May I take this opportunity to wish all our clients, readers and business associates a very happy and prosperous 2010! There are currently mixed messages reaching members of the local tourism and hospitality industries. While a recent poll of 3,000 consumers by the travel site simonseeks.com found that the UK is still hailed as being the best-value holiday destination, the newly published ITB
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The Changing Habits of Holidaymakers
December is always a busy month for the LDSTS management team, but it does at least present us with endless opportunities to mix business with pleasure. Now the Christmas cards have been mailed out to clients, copious contracts signed and new projects initiated, we are having great fun attending festive networking events and industry get-togethers. There have been several recent highlights and
Although data published by ONS in the latest Overseas Travel and Tourism Statistical Bulletin shows that inbound travel to the UK was down by 9% in the year to September (contributed to by a 24% drop in business travel to the UK), VisitBritain believes that the UK tourist industry has reached a “turning point” and predicts that inbound tourism will help lead Britain’s economic recovery during
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A Busy Year Ahead For LDS Tourism Services
As ever at this time of year, we are hectically busy preparing for the schools to close – in fact, some have already broken up for the summer. There are also lots of new leaflets and brochures available, including (but certainly not limited to): Manchester Events, Chirk Castle, Echo Arena What’s On Summer 09, Brimstage Maize Maze and the Cywain Centre Bala.We are delighted to report that 2009 is
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A Successful Summer for LDS Tourism and Clients
Documents on the Cham Islands and Ca Mau Cape have been submitted to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for recognition as global biosphere reserves. The two spots have been officially nominated for biosphere reserve status by UNESCO’s Vietnam Committee. The nomination will be part of the 21st session of the International Coordination Council of Man and the Biosphere Programme, to take place on the Republic of Korea’s Island of Jeju from May 25-29.
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Biosphere reserves proposed for UNESCO’s recognition
“Quang Nam – Heritage Journey” Festival 2009 will take place in Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province from June 4 to 7, 2009 with many special programmes. Song Hoai Square : “Painters and Hoi An Old Quarter” fine art festival; “Prize-winning works about Hoi An” photographs exhibition; “Vietnamese eyes – Vietnamese smiles” exhibition for competition photos Old house – 46 Nguyen Thai Hoc St : The movie week on Hoi An; “Hoi An Landscape” photographs exhibition; “Chu Dau Pottery” exhibition An Hoi Sculpture Park : “Hoi An – in a Ha Noi artist’s heart” photographs exhibition Time Programme Place June 4, 2009 8h – 17h30 The 2 nd Old vehicles parade & Quang Nam-Heritage Journey Hoi An-My Son-Hoi An 19h – 21h “Skillful waiters” contest An Hoi Sculpture Park 19h30 “Vietnamese folk songs – folk dances of North-Central-South” exchanges Song Hoai Square June 5, 2009 19h30 Disguising gala evening of Vietnamese ethnic groups and other countries Hoi An Old Quarter 19h30 “Korean folklore arts” performance Song Hoai Square June 6, 2009 17h30 – 19h “Thu Bon aspiration” closing ceremony Go Hi – Cam Thanh (Live on VTV1) 19h30 – 21h30 Hoi An Legendary Night Hoi An Old Quarter June 7, 2009 8h – 17h30 Fishing village festival Cua Dai Beach In additional, “Quang Nam – Heritage Journey” Festival 2009 also has promotional activities and special tours to meet tourists’ demand Promotion Tourist products Free admission for visiting Hoi An Old Quarter during the 4-day festival Visiting Hoi An Old Quarter by “Miss Universe” pedicabs. “On the way of heritages in Quang Nam Province” tour Streets for walkers and folk games
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“Quang Nam – Heritage Journey” Festival 2009
The resort town of Sa Pa, in northern mountainous Lao Cai Province, will host a Culture – Tourism Week from April 30 to May 3 in a move to attract more visitors. The week will bring together a wide range of activities highlighting rich and distinctive aspects of the province’s diverse ethnic cultures, including an art exhibition entitled “Colours of mountainous areas,” a gastronomy fair featuring the Muong ethnic group’s cuisine, and an orchid fair. Festivals depicting traditional festivities celebrated by local ethnic people, the cultural lifestyles and sports of the minorities will be highlights during the event
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Sa Pa to host culture-tourism week on holidays
Vietnam’s sea tourism potential will be under the spotlight at a festival scheduled to take place in Paris from April 28-29. The festival, the first of its kind in France, will be jointly organised by Vietnam Airlines and the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) and aims to introduce the country’s premier landmarks and tourist sites to foreigners, and realise the government’s goal to maintain economic growth, stimulate demand, and boost consumption and service exports. Twenty-five tourism management agencies from sea tourism-rich provinces and cities, such as Khanh Hoa and Danang, will join leading hotel, travel and coastal resort businesses at the festival
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France sea tourism festival spotlights Vietnam
The festival “Vietnamese Craft Village 2009” will take place from March 24-29, 2009 at 29/3 Park in the central city of Da Nang, gathering 60 typical craft villages in Vietnam. The festival will be divided into specific areas, including an area for craft villages and area for food. The zone for craft villages will display traditional products of famous craft villages in Vietnam, such as stone-made fine-art products from Non Nuoc village in Da Nang, sedge mats from Cam Ne village, fish nets from Tho Quang village, pottery products from the villages of Bat Trang, Chu Dau and Bau Truc, bronze-made products from Phuoc Kieu and Phu Xuan villages, lacquer products from Thach That, Thu Dau Mot, wood products from Dong Ky, Kim Bong and Tien Son, silk from Van Phuc and Ma Chau, rattan and bamboo-made products from Ha Nam and Tra Vinh, brocade from Dong Giang and northwestern provinces, folk paintings from Dong Ho and Sinh villages, palm-leaf conical hats from Chuong, Go Gang, ornamental trees from Nam Dinh, horn-made products from Ha Nam province.
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60 reputed craft villages to join craft village festival
It has been all hands to the deck over the past couple of days with the monthly delivery of What’s On in Chester & Cheshire to hotels, attractions and other leisure facilities in the City and surrounding area. The glossy A4 magazine is a free guide to eating, drinking, shopping and entertainment in the area – although it will be downsizing to a “chic and petite publication” next month with a “
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The Only Way is Up For Tourism in North West England
Travellers on Air France and KLM can now find each other at the airport, on the airplane and/or at their destinations through a new social networking site called Bluenity . The airlines launched the site to provide travellers with a web-based platform to network around and during their travel. They claim it is the first social network launched by an airline although as others have pointed out it resembles British Airways’ Metrotwin and Lufthansa’s GenFlyLounge , although the later seems to be focusing primarily on travelling students
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Social Networking Takes Off
To coincide with the International Polar Year in 2008 Cabi Publishing in the UK published a book entitled Prospects for Polar Tourism, Edited by John Snyder & Bernard Stonehouse of the Scott Polar Research Institute. Mike wrote Chapter 6 Development of Tourism in Arctic Canada outlining some of the his early professional experiences in helping communities in Nunavut to develop carefully controlled cultural tourism, when catering for tourists indicated a possible route towards both economic self-sufficiency and cultural preservation.
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Prospects for Polar Tourism