The World Heritage Committee said increased tourism,immigration and invasive species threaten the animals of the Galapagos.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

Increased tourism has brought thousands of workers from Ecuador to the Galapagos Islands to seek jobs.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

Tourism creates jobs and that is the key issue at the end of the day."

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Jack Cohen is the head of the Butler County, Pennsylvania Tourism and Convention Bureau.

VOA: special.2011.08.05

Another important industry in Alaska is tourism, much of it involving cruise ships.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

The protests have also hurt tourism, a major industry in Thailand.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

Another important industry along the gulf is tourism.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

Nine percent of Alaska's total employmentis in tourism.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

Loren Rutherford depends on the tourism business.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

"Thailand is renowned for its tourism - it's one of the major tourism players in Asia and always has been.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Seeing growth potential in medical tourism, many major American health care insurance providers have started pilot programs that offer overseas coverage.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

"It's hurt the Thai economy - it's put Thailand back two to three years - tourism has been badly affected.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

Ros-Lehtinen,a Cuban American,said Cuba has shamefully been promoting itself as a destination for sexual tourism that exploits large numbers of children.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

The National Institute of Development Administration says medical tourism has exacerbated shortages of physicians, dentists and nursing staff in public facilities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

It's an honor to be here." The festival also benefits local tourism and people come from across the country.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

Tourism industry officials expect visitor arrivals to fall to about one million less than had been expected, because of the protests.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

If uncontained,experts say oil could saturate beaches and marine habitats as far away as Florida, devastating fishing and tourism.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

The world's biggest airline says the new service would strengthen business and tourism between Nigeria and the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.06.13

Inbound tourism to Thailand has seen declines of up to 20 percent in arrivals as several countries have issued travel advisories.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

Wouter Hoeberechts, CEO of WorldMedAssist, the medical tourism provider that helped John Freeman find his surgeon in Turkey.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

Arporn Chewrekrengkai, chief economist with the Government Pension Fund, has revised her optimistic outlook for tourism this year.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

"Originally I thought the tourism sector would pick up very well in the last quarter of last year.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

The South African government has invested millions of dollars in improving transportation, accommodation and other tourism facilities.

VOA: standard.2010.02.10

And Rutherford, like most tourism operators, believes the World Cup will help the economy in the long-term.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

"The government right now and the ministers of tourism, they only have in mind these big hotels.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

Simon Bobbejaan,27, works at a guest house and as a tourism ambassador in neighboring North West Province.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

For Florida,where tourism accounts for more than 20 percent of the economy, the drop off was serious.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

"We thought we'd come here and talk truth to our listeners and inspire them to spend money on Arizona companies and Arizona tourism."

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

They say increased revenue from tourism and trade only would strengthen the government of President Raul Castro.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06