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February, 2008
Ryanair is selling 1 million tickets
for 1 cent with all taxes and fees covered.
The BBC and other media sources are warning of travels
to the UAE where irrational prosecution has sentenced
a UK tourist to 4 years in prison after Dubai customs had
spotted 0.003g cannabis stuck to his shoe. Also the possession
of pain killers and other ordinary medicine is triggering
lengthy jail sentences.
January, 2008
Sri Lanka tourism suffers a lot after new travel warnings
imposed by Australia and many European countries.
August, 2007
Travelocity was fined with $180.000 for having sold
trips to Cuba.
July, 2007
Turkey is now offering separate beaches for Muslims
and on Creta islanders have demonstrated
against vandalizing young British tourists who enjoy drinking,
fighting and fornicating in the streets at night.
May, 2007
The Expedia travel site has
reported bookings in 2006 worth $17 billion within a $900
billion market.
February, 2007
The U.S. travel industry suffers from a 17% decline
since Sep 11. However most foreign tourists feel widely discouraged
from aggressive immigration regulations and unfriendly officers.
January, 2007
In 2006 the travel industry has increased online sales
and bookings by 26% to a new record high of
$24,6 billion.
December, 2006
Irish success airline Ryan Air
had given away 4 million free tickets for flights around Europe.
With 52 million visitors per year
Spain has remained the No.2 tourist spot in the world. Still
France remains No.1, Italy stays on 3 whilst interest in the
US remains low with only No.4.
Online Travel Magazines have emerged
as a prime source of travel information with the rapidly rising
amount of Internet bookings.
A selection of websites with travel videos
is shown at 247streamz.com
Brazil has bounced back to U.S. Custom
behavior with unpleasant security regulations for American
visitors, who have to allow fingerprints, photos and up to
8 hours of interrogation. In Sao Paulo
Brazil 230 American tourists were exposed to new security
regulations in response to procedures for Brazilian visitors
to the U.S.
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