Ecuador’s Ministry of Tourism has launched a new branding campaign entitled “Ecuador, Love Life,” along with a series of new themed tourism routes. The routes include “Ruta de las Flores” (The Flower Trail), which focuses on Ecuador’s high-quality roses and flowers.

With emerging markets expected to recover from the global economic crisis at a faster pace, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says greater emphasis is being placed on marketing Jamaica to prospective travellers in those regions.

Addressing the Pacific Area Writers Association international seminar on 'Travel and Tourism: Need for a Survival Plan in Turbulent Times' at the World Travel Market in London on November 10, Minister Bartlett pointed to research which indicates that emerging economies, such as Brazil, Russia, India and China will ultimately surpass the growth rate of developed economies in the United States, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Italy.

Club Med officially opened its first international ski resort in China on Nov. 27, 2010. The Yabuli Resort will join the ranks of Club Med’s Four-Trident “Charm and Prestige” category, offering guests the luxury of a premium all-inclusive vacation in China. Club Med Yabuli is located in the northeast of China in Heilongjiang Province, 110 miles southeast from Harbin, the capital of the province.

Costa Rica, an amazing diverse country and a global leader of sustainable tourism, has put together a broad variety of vacation packages and discounts for the upcoming holiday season. Travel deals are available after the Thanksgiving weekend through the first few months of 2011.

Several Jamaica hotels and resorts are offering holiday value-added packages that coincide with Jamaican cultural holiday festivities and winter events. Breezes Runaway Bay Resort & Golf Club is offering a five-night Girls Golf Getaway package featuring a one-hour private lesson at the resort’s 18-hole golf course; a one-hour native’s touch massage; and a manicure and pedicure at the full-service, à la carte Blue Mahoe Spa. The package starts at $1,065, double occupancy.

The demand of the Russian tourists for the tours to different countries increased in two times during 9 months of 2010 in comparison with the same period of last year. So, Yandex users confirmed the data of the Federal State Statistics Service, Russian Aviation Authorities and TOURMARKET.INFO concerning the growth of outbound travel market of Russia for more than 40 percent.