Religious tourism already feeds the economies in Israel and Palestine, as well as the surrounding area. In 2000, before the most recent insanity of violence, tourism brought in $3.2 The new tourism infrastructure for the Games would also nicely support a World Cup competition, perhaps with preliminary games across the region as well. MORE

The Thai government encourages such investment to provide for its country’s own health care needs, as well as to maintain Thailand’s position as a medical tourism destination. Medical tourism — an enterprise focused exclusively on procedure-based sick care or elective surgery — is common in many developing nations. Victor Albrow/Getty Images. MORE

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Innovation tourism: it’s a thing. Typically, tourism involves guided tours, pitch events, conferences with lots of panels, and well-planned visits to companies, universities, and government agencies tasked with increasing entrepreneurship and innovation. Kenneth Andersson. MORE

I recently had the opportunity to experience a great example… Seneca College Example Last week, I spoke at the Seneca School of Hospitality & Tourism’s Industry Think Tank. Servant Leadership Hospitality and Tourism Industry Think Tank Seneca Service Leadership MORE

But one thing sets this approach apart from similar campaigns in the past. This time, the idea is for Chinese people to have fun with their political party, to enjoy themselves in the great amusement park of Communism. They're invited to feast on braised pork, Mao's favorite dish, in the leader's birthplace of Shaoshan. MORE

” But how many travelers can “live there” before Airbnb accepts that it has become a vehicle for mass tourism, and that its users are tourists, no more and no less? HBR STAFF. MORE

Philip Kotler is the S.C. Johnson & Son Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He received his Master’s Degree at the University of Chicago and his PhD Degree at MIT, both in economics. He did post-doctoral work in mathematics at Harvard University and in behavioral science at […]. MORE

To be fair to the vendors, the difficult economy makes tourism a rare source of income. I write this while on vacation in Mexico. The resort is beautiful, the people kind and the land a spectacle. But the government, economy and legal systems struggle with some of the worst corruption in the world. It was not always this way. Lack of Leadership Today. MORE

But is it likely that this will improve Brazil’s image and increase tourism, which is often cited as a benefit of hosting mega-events? The answer is sobering: There is mixed evidence (see this study and another ) that tourism increases significantly in the long term or that it offsets the costs of tourism-related improvements to hotels, attractions, and infrastructure. MORE

Church Culture City Lexington Moving Tourism TravelI recently moved to a new city. Lexington, Kentucky is a great place to live. I’ve yet to meet someone who doesn’t enjoy living here. Along the process of adjusting to a new city, I discovered a few keys to acclimating quickly. MORE

San Francisco Chronicle: A tourism leader calls for a clean-up. That is long overdue. It is truly sad what years of poor decisions have done to a once-charming city MORE

We could promote each others activities for tourism. I was in a community program recently talking about regionalism. . Websters defines regionalism as: . 1 a: consciousness of and loyalty to a distinct region with a homogeneous population . MORE

More recently, the BP-sponsored Gulf Coast tourism TV campaign has implied that everything is back to normal. (First published in Forbes.com, April 20, 2012) Two years have now passed since the explosion at BP ’s deep-water rig in the Gulf of Mexico. MORE

Terrorism impacts tourism, but not for as long as you might think. It generally takes a country about 13 months to recover fully from a terrorist attack, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council. MORE

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Because of this, tourism, one of the country’s biggest income generators, has plummeted leaving it in an economically weakened state. What would you do if you were offered a new job and were told you would be fired after one year but you weren’t allowed to quit during your mandate? That you would be paid peanuts compared to your old comfortable job, and you would be harassed and bashed in the media constantly. And you wouldn’t be allowed to complain. MORE

Philip Kotler is the S.C. Johnson & Son Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He received his Master’s Degree at the University of Chicago and his PhD Degree at MIT, both in economics. He did post-doctoral work in mathematics at Harvard University and in behavioral science at […]. MORE

Perhaps in tourism? Robert J. Gordon, an economist at Northwestern University, has recently published an important new book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth , which argues that the U.S. MORE

For those of us who''ve wondered what has happened to Egypt''s tourism industry, the news is not promising Egypt is on many a must-see list of travel locations. MORE

Coulter began working for the Fred Harvey Company, which partnered with the Santa Fe Railroad to open the American Southwest to travel and tourism in the late 19th and early- to mid-20th centuries. My husband and I recently took a little mini-vacation to Grand Canyon National Park. MORE

According to statistics published by the National Trade and Tourism Office, 1.9 To ban or not to ban laptops? Millions of global travelers are anxiously awaiting the answer to this question. Since the U.S. government received credible intelligence that ISIS had developed the capability to conceal explosive devices within laptops, tablets, and other large electronic devices, these devices have been banned, as of late March, from the airline cabins of U.S.-bound MORE

Now its nickname is The Grand Canyon State; a wise tourism magnet to counter the belief of some that the Grand Canyon is in Nevada. Arizona went from a territory to a state on February 14, 1912. As a result, its nickname for many years was The Valentine State. I'm glad that got shucked. Anyway, when you think about it, 1912 wasn't really that long ago. [My My grandfather voted for statehood and I'm still remarkably youthful, in thought if not in body.] MORE

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The relatively cheap national currencies would provide a boost to exports, real estate, manufacturing, agriculture (for instance, olive oil production), and services such as tourism. The battles may be over, but the war is just beginning. MORE

The peace should encourage foreign direct investment and tourism, too. Peace is at hand in Colombia. Overstating its significance would be difficult. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, agreed on June 23 to disarm. MORE

But it also has implications for areas outside of entertainment, such as marketing, fashion, tourism, and retail, where commercial AR apps have already been increasing in numbers and popularity. Apps developed for tourism purposes started appearing in the 2000s, but initially they were predominantly created in university labs. The launch of Pokémon Go this summer was a huge success—both for the gaming industry and for Augmented Reality (AR). MORE

Roger's mother begged Opportunity to enroll him in our technical school, where we focus on tourism and agriculture—the region's most promising industries—and run several agricultural and tourism small businesses, providing both a vehicle for a "learn by doing" environment to our students and revenue from sales of goods and services to cover the cost of operating the school itself. MORE

Group marketing programs, such as auto dealer clusters, municipalities for economic development, travel and tourism destinations, trade association and product image upgrades. MORE

Record flooding in Thailand in 2011 severely impacted air travel, tourism, and one of the major regional airports in Asia. While the Zika epidemic is over in Puerto Rico, reports that it would affect one in five people on the island hurt the island’s tourism industry – at a time when the local economy is struggling to emerge from a municipal debt crisis. With the Trump Administration’s surprising U-turn on the COP21 Paris Agreement, the U.S. MORE

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So will people inflows for other purposes, like university studies and tourism. Donald Trump’s election to the presidency of the United States makes Brexit look like a hiccup. As Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party, put it, the election of Trump is “Brexit times three.” ” This new reality will require businesses to rethink globalization , starting with the aspects Trump is most critical of. MORE

Though Nepal has an extensive fleet of helicopters to serve the tourism industry, using helicopters to deliver aid is both expensive and inefficient. Aiming to jump start innovation in your organization? Go climb a mountain. Innovation is a necessity, a way of life for mountaineers. MORE

Though Nepal has an extensive fleet of helicopters to serve the tourism industry, using helicopters to deliver aid is both expensive and inefficient. Aiming to jump start innovation in your organization? Go climb a mountain. Innovation is a necessity, a way of life for mountaineers. MORE

Since then, tourism has become a huge industry and its customers are primarily middle-class people from, well, everywhere. In one of my posts last week, I mentioned the Grand Tour of Europe that was fashionable in the 18th century. MORE

Compared to most oil-rich countries in the Middle East, Iran has a diversified economy, its tourism sector is on the verge of a major windfall, and threats to its political stability are in decline. MORE

So far, Rwanda''s three big clusters are coffee, tea, and tourism, but Porter is convinced there are more to come. In the initial three areas of coffee, tea, and tourism, that effort has advanced quite far now. So what do you want to be next big thing after coffee, tea, and tourism? MORE

Today, the Park creates incredible social value, but also provides billions in economic value through higher tax revenue, tourism, consumer spending, and real estate appreciation. Ilka & Franz/Getty Images. Profit and purpose are converging. Over 80% of millennials report that making a positive difference in the world is more important to them than professional recognition. MORE

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Here's a map showing the tourism slogans of various nations. Not all, unfortunately. North Korea's would have been interesting.] I found this via the Althouse blog where it drew a lot of interesting comments. A top contender: Venezuela: Bring your own food and toilet paper MORE

And as disruptive innovators in fields from digital self-expression, health care, retail, tourism, and transportation seek to scale globally, they’ll find regulators scaling right along side them. MORE

Working in the travel or tourism industry will allow you to visit new places while being paid. It’s a story everyone has heard and maybe even experienced a hundred times before – the hard worker desperate to escape their monotonous corporate life to pursue adventure in far off lands. MORE