kingdom tour operators will go under this year unless they make undertake big strategic changes in their business models. Such changes would be in response to a challenging market environment where money-pinched consumers are flocking to low cost [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/uk-tour-operators-face-%e2%80%98make-or-break%e2%80%99-2012-says-kpmg/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/zimbabwe-introduce-dual-pricing-system-mzembi-tells-tour-operators http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/zimbabwe-introduce-dual-pricing-system-mzembi-tells-tour-operators#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:53:13 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=11935 According to an article on All Africa by Patrick Chitumba, the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry in Zimbabwe,  Walter Mzembi, has indicated that tour operators must introduce a dual pricing system for domestic and international tourists or face government regulation, as locals are being pushed out of the industry due to high prices. Recently, [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/zimbabwe-introduce-dual-pricing-system-mzembi-tells-tour-operators/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/uae-looks-to-gain-major-boost-as-global-tour-operators-look-to-off-set-losses-from-arab-spring-movements http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/uae-looks-to-gain-major-boost-as-global-tour-operators-look-to-off-set-losses-from-arab-spring-movements#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:20:16 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=11540 Thomas Cook, Europe’s second-largest tour operator, will bolster its tour offerings to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2012 to try and offset almost £20m in losses after it had to cancel trips to Egypt and Tunisia in response to the unrest caused by the Arab Spring – a move likely to be echoed by other [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/uae-looks-to-gain-major-boost-as-global-tour-operators-look-to-off-set-losses-from-arab-spring-movements/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/u-s-travel-applauds-western-governors-association-support-of-visa-reform http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/u-s-travel-applauds-western-governors-association-support-of-visa-reform#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:36:50 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=11512 Support continues to build nationwide among policymakers to reform the U.S. visa system in order to welcome more international visitors, create millions of American jobs and add billions to the U.S. economy. The Western Governors Council, an organization representing the Governors of 19 states and three U.S.-Flag Pacific islands, adopted a resolution to improve visa [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/u-s-travel-applauds-western-governors-association-support-of-visa-reform/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/pancakes-with-the-president-iceland-tourism-gets-creative http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/pancakes-with-the-president-iceland-tourism-gets-creative#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:16:52 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=11216 According to a recent article by cnbc.com, Iceland is engaging in a unique campaign to revive its faltering tourism industry, which has yet to fully recover from the the volcanic ash cloud last year that so badly disrupted both air travel and further impaired the country’s economic woes since 2008. The small country is now [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/pancakes-with-the-president-iceland-tourism-gets-creative/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/middle-eastern-travel-growing-stronger-iata-reports http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/middle-eastern-travel-growing-stronger-iata-reports#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:23:16 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=10781 Assistant Editor’s Note: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has issued a report around the growth of Middle Eastern aviation market share, published here as it is of interest to our members in terms of global travel trends and shifts. Investment in Middle East infrastructure has proved a wise decision, with the region’s global aviation [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/middle-eastern-travel-growing-stronger-iata-reports/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/foreign-investor-interest-crystallizing-in-15-billion-tourism-project-in-russia http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/foreign-investor-interest-crystallizing-in-15-billion-tourism-project-in-russia#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:51:12 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=10770 New Agreement Signings Add Impulse to Planned Mega-Development of Caucasus Mountain Skiing, Hot Springs Spa and Caspian Sea Beach Resorts –Cardinal Emphasis on Ecological Sustainability Sochi, RUSSIA – Foreign investors will join Russian political and commercial elite in this southern seaside resort town tomorrow at a high-profile government economic conference to sign the first large-scale [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/foreign-investor-interest-crystallizing-in-15-billion-tourism-project-in-russia/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/license-to-kill-should-china-grant-foreign-tourists-visas-to-hunt-limited-numbers-of-protected-species http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/license-to-kill-should-china-grant-foreign-tourists-visas-to-hunt-limited-numbers-of-protected-species#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:11:39 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=10654 A debate around granting international tourists special licenses to hunt protected animals as part of ‘adventure travel’ tours is taking place in China. A website dedicated to environmental issues, chinadialogue, recently reported that a special committee has granted permission to a group of American citizens to hunt the Bharal and Tibetan gazelle in the Dulan [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/license-to-kill-should-china-grant-foreign-tourists-visas-to-hunt-limited-numbers-of-protected-species/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/itb-berlin-reports-on-european-sports-tourism-trend-hiking-cycling-top-trends http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/itb-berlin-reports-on-european-sports-tourism-trend-hiking-cycling-top-trends#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:40:59 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=10348 Higher growth than cruises – German tourists keenest on sports – Austria the most popular destination for sporting holidaymakers Sporting holidays are destined to become a winning trend. According to the latest survey of the World Travel Monitor®, commissioned by ITB Berlin, over the last five years there has been a double-digit increase in sporting [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/itb-berlin-reports-on-european-sports-tourism-trend-hiking-cycling-top-trends/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/kenyan-president-mwai-kibaki-highlights-tourism%e2%80%99s-cultural-benefits-upon-joining-unwtowttc-global-leaders-campaign http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/kenyan-president-mwai-kibaki-highlights-tourism%e2%80%99s-cultural-benefits-upon-joining-unwtowttc-global-leaders-campaign#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:25:18 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=9812 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/kenyan-president-mwai-kibaki-highlights-tourism%e2%80%99s-cultural-benefits-upon-joining-unwtowttc-global-leaders-campaign/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/the-china-daily-china-set-to-grow-as-adventure-travel-spot http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/the-china-daily-china-set-to-grow-as-adventure-travel-spot#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:50:34 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=9600 According to an article in the China Daily, after a four year application process, Intrepid Travel has obtained wholly foreign owned enterprise (WOFE) status in China. This comes right as Intrepid has announced a partnership with TUI Travel resulting in the formation of PEAK Adventure Travel Group. These moves put Intrepid in position to become [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/the-china-daily-china-set-to-grow-as-adventure-travel-spot/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/research-and-markets-saudi-arabia-tourism-report-q1-2011-authorities-have-said-they-want-to-diversify-away-from-their-dependence-on-oil http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/research-and-markets-saudi-arabia-tourism-report-q1-2011-authorities-have-said-they-want-to-diversify-away-from-their-dependence-on-oil#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:46:22 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=9665 DUBLIN - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Saudi Arabia Tourism Report Q1 2011” report to their offering. The Saudi Arabia Tourism Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, tourism associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Saudi Arabia’s tourism industry. Saudi Arabia’s tourism industry [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/research-and-markets-saudi-arabia-tourism-report-q1-2011-authorities-have-said-they-want-to-diversify-away-from-their-dependence-on-oil/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/mexican-tourism-officials-in-total-shock-at-princess-move http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/mexican-tourism-officials-in-total-shock-at-princess-move#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:39:35 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=9660 According to a USA TODAY article, the decision of Princess Cruises to halt all stops in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, has left the nation’s tourist industry in “total shock.” “Puerto Vallarta is a perfectly safe destination,” says Rodolfo Lopez Negrete, chief operating officer of the Mexico Tourism Board. “We were very surprised and clearly very concerned [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/mexican-tourism-officials-in-total-shock-at-princess-move/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/mexico-counters-violent-image-with-u-s-ad-campaign http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/mexico-counters-violent-image-with-u-s-ad-campaign#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:28:35 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=8826 A recent Reuters article reported on the new ad campaign launched by Mexico to help counter its image as an unsafe travel destination due to drug violence. Mexico travel professionals say that the U.S. travel alerts are inaccurate in their scope and hurting the national tourism industry, which is the third largest source of foreign [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/mexico-counters-violent-image-with-u-s-ad-campaign/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/tourists-visiting-rio-reach-highest-level-in-five-years http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/tourists-visiting-rio-reach-highest-level-in-five-years#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:35:03 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=8814 The number of international tourists visiting Rio de Janeiro increased by 8% in 2010 compared with the previous year, according to a study conducted by Embratur, the Brazilian Tourism Board. The city received 1.61 million foreign visitors last year, compared with 1.49 million in 2009, an increase of 120,000 people and the highest level of [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/tourists-visiting-rio-reach-highest-level-in-five-years/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/china-opens-outbound-travel-to-foreign-operators http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/china-opens-outbound-travel-to-foreign-operators#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:28:15 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=9041 China opened its tourism market wider and gave licenses to three joint travel services to organize Chinese tour groups overseas. The National Tourism Administration of China on Monday gave the licenses to TUI China Travel Co Ltd, CITS American Express Travel Services Ltd, and JTB New Century International Tours Co Ltd. The three joint ventures [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/china-opens-outbound-travel-to-foreign-operators/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/wttc-cements-its-ties-with-china%e2%80%99s-hainan-province http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/wttc-cements-its-ties-with-china%e2%80%99s-hainan-province#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:15:33 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=9047 Reflecting the shift of the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC’s) focus towards emerging economies – not to mention the growing success of WTTC’s China Initiative – the Chinese delegation at the recently-concluded 11th Global Travel & Tourism Summit this year exceeded 60 industry and government representatives, 4 of whom are new WTTC members. The [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/wttc-cements-its-ties-with-china%e2%80%99s-hainan-province/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/greenland-launches-first-social-media-campaign http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/greenland-launches-first-social-media-campaign#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 08:34:22 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=8914 Editor’s Note: Compelling digital marketing, smart in its efforts to accentuate Greenlandic culture (definitely have your speakers on) within the tourism context, subtle humor, and simply awe-inspiring imagery. Having visited Greenland, I can assure you this first in the series is just a glimpse of what this little-known destination offers the adventure traveler. Worth taking [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/greenland-launches-first-social-media-campaign/feed 1 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/u-s-visa-system-reform-seen-key-to-wooing-tourists http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/u-s-visa-system-reform-seen-key-to-wooing-tourists#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:47:06 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=8802 U.S.  travel industry officials reported last month that the nation’s complicated visa system is a hurdle in tourism recovery and must undergo reform if the United States expects to attract burgeoning tourism numbers from countries like China, India and Brazil, according to Reuters. The U.S. Travel Association reports that although travel is the largest U.S. [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/u-s-visa-system-reform-seen-key-to-wooing-tourists/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/rwanda-rebuilds-its-tourism-industry-by-focusing-on-wealthy-wildlife-lovers http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/rwanda-rebuilds-its-tourism-industry-by-focusing-on-wealthy-wildlife-lovers#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 06:55:03 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=7961 The following excerpt is from an article published in Slate.com, by Antonia Windsor, on the reemergence of tourism in Rwanda. The country, once known for its bloody ethnic genocide, has spent the last seven years investing in “low impact, high value” environmental tourism and has attracted a great deal of foreign investment, according to Windsor. [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/rwanda-rebuilds-its-tourism-industry-by-focusing-on-wealthy-wildlife-lovers/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/alaska-native-groups-get-creative-to-gain-tourists http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/alaska-native-groups-get-creative-to-gain-tourists#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 06:11:15 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=8002 According to a recent article in the Alaska Journal of Commerce, travel experts are reporting a rising interest in cultural tourism in port towns and small villages in Alaska, where tourists are coming in rising numbers to learn about the traditions and lifestyle of Native American Alaskans. One cruise ship destination has even boosted the [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/alaska-native-groups-get-creative-to-gain-tourists/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/delegation-seeks-to-restore-confidence-in-travel-to-egypt-and-jordan http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/delegation-seeks-to-restore-confidence-in-travel-to-egypt-and-jordan#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:42:10 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=7639 Leaders within the United States travel industry are undertaking a major project to support their colleagues in Jordan and Egypt, where earlier political reform has reduced the normal torrent of tourists to a trickle. On April 22 a delegation of U.S. travel leaders will embark on “Restoring the Journey: Support Travel to Egypt and Jordan,” a six-day visit [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/delegation-seeks-to-restore-confidence-in-travel-to-egypt-and-jordan/feed 1 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/china%e2%80%99s-tourists-to-overtake-japan%e2%80%99s-how-the-chinese-traveler-is-being-underserved-in-western-markets http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/china%e2%80%99s-tourists-to-overtake-japan%e2%80%99s-how-the-chinese-traveler-is-being-underserved-in-western-markets#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:36:57 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=7480 Assistant Editor’s Note: The following excerpts and discussion are based on an article by Alexandra Stevenson which was originally published in beyondbrics, a blog about emerging markets in the Financial Times. The article draws upon information from a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), entitled Taking off: travel and tourism in China and beyond. [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/china%e2%80%99s-tourists-to-overtake-japan%e2%80%99s-how-the-chinese-traveler-is-being-underserved-in-western-markets/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/indian-travellers-seek-to-diversify-reports-nielsen-pata-survey http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/indian-travellers-seek-to-diversify-reports-nielsen-pata-survey#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:17:12 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=7050 INDIA. The Indian leisure traveller is now more open to exploring newer destinations, according to findings revealed in the latest edition of the Nielsen India Outbound Monitor. A study done by the Nielsen Company in association with the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), shows that destinations such as China, Maldives, Indonesia, the African continent and [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/indian-travellers-seek-to-diversify-reports-nielsen-pata-survey/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/u-s-policy-change-on-travel-restrictions-to-cuba http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/u-s-policy-change-on-travel-restrictions-to-cuba#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:22:19 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=6654 Assistant Editor’s Note: The following excerpts and images are taken from an article on AVStop.com, an online aviation magazine, in an article by Daniel Baxter. The U.S. begins lifting flight restrictions to Cuba. Prior to the recent change in travel restriction to Cuba only three U.S. airports, Miami International (MIA), JFK International (JFK) and Los [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/u-s-policy-change-on-travel-restrictions-to-cuba/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/an-update-on-egypt-from-member-gateway-to-egypt http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/an-update-on-egypt-from-member-gateway-to-egypt#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:02:55 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=6350 Editor’s Note: ATTA Member and Advisory Board Member Manal S. Kelig, of Gateway to Egypt, has kept the ATTA leadership apprised of the situation in Egypt over the past month. Manal has asked that we share with ATTA Membership and AdventureTravelNews.com readers the following update about how the dramatic events unfolding in Egypt and the [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/an-update-on-egypt-from-member-gateway-to-egypt/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/swedish-safaris-growing-in-popularity http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/swedish-safaris-growing-in-popularity#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:12:39 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=6556 Assistant Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by Nature’s Best The large Swedish animals – elk, bear, wolf and eagle – are attracting more and more visitors. The winter’s eagle safari weekends in Skåne are fully booked, the wolves of Dalarna are attracting English groups, birdwatchers from the USA are coming to Västmanland [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/swedish-safaris-growing-in-popularity/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/why-you-should-travel-to-tunisia http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/why-you-should-travel-to-tunisia#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:15:11 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=5271 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/why-you-should-travel-to-tunisia/feed 1 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/queensland-flood-update-and-travel-info-2 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/queensland-flood-update-and-travel-info-2#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:14:24 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=5345 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/queensland-flood-update-and-travel-info-2/feed 0