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• n  the business of providing services to tourists

• In Spain's Canary Islands, where tourism represents upwards of 60% of the local economy, the municipal tourism board recently began a series of seminars to help tourism workers .
• The medical tourism industry has experienced massive growth over the past decade.
• Links to regional tourism organizations.

• touristry

News & Articles

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• Tourism experts: Do something about the homeless
  Portland is rapidly becoming a popular travel destination but its image is being hurt by the large number of homeless people living in urban core. That was the consensus of a panel of tourism experts who spoke at the June 19 Forum Breakfast presented by the Portland Business Alliance. "It's ...
  June 24, 2013 - Portland Tribune
• Tourism Down But Rebounding
  Sonora, CA -- Tourism in Tuolumne County wasway down this winter but summer is looking up. Nancy Sikes, Executive Director for the Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau, says the numbers for January to March
  June 22, 2013 - MyMotherLode.com
• Tourism is topic at Northampton meeting
  EASTVILLE — Though property taxes were on the agenda, tourism was the hot button issue at the June 11 Northampton County Board of Supervisors meeting.
  June 22, 2013 - Eastern Shore News

Quotes

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• Roberto García in International Herald Tribune
  They say with Obama tourism should improve, that he'll let family members come whenever they want and maybe all Americans. That would be good for business,says Roberto Garcia, who paints pictures of old American cars, topless women and...
• Raymond Lesniak in ESPN
  Gambling is going on here, sports gambling,Lesniak said. "Rather than supporting thousands of jobs, economic activity and tourism, the federal ban supports offshore operators and organized crime."
• Amir Peretz in Forbes
  We will protect the citizens of Israel and we will protect the tourism centers of Israel,Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Tuesday.