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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

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

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

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

VOA: standard.2010.02.10

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

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

Tourism accounts for six to seven percent of the economy and 15 percent of the workforce.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

The dramatic transfer of power brought to a head weeks of confrontation that killed more than 100 people and hurt tourism and foreign investment.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

His critics accuse him of behaving like a dictator and of trashing the country's reputation overseas while key industries, including tourism and sugar production,decline.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

The government has also invested millions of dollars in upgrading transportation, accommodation and tourism facilities.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

The latest protests come in the form of boycotts against Arizona's convention and tourism industry.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

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

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

"Asia will be and will continue to be the dominant force in medical tourism.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

Over much of the past 10 years Thailand has led the growing medical tourism market, as foreigners sought lower cost health services and ready access to treatment.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

Medical tourism brought in $1 billion in 2007 and that is expected to triple by 2012, when the Health Ministry expects more than two million medical tourists.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

Australia,one of the world's worst per capita emitters of greenhouse gases, warns that without tough environmental measures the country would lose jobs and key industries, including agriculture and tourism.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

Singapore,Malaysia,South Korea and the Philippines are all promoting medical tourism.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

The Federation of Thai Industries says the political conflict could cost the tourism industry more than $1 billion, after images of deadly clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces were flashed across the world.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Either way,it is going to be an expensive trip." The flight cancellations are expected to have additional repercussions for smaller Southeast Asia countries, where travel and tourism is a major share of the economy.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

Cuba still imports some food from the United States, but the country is short on cash for a number of reasons including the damage done by hurricanes and a drop in tourism revenue.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

"It's going to affect the marine life. It's not only the fishing industry, the tourism industry, the hotel industry, the restaurants,the gift shops, transportation,taxis and so on All of that is being affected right now.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

The flu outbreak is starting to affect the tourism industry, with one major airline announcing plans to scale back services between Australia and Japan by one-third because of a slump in demand from Japanese passengers.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

The outbreak of swine flu in Mexico comes at a time when the country is already struggling with the effects of the worldwide economic recession and some loss of tourism caused by drug violence in cities like Juarez.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

And they think, cause there was a study once, which said that all included tourism is the best thing for a third world country, and so they said,well, that is what they want, and they want to have a water source, and they want to have golf,and a marina,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.04