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• Biofuels test flight put on hold

  Air New Zealand postpones

  
  
  

• Thomson, First Choice and Customers raise £2 million for Environment Organisations

  The farm, close to the resort of Belen, will consist of 20 wind turbines, which expect to generate 97,000 MWh of electricity each year

• Mumbai Tourism Stocks Tumble â€' Sustainability Means Security When the Chips are Down

  India Kenya and Lebanon, world performers on the tourism stage, have now had their hard-won tourism industries devastated by violence for years to come

• Indian Tourism Stocks Tumble â€' Security = Sustainability When the chips are down

  India Kenya and Lebanon, world performers on the tourism stage, have had their hard-won tourism industries devastated by violence for years to come

  
  
  

• Development of Sustainable Tourism â€' International Symposium for Quebec

  Questions to be answered include…How do you develop a sustainable tourist destination?

  
  
  

• Green Guide Offer for VISION Readers

  Ecoescape guides are on special offer to VISION on Sustainable Tourism subscribers

  
  
  

• Pacific Islands Agritourism and Cookbook Supported

  It's the brainchild of passionate Pacific people

  
  
  

• Ecotourism Australia Medal Awarded

  The Award recognizes Steve's extensive 30 years active engagement in the Australian and international industry

  
  
  

• Rural Tourism Fair 2009 Goes Global

  The idea remains the same - highlight the options visitors have in exploring the rural countryside in a responsible manner

  
  
  

• Historic Biofuel Flight Crosses USA

  "These flights prove that we have the capability of supplementing our energy requirements with safe, environmentally-friendly alternatives to petroleum"

  
  
  

• Air New Zealand Postpones Biofuelled Flight

  The company said today the flight and its preparation would now take place in early January

  
  
  

• Busy Santa Bees to help Sustain Tourism â€' Unique Christmas Gift

  local people can make and sell honey to nearby hotels and shops for tourists to buy

• Bristol short-listed as First European Green Capital

  The European Green Capital Award aims to help cities become more attractive and healthy places, fit for life.

• Few passengers care or aware of carbon offsetting

  Study shows dramatic differences cost of offsetting flights

  
  
  

• It's all about the people as Noosa Biosphere becomes a legal entity

  The key difference between the Noosa Biosphere and the other 500 plus biosphere sites around the world is the people.

  
  
  

• Budget fails to inspire industry

  VAT cut won't boost holiday bookings

  
  
  

• Abu Dhabi launches Desert Islands

  Anantara to manage resort at nature-based destination

  
  
  

• Shanghai World Expo 2010 Aims for Sustainable Tourism Legacy

  its tourist foreign exchange income is to reach USD8 billion with an average expenditure of USD1,000 per inbound tourist who stays in Shanghai for at least one night

  
  
  

• Planets Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award Announced

  Nominations will be accepted until December 12

  
  
  

• Tourism for Tomorrow Awards Judges Announced

  The Tourism for Tomorrow Awards are presented annually to organisations pioneering responsible tourism management

  
  
  

• El Salvador Launches Web Portal

  El Salvador is emerging, leaving its conflictual past behind and reinventing itself as an adventure and cultural destination

  
  
  

• Venice's Dignity For Sale? Buy Your World Heritage Ad Space Now

  cash has been bled from the management of Italy's arts and heritage as politicians have struggled to keep public spending within the limits imposed by membership of the euro

• Venice's Dignity For Sale? Buy Your Ad Space Now

  cash has been bled from the management of Italy's arts and heritage as politicians have struggled to keep public spending within the limits imposed by membership of the euro

  
  
  

• A&K Launches Travel Philanthropy Initiative

  in addition to current Friends of Conservation programmes in Kenya and Tanzania, A&K is supporting six new initiatives for 2008

  
  
  

• Spiti Valley Shangri-La of Tourism?

  "We all have our own mountains to climb but the ones we climb for others are the most worthy and the most fulfilling"