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Aug 25th, 2010
Japan, China and South Korea agree to 26 million visitors by 2015
In a joint statement made by the tourism chiefs of Japan, China and South Korea from their trilateral meeting in China on 22 August, it was agreed that they would try to double 2009 “intervisitation” figures. They aim to welcome 26 million people to their three countries by 2015. A total of 13.5 million people traveled [...]
Aug 19th, 2010
First Official Chinese Leisure Tourists Arrive in Canada
Canada has welcomed its first official leisure tourists from China this week, after Asia’s economic powerhouse granted approved destination status to Canada earlier this summer. “Several hundred” Chinese tourists arrived in Vancouver on Wednesday, the Canadian Tourism Commission said in a statement, after a group of 18 Chinese tourists landed in Victoria, B.C. on Monday. [...]
Aug 18th, 2010
China Passes Japan as Second-Largest Economy
China is the right place, right now, for the global tourism industry – precisely why the World Youth & Student Travel Conference is coming to Beijing this October. After three decades of spectacular growth, China passed Japan in the second quarter to become the world’s second-largest economy behind the United States, according to government figures [...]
Jul 29th, 2010
Facebook Questions Opens up to the World of Travel
Seven weeks after Facebook announced the private testing of its Facebook Questions system, the doors are now open for everyone to have a go. The idea is to use the 500 million user base to act as a virtual advice clinic and call centre of issues as mundane or important as the curious would like. [...]
Jul 14th, 2010
UNWTO Strengthening Ties with Australia
The combination of a dynamic private sector and strong political support of tourism has been instrumental in the way Australia has driven tourism as a motor of socio-economic development. This was the message taken by Taleb Rifai on his first visit as UNWTO Secretary-General to Australia. Go to original story. Speaking at the opening session [...]
Jun 28th, 2010
New Role of Chinese College Entrance Exam
Silence. That was the first sign of something unusual at the prestigious Shanghai No 54 Middle School last Monday morning. No assembly in the sports field, no Chinese national anthem over the loudspeakers, no usual morning exercises to limber up young bodies and minds. Instead, at this school and at thousands of schools across China, [...]
Jun 28th, 2010
Carlyle Group sells Wall Street Institute Schools in China to Pearson
US-based private equity firm, The Carlyle Group, has sold the Wall Street Institute (WSI) chain’s China operation to Pearson in a deal worth US$145 million. Under the deal, the UK education and publishing company takes control of 39 schools operating under the Wall Street English brand name, which last year enrolled more than 35,000 students. [...]
Jun 14th, 2010
Universities In US Can Give British Graduates Better Resources, More Choice
Last year, some 2,500 students packed their bags to take their postgraduate degrees in the United States. It was a record for Britons going to North America, with student numbers increasing 4 per cent on the previous year. Such statistics leave prospective postgraduates at home scratching their heads with two questions: what’s so special about [...]
Jun 4th, 2010
Saudi Arabia to Overhaul Education System with eLearning Solutions
Saudi Arabia is undertaking massive initiatives to overhaul its education system, following the announcement of its historic 2010 education budget of SR137 billion ($36.5 billion) earlier this year, said an expert. The program to revamp the existing academic structure is part of a 25-year strategy to develop the higher education system in Saudi Arabia, with [...]
Jun 3rd, 2010
Travel & Tourism Demands 21st Century Thinking for Future Sustainability
The voice of the world’s 100 foremost Travel & Tourism leaders, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), is calling for governments and organisations such as the United Nations, European Commission, G8 and G20, to re-examine the way policies that affect global Travel& Tourism are co-ordinated and implemented. “Yet again the importance of Travel & [...]
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