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Vietnam goes eco
The Vietnam tourism sector expects to exploit the country's abundant eco-tourism potential in the next five years in hopes of creating a new image for the industry in the 21st century. |
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Calling Africa
Travellers to Africa can purchase their cellular phone number and airtime before they leave.
Through www.globaltext.ca, travel agencies and tour groups are also entitled to a 15 percent discount. |
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| Trek Holidays acquired by First Choice Holidays PLC |
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David Gillespie, Allan Ronneseth
and Nigel Jenkins | Trek Holidays was acquired by First Choice Holidays PLC, an international leisure travel company headquartered in the United Kingdom. Trek will join First Choice as part of the Activity Adventure Division which includes such well-known adventure brands as Exodus, Trek America, The Imaginative Traveller and Peregrine Adventures.
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| Passenger traffic growth continues |
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| Latin America and the Middle East posted double digit growth in airline passenger traffic for 2005.
According to The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the countries saw growths of 11.4 percent and 13.1 percent respectively.
Internationally, passenger traffic grew by 7.6 percent in 2005.
"The industry is returning to a more normal growth pattern after the shocks that began in 2001. Passenger traffic is lower than the 15.3 percent increase recorded in 2004, but above the historical growth of six percent," said Giovanni Bisignani, IATA's director general and CEO.
Despite this growth, the industry lost US$6 billion in 2005. U.S. airlines lost US$10 billion, European carriers made US$1.3 billion and Asian carriers earned US$1.5 billion.
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| Snow creates havoc on popular B.C. highways |
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About half a metre of snow forced the
closure of British Columbia's Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt on
Monday, while an avalanche threat closed the Kootenay Pass portion of
Highway 3.
The B.C. Transportation Ministry said highway crews
were working to retrieve about 50 cars that got stranded on the Coquihalla
as the heavy snow forced them off the road before the toll highway was
closed early Monday morning.
Plows and sanders were working to clear the estimated 50 cm of
heavy snow from the highway.
Also, a high-level avalanche threat forced the ministry to close the
Kootenay Pass stretch of Highway 3 in southeastern British Columbia in both
directions late Monday afternoon.
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| Tour bus crashes in Egypt |
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A tourist bus overturned on a
highway in southern Egypt early Tuesday, killing 14 tourists from Hong Kong
and injuring 30 more, some critically, Egypt's news agency reported.
The tourist bus was on its way from the Red Sea resort of Hurghada to the
ancient historic city of Luxor farther south when it overturned.
In Hong Kong, a spokesman for the tour agency, Jetour, said 43
tourists were on the bus. The tour guide was among those critically injured.
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| Movie fans want Wyoming |
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Although filmed in Canada, fans of the movie Brokeback Mountain want to visit Wyoming.
And since being nominated this morning for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture, that interest will likely increase.
The Wyoming Business Council's travel and tourism department has received
hundreds of calls asking about scenery in the movie, which is based on
Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Proulx's short story about two gay Wyoming
cowboys.
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| Mardis Gras in Mobile |
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A scaled-down Mardi Gras in New
Orleans could boost turnout for the rollicking festivities in Mobile, where
carnival was first celebrated in the United States in the 1700s.
Millions of tourist dollars are up for grabs in carnival cities along the
Gulf of Mexico from Galveston, Texas, to Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Mardi Gras,
or Fat Tuesday, takes place on Feb. 28 this year, and celebrations and
parades are typically held for days beforehand.
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