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Qatar Tourism Authority reports on performance and progress in Qatar hotel sector for 2008 -2009_

The Chairman of Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA), Mr. Ahmed Abdullah Al Nuaimi, released today a statistical report on the hotel sector in Qatar.

"QTA has begun developing a coordination plan with the Supreme Council of Development Planning and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning. This plan will enable us not only to shape the framework for technical cooperation on tourism matte

Golden Tulip Hospitality Group enters into South East Asia_

Golden Tulip South East Asia aims to establish Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns & Resorts as a leading hotel chain in the region, while introducing the four brands of the chain: 5 stars Royal Tulip, 4 stars Golden Tulip and Golden Tulip Resort and the economy business 3 stars brand Tulip Inn. The office will furthermore develop the necessary infrastructure to provide maximum support to investors and own

Tourist Dollars Saying Arrivederci To Italy _

Italy is perhaps the cradle of modern tourism. Its ancient ruins and medieval and Renaissance artworks have attracted visitors for centuries. Writers such as Goethe, Stendhal and Henry James established the itineraries for the required educational Grand Tour. The post-war economic boom opened the country to the masses on package tours and to student backpackers on a dollar-a-day.

International Gambling Studies_

International Gambling Studies is a peer reviewed interdisciplinary journal in gambling studies. Launched by a team of international experts with a commitment to the highest scholarly standards, International Gambling Studies adopts a transnational and comparative approach to the challenges posed by the global expansion of gambling in the 21st century.

International Gambling Studies accepts or

Current Issues in Tourism_

Current Issues in Tourism is a new type of tourism journal which encourages in-depth discussion and critique of key questions within the subject. It offers a readable format for extended peer-reviewed papers and reviews, each followed by informed commentary designed to spark off further reader response and debate. It contains both applied and theoretical work that addresses tourism inquiry and pr

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change_

The Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (JTCC) is a peer-reviewed, transdisciplinary and transnational journal. It focuses on critically examining the relationships, tensions, representations, conflicts and possibilities that exist between tourism/travel and culture/cultures in an increasingly complex global context.

Global capitalism, in its myriad forms engages with multiple 'ways of bein

Journal of Heritage Tourism_

The Journal of Heritage Tourism (JHT) is a peer-reviewed, international transdisciplinary journal. JHT focuses on exploring the many facets of one of the most notable and widespread types of tourism. Heritage tourism is among the very oldest forms of travel. Activities such as visits to sites of historical importance, including built environments and urban areas, rural and agricultural landscapes

Journal of International Volunteer Tourism and Social _

The concept of volunteering has a long and established history. The study of volunteering and sport is well documented within the western world whilst volunteer tourism is an embryonic but growing field of study. The linking of volunteering and sport tourism is a more recent phenomenon with much of the research focusing around events. However, according to Baum & Lockstone (2007) even this area