ATHENS – Greece is having a better-than-expected summer tourism season and this year’s revenues will help alleviate the impact of soaring energy prices on society, government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said …
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BANGKOK – Thailand’s economy improved in June and the momentum should continue into the second half thanks to increased tourism and domestic consumption as pandemic curbs ease, a central bank …
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By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING – Sri Lanka has asked China to help with trade, investment and tourism to help it grow sustainably, Colombo’s envoy to Beijing said on Monday …
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BEIJING – China’s central bank will guide domestic financial institutions to provide credit services to the cultural and tourism sectors which have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, it …
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Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Hugo Espinosa Chavez (59, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to using a minor child to produce images depicting sexual abuse, …
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BANJUL – Gambia and the World Bank signed a $68 million grant on Tuesday to revive the ocean-facing West African country’s tourism sector, representatives of both parties announced at a …
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By Sergio Goncalves LISBON – Tourism is rebounding more quickly in Portugal than in some parts of Europe, but the number of foreign visitors this year is still expected to …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday will unveil a new strategy aimed at boosting international tourism hit hard by COVID-19 and government travel restrictions by …
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TOKYO – Japan’s government is considering resuming a national travel discount campaign as soon as late this month to help the tourism industry recover from a COVID-19 slump, the Nikkei …
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Former Federal Agent Found Guilty of Enticing a Minor and Engaging in Sex Tourism in the Philippines
East St. Louis, Ill. – A Cahokia, Illinois, man was found guilty as charged last week for Enticement of a Minor, Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual …
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Amazon To Foot The Bill For Employees’ Abortion Tourism Laurel Duggan on May 2, 2022 Amazon will fund up to $4,000 in annual travel expenses for employees seeking abortions, according …
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(Reuters) – Analysts at J.P. Morgan downgraded Thailand’s equities rating on Monday, citing the slow pace of recovery in the tourism industry due to rising inflation and a surge in …
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By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA – The global travel and tourism sectors are projected to return to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 and grow at a rate that will outpace global …
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MADRID – Spain expects international tourist arrivals to reach 80% of pre-pandemic volumes in the second quarter as northern Europeans shrug off concerns over the Ukraine conflict and return en …
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McALLEN, Texas – A 23-year-old Edinburg man has been ordered to federal prison for engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor in Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. …
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– Tourists in the European Union more than tripled the nights they spent in short-stay accommodation in December compared with a year earlier, the EU’s statistics office said on Monday, …
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Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Ibrahim Aksakal was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert to 27 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to commit health care and …
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TOKYO -Japanese airline ANA Holdings Inc plans to launch a new international low-cost carrier in late 2023 or early 2024, joining its rival Japan Airlines Co in a bet on …
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ATHENS -Greece’s current account balance showed a wider deficit in December last year compared to the same month in 2020 while tourism revenues rose, the Bank of Greece said on …
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California is considering funding abortions for out-of-state women as part of a 45-part proposal to expand abortion accessibility if Roe v. Wade is overturned. The California Future of Abortion Council, …
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ZAGREB – Croatia’s tourist facilities face a shortage of up to one-third of their workforce next year, head of the national association of biggest tourist firms Veljko Ostojic said on …
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By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU – Thailand’s central bank is expected to hold interest rates at a record low of 0.50% until at least 2023 as the country’s tourism-dependent economy will …
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BEIRUT – Lebanon’s tourism minister unveiled a new slogan for the crisis-swept country on Thursday that aimed to portray the precarity of life there as a point of pride, roughly …
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MADRID – International travel to Spain is recovering fast and could allow the tourism-dependent nation to reach pre-pandemic foreign visitor levels by 2022, the government said on Wednesday after data …
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Two bombs exploded in the Syrian capital of Damascus during rush-hour traffic, killing 14 people just after the country reopened for tourism, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. The explosives …