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Dubai
to springboard travel & tourism's global outlook
Travel & tourism industry leaders from around the world
will converge on Dubai in April for some frank exchanges on
realising their potential.
'India
should encourage local people to work in the travel and tourism
industry'
Jean-Claude Baumgarten, president, World Travel and Tourism
Council (WTTC), tells Reema Sisodia that the 8th Global Travel
& Tourism Summit will reinforce the benefits that the
travel and tourism sector will bring to people around the
world on a social, cultural and economical basis
Continued
growth signalled for travel and tourism industry
The latest research for travel and tourism anticipates a slowdown
in the industry in 2008 but prospects are bright for the coming
ten years.
Travel
and tourism leaders forecast continued growth for 2008
Despite repercussions of the ongoing global credit crunch,
travel and tourism leaders revealed that the industry will
moderately be impacted and signalled continued growth rates
for 2008 at a reduced pace.
WTTC
supports Caricom prioritisation on tourism
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) announced its
full support of the decision taken by Caricom to devote a
full day during its regular meeting of heads of government
in July to focus on travel and tourism.
That
top-of-the-world feeling
Explorer, mountaineer, environmentalist, adventure travel
and eco-tourism guru, Mandip Singh Soin, founder and managing
director of Ibex Expeditions and president of Eco-Tourism
Society of India, is all of the above, and more. By Anupama
Sushil
Diluting
the disparity
According to the International Labour Organisation, women
today comprise 60 to 70 per cent of the global tourism workforce
compared to only a third of this segment in the early 1980s.
In catering/accommodation, women make up over 90 per cent
of all employees.
India
Outbound: Far and beyond
India's outbound market has never had it so good. According
to estimates, Indians will be spending US$ 4 billion on overseas
travel by mid-2008 and investors, whether airlines, NTOs,
hotels or cruise companies are scrambling to grab their share
of the pie. By Andrea Lopez
Airborne
again
Promoting a country's festivals is a great way to advertise
the destination's culture and history, and Gujarat is doing
just that with Makar Sakranti. By Anupama Sushil
Better
safe than stranded
We had careened around the precipitous mountain roads that
snaked through the little Himalayan state of Sikkim. Night
had fallen swiftly and Gangtok, the capital, was an hour's
drive away.
Hampi
is not history
For more than 20 years now, an international team of researchers
has been investigating the layout, architecture and art of
Hampi, which is identified with the 14th to 16th century imperial
city of Vijayanagara.
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