Tag: scientists
Kaanapali Beach in Maui compared with other dangerous beaches after deadly shark attack
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 27, 2019 21:43"Aloha from the Maui Visitors Bureau. The office is now closed in observance of the holiday." This is the recording anyone hears today when calling the Maui Visitors Burea. The ... Read More
African Tourism Board CEO declares Africa one tourist destination
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 24, 2019 05:16The newly appointed CEO for the African Tourism Board, Ms. Doris Woerfel from Pretoria, South Africa, issued her initial welcome message to ATB members today. She shared her vision for ... 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
‘Stable genius’ Trump to Boeing: Add ‘some great features’ & rebrand 737 MAX
Chief Assignment Editor- April 15, 2019 15:30President Trump offered some unsolicited advice to aviation giant Boeing on how to tackle the problems with its Boeing 737 MAX model after worldwide grounding. The presidential wisdom fit into ... Read More
Heathrow Airport: Calling all sustainable innovators
editor- March 28, 2019 02:25Heathrow has today launched a prize worth £30,000, to be awarded to a winning idea that will help the airport reduce its carbon emissions as it explores solutions that will ... Read More
“Plan For Our Kids” and “African Earth Lung” to launch at WTM Africa
editor- March 19, 2019 21:21eTN Publisher Juergen Steinmetz talks to Professor Geoffrey Lipman Co-Founder of SUNx - STRONG Universal Network, about the development of “Plan For Our Kids” and the signature “African Earth Lung” ... Read More
US Pilots alarmed: Boeing 737 Max 8 flight manual is criminally insufficient
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 13, 2019 09:51The Flight Manual for the Boeing 737 Max 8 is inadequate and almost criminally insufficient. These are the words of an American Pilot. Boeing stocks are already down more than ... Read More
Trump: I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot
Chief Assignment Editor- March 12, 2019 17:15The passenger of the world’s most-famous aircraft, US Air Force One, Donald Trump is highly concerned that the complexity of modern planes is creating danger as pilots can no longer ... Read More
Dead on Ethiopian Airlines: Sarah Auffret of Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 12, 2019 08:32"I believe we do our best when we enjoy what we are doing." These were the words of Sarah Auffret, a famous member of the global travel and tourism industry who ... Read More
A Plan For Our Kids: Climate Friendly Travel
eTN Managing Editor- March 3, 2019 23:45Deep down, most people know, Travel & Tourism must respond to the eXistential challenge of Climate Change, must fully align with the Paris Agreement targets, and must play a leading ... Read More
Six Tenerife-born parrots in danger of extinction reintroduced to Brazil
Chief Assignment Editor- February 26, 2019 16:08The six specimens of Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari) born in the Loro Parque Foundation's facilities and moved last August to Brazil for their reinsertion in nature have already managed to ... Read More
Botswana proposes banning hunting and trade as elephant population declines
editor- February 26, 2019 13:53The results of the recent and most extensive elephant population survey of Botswana estimates the country’s population at 126,000 elephants, a further decline from 131,600 reported in 2014. The report ... Read More
Indian Ocean tortoise at Seychelles Aldabra atoll endangered by plastic pollution
Alain St.Ange- February 26, 2019 02:09Seychelles Aldabra atoll tortoises are being affected by eating plastic debris. One tortoise was found with half a flip-flop in its pile of dung. A huge plastic clean-up operation is ... Read More
Hotels in ASIA ignore warning signs of environmental killers
Andrew J. Wood - eTN Thailand- February 24, 2019 06:06Hotel operators in Asia are neglecting public safety. Scientists and engineers have learned the truth about the industry’s apathy when it comes to keeping our hotel and workplace air handling ... Read More
Tourists ruining Ibiza’s famous Es Cavallet Beach with their rampant sex romps
Chief Assignment Editor- January 30, 2019 17:30Biologists and geologists are saying that randy tourists having sex on Ibiza’s most famous nudist beach are causing massive damage to the island’s protected sand dunes. Scientists have launched a ... Read More
Ambassadors’ Night: Brussels appoints 18 destination ambassadors
Chief Assignment Editor- January 30, 2019 17:05Tonight, at an exclusive gala evening, visit.brussels awards the title of destination ambassador to 18 partners who greatly contributed to publicising Brussels in 2018 and confirming its status as an ... Read More
Back to school: Learning how to look good
Dr. Elinor Garely - special to eTN- January 19, 2019 21:04Those that ponder the importance of “beauty” should recognize that the industry is valued at billions of dollars and is supported by men and women. Read More
Uganda Wildlife Authority donates relief to victims of floods and landslides at Mt. Elgon
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- January 13, 2019 20:12Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) delivered relief items worth UGX 10 Million (USD 3700) to the people who were affected by flash floods and landslides that occurred in October 2018 killing ... Read More
Want to live longer? Take a nature vacation
editor- January 4, 2019 02:35Sntists have reported just recently that there is a direct link between nature vacations and a longer life. Read More
Macolline forest joins African Tourism Board
editor- December 21, 2018 20:19The African Tourism Board (ATB) is pleased to announce that Macolline forest in Northeastern Madagascar has joined ATB as a member. Read More
A bat which looks like actor Lance Bass in Greater Mekong Region
Andrew J. Wood - eTN Thailand- December 13, 2018 21:55A bat which looks like singer/actor Lance Bass, a gibbon named for Luke Skywalker, and a toad which seems to have come from Lord of the Rings “Middle Earth," are ... Read More
India Women in Aviation International celebrates Girls in Aviation Day
editor- December 7, 2018 12:28International Civil Aviation Day is to help generate and reinforce worldwide awareness of the importance of international civil aviation towards the social and economic development. Read More
Scientists say they hope to clone mammoth within 6 years
editor- January 18, 2011 07:08A team of scientists from Japan, Russia and the United States hopes to clone a mammoth, a symbol of Earth’s ice age that ended 12,000 years ago, according to a ... Read More