Tag: plea
Sri Lanka still safe for tourists? Heartfelt plea by Jetwing Hotels Chairman Shiromal Cooray
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 25, 2019 23:15Sri Lanka Tourism is actually open for business: There is no threat to the overall safety of visitors. This is the latest message released by Sri Lanka Tourism officials and ... Read More
eTN becomes a SUNx SDG 17 Partner calling for Climate Sanity in Tourism on Earth Day
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 23, 2019 02:24In nature, nothing exists alone is the message for Earth Day 2019. Announcing the public launch of its “SDG17 Partners Program” on Earth Day 2019, Professor Geoffrey Lipman co-founder SUNx, calls ... Read More
In Amsterdam, tourism growth is not the enemy, bad management is
editor- February 1, 2019 04:59As former Secretary General of the UNWTO, the specialized agency of the UN mandated with promoting healthy and sustainable tourism, I am watching with concern some of the emerging trends ... Read More
“Tour operator” fleeces US tourists of $20K, arrested by Uganda’s Tourism Police
Chief Assignment Editor- January 26, 2019 17:20Tourism Police on the morning of Friday, January 25, arrested a quack tour operator who had fleeced a family of American tourists that had paid for a 15-day safari in ... Read More
US Tourism industry presses for shutdown to government shutdown
editor- January 17, 2019 19:07Group tour and travel associations from the US Tourism industry came together to urge Congress and the Administration to end the government shutdown immediately. Read More
Young Balule Elephant shot 13 times before horrified visitors
editor- December 5, 2018 01:05Just as the furore about the trophy hunting of the pride male named Skye began abating, another incident has highlighted the ethics of hunting in the Associated Private Nature Reserves ... Read More
Avoiding dangerous vacations 2018
Hon. Thomas A. Dickerson- September 19, 2018 21:27This is the sixth year that we have posted dangerous vacations destination information collected from news articles and reported law cases. Read More
National Safety Council: American children dying while parents get away with it
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 6, 2018 09:30These parents are not terrorists, nor are they criminals, but they get away with killing their children. In the United States, nine children have died in 2018 so far because ... Read More
Former Maldives president urges tourists to be more politically aware
editor- October 23, 2012 05:17Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives, has called on tourists visiting the Indian Ocean island nation to "be more aware" of its political problems. Read More
Cruise line pleads guilty in deadly blast
editor- May 4, 2008 06:33Five years after the deadliest cruise industry accident in more than a decade, Norwegian Cruise Line has agreed to plead guilty to criminal negligence in the SS Norway explosion. Read More