Scenic Spots: Chinese Tourism, the State, and Cultural Authority.
Scenic Spots: Chinese Tourism, the State, and Cultural Authority, by Pill Nyiri. A China Program Book. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 2006. xii, 134 pp. $40.00 US (cloth), $22.50 US (paper). At present, commercial tourism is the biggest business in the world, with profits that equal or...

Problems in paradise: tourism is booming worldwide--but not everyone is happy about it, as Chris Brazier reports.
I stood aghast: was this really the same place? The time I spent in Ubud in 1981 is one of my most cherished travel memories. This village in central Bali had a steady trickle of Western visitors even then, attracted by its reputation as a haven for...

Hoggetowne Medieval Faire: using historical reenactments for community tourism development.
Festivals and events have become one of the fastest growing areas of local community tourism development. Communities increasingly understand that festivals are crucial elements of the city's tourism business. However, this understanding has led to an increase in the number of festivals and a rise in competition. It's increasingly...

Destruction in disguise: international tourism projects in the Mekong River Basin are a model unsustainable development.
THE AMBITIOUS PLAN of the governments of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand to build a huge golf resort in a pristine forest area where the three countries meet has elicited a heated debate about the way tourism is being developed in the region. (1) The proposed 27-hole golf...

Will Del Monte, Glynn compete with Buffalo predators for Spitzer's ear?
Uh-oh! Things have started off badly for Niagara Falls under the reign of Gov. Eliot Spitzer before the state's new top man has even had the chance to visit the area while working under his new title. There has been hope in Niagara County that Spitzer would be of...

ARAB AFFAIRS - Mar 5 - Kingdom, Turkey Sign Agreement To Boost Co-operation.
As part of an effort to boost Saudi-Turkish co-operation in the tourism and culture sector, Prince Sultan ibn Salman, secretary general of the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT), and Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertugrul Gunay signs an agreement. "This accord with a mandate to promote tourism relation...

Promoting bed-and-breakfast tourism.
Byline: Francis N. Tolentino THE Philippine tourism industry is undoubtedly one of the largest contributors to the national economy. Alongside other industries such as agriculture and manufacturing, the country's premier tourist destinations give to the national coffers immense financial resources and help stabilize the economy. Despite man-made...

Guam honors SM founder.
Guam Gov. Felix P. Camacho honored SM Group founder and chairman Henry Sy, Sr. with the prestigious Governor's Guahan Award, naming Sy ambassador-at-large during the blessing of the SM Store in the Agana Shopping Center on Guam on Nov. 16. The Governor's Guahan Award was established in...

Canadian environmental tourism programs: for those considering studies that go beyond hospitality to explore the environmental and social aspects of tourism. (Directory).
BRITISH COLUMBIA Malaspina University College Faculty of Social Sciences and Management, department of Recreation and Tourism Management; degrees offered: B Recreation and Tourism Management (2yr, 4yr). The two year program emphasizes the study of tourism from a perspective of community development and the management of...

Town gets 2nd water system; LWUA to build P66-M project on Guiuan's resort island.
After giving the scenic Eastern Leyte coastal town of Guiuan its first modern water supply system through a recently completed P20-million project, the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) has set its attention to the development of a P66-million water supply system for the resort island barangay of Calico-an also...