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	<title>Views On Tourism &#187; Asia</title>
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	<description>Knowledge and inspiration to the Bangladeshi tourism sector. This blog is also valuable to nearby countries, developing countries or destinations facing similar challenges.</description>
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		<title>An opportunity to convert the long off-season into the most interesting tourism season, the initiative to form a monsoon tourism Board is on&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/an-opportunity-to-convert-the-long-off-season-into-the-most-interesting-tourism-season-the-initiative-to-form-a-monsoon-tourism-board-is-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TTF – Kolkata, Netaji Indoor Stadium. 02nd Day. 01st August, 2010. 11:00hrs to 13:00hrs.
Media Seminar: Tourism Speciality Product, Indian Monsoons (An EHTTOA Initiative).
Organized by Fair Fest Media and Eastern Himalaya Travel &#038; Tour Operators’ Association.
Background: Very few places in the world witness a monsoon season similar to the Indian Peninsula and Malayan Peninsula. The origin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community-based Sustainable Tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Project name: Community-based Sustainable Tourism
2. Project area: Phobjikha, Bhutan
3. Project linkage to national priorities, action plans, and programs:
Bhutan has ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 25 August 19951. The Sustainable Development Agreement with Netherlands and other bilateral and international contracts bind the country to take necessary steps in fulfilling its share in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Habitat loss, biodiversity loss</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/habitat-loss-biodiversity-loss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/habitat-loss-biodiversity-loss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our planet is changing continuously, causing habitats to be altered and modified. Tropial and sub-tropial forests are always subject to destructive natural forces -cyclones landslides, floods, mud flows, volcanic eruptions, fire, drought, and climate change. These factors are overwhelmed by anthropogenic disturbances. These forests are being logged everywhere at a very high rate. Approximately 50% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooperation among stakeholders in tourism sector vital</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/cooperation-among-stakeholders-in-tourism-sector-vital/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/cooperation-among-stakeholders-in-tourism-sector-vital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Majbrith Thomsen making a presentation on tourism on june 22. TOAB officials are also seen. Photo: Monitor
Dhaka : Tourism industry in Bangladesh with its eco-natural beauty, world renow-ned sea beach, mangrove forest and unique culture, is developing, but cooperation among stakeholders is vital for flourishing sustainable tourism here.
Majbrith Tho-msen, initiator of &#8220;Views on Tourism project&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PATA: Boom for Asia Pacific</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/pata-boom-for-asia-pacific/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/pata-boom-for-asia-pacific/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[International arrivals to Asia Pacific surged 10% in the first quarter of 2010

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) announced the international visitor arrivals results for the first quarter of 2010 today. Travel demand in Asia Pacific* picked up strongly in the first quarter of the year, registering a 10% increase from the same quarter in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank: SOUTH ASIA REBOUNDS STRONGLY FOLLOWING GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/world-bank-south-asia-rebounds-strongly-following-global-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/world-bank-south-asia-rebounds-strongly-following-global-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOUTH ASIA REBOUNDS STRONGLY FOLLOWING GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS—AND CAN SUSTAIN FASTER AND MORE INCLUSIVE GROWTH—SAYS WORLD BANK REGIONAL ECONOMIC UPDATE.
• Integration, not the lack of it, and prompt policy responses are driving rebound of growth to 7% in 2010 and 8% in 2011. The drop in growth during the crisis was the smallest among all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOAB Tourism Fair in Bangladesh from 30th September to 2nd October 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/toab-tourism-fair-in-bangladesh-from-30th-september-to-2nd-october-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/toab-tourism-fair-in-bangladesh-from-30th-september-to-2nd-october-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased  to inform you that TOAB (Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh) being the main stakeholder of tourism sector in Bangladesh is going to organise their annual event the country’s largest travel and tourism event – EBL BTTF-2010 from 30th September to 2nd October 2010 in Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), Sher e [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOAB seminar on how to develop the Bangladeshi tourism industry</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/toab-seminar-on-how-to-develop-the-bangladeshi-tourism-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/toab-seminar-on-how-to-develop-the-bangladeshi-tourism-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download the seminar through this green link How to develop a sustainable Bangladeshi tourism industry.
My very last tourism seminar in Bangladesh was for the members of Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB) – this seminar meant a lot to me as I was among many friends as well as a key stakeholder in the national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seminar on Presentation on the Prospect of Sustainable Tourism in Bangladesh</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/seminar-on-presentation-on-the-prospect-of-sustainable-tourism-in-bangladesh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/seminar-on-presentation-on-the-prospect-of-sustainable-tourism-in-bangladesh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To download the presentation just following the green link Prospect of Sustainable Tourism in Bangladesh and please share it with relevant people in the Bangladeshi tourism sector.
It was with much joy, that I was a guest speaker on the 21th June 2010.
My topic was ‘Prospect of Sustainable Tourism in Bangladesh’ and the event was co-hosted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tourism, Transport and Environmental pollution</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/tourism-transport-and-environmental-pollution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/tourism-transport-and-environmental-pollution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes. According to The World Tourism Organization definition tourists as people who &#8220;travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the [...]]]></description>
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