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Tourism
Boring and Dull form strategic partnership
Apr 25, 2012
Residents in two towns -- halfway across the world from one another -- are putting together a tourism partnership.
America woos overseas tourists
by
Bob Moon
Apr 24, 2012
Since 9/11, America's share of worldwide tourism has dropped 30 percent. A new ad campaign hopes to reverse the trend.
Everyone's lining up for the Supreme Court health care hearing
Mar 23, 2012
The court's grounds will be clogged with a colorful mix of characters: activists, lawyers, journalists and oh, tourists.
Rust Belt rolls dice and builds new casinos
by
Brian Bull
Feb 20, 2012
Pennsylvania, Michigan and Illinois are on board with casinos, hoping to drive tourism to down-on-their-luck communities. Now Ohio is getting into the game.
The Vegas economy, beyond gambling
Feb 1, 2012
Forget about slot machines and blackjack. Las Vegas visitors are increasingly coming to the city to shop, eat and party at the pool.
New Year's Eve a priceless marketing tool for NYC
Dec 30, 2011
The Times Square celebration brings in a worldwide audience and millions of tourist dollars to NYC every year.
Japan on the cheap
by
Marc Sanchez
Oct 12, 2011
Six months have passed since the earthquakes that did so much damage in Japan, and the Japanese tourism agency is thinking of ways to get the word...
For public good, not for profit.
MID-DAY UPDATE: stock exchange merger, Egypt, workers' union, and Civil War tourism
Feb 18, 2011
Now that the German and New York stock exchanges have tied the knot, it's time to discuss which entity is going to take a new name. Germans think...
Going to Madrid? Book a room at the Beach Garbage Hotel
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 21, 2011
This final note today. I don't know that this is necessarily the best advertisement for an international tourism trade fair that's starting in...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Tunisian protests, Urban goat farming, Costco samples
Jan 17, 2011
Protests continue today in the Tunisian capitol, Tunis. Troops fired water cannons and tear gas at demonstrators during the second month of unrest....