Austria’s travel and tourism industry has plenty of reasons to celebrate. For one, it succeeded in increasing total number of overnights and visitors in 2008.
At the time when Himalayan nation Nepal is facing crucial financial turn, it has emphasized the bilateral cooperation between Nepal and China in the tourism sector, said Rajesh Kazi Shrestha, President of Nepal-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI).
No one argues that the gloomy economic climate has put a damper on discretionary spending, but does that necessarily include leisure travel? One group that doesn’t think so is religious travelers, who have been quietly growing in numbers over the last few years.
Construction has begun on a new cruise terminal in Falmouth, Jamaica. Completion is scheduled for March 2010, in time to accommodate the first port call for Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas.
When completed, the port simultaneously will be able to accommodate two ships the size of the Oasis, a 220,000-ton ship with a 5,400-passenger capacity.
Spain’s King Juan Carlos I has assured Jamaica that Spanish investments are here to stay, as he made a historic two-day visit to the island that also included the signing of an agreement facilitating air services between the two countries.
Spain’s King Juan Carlos I has assured Jamaica that Spanish investments are here to stay, as he made a historic two-day visit to the island that also included the signing of an agreement facilitating air services between the two countries.