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The 'Security' Scare
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 27/09/2010
» A new study in Europe has increased suspicion about the circumstances and timing of "terrorist attacks" that are always followed by calls for stricter airport security, costs notwithstanding.
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Pakistan reaches out to Buddhists
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 26/07/2010
» Pakistan is seeking to highlight its Buddhist heritage as part of a broader effort to attract more visitors from Thailand and the Asean countries. A key objective is to narrow the huge imbalance in visitor arrivals; in 2008, a total of 63,258 Pakistanis visited Thailand but only 2,618 Thais returned the favour. Diplomatic, economic and tourism officials on both sides say stronger bilateral efforts to fix the imbalance are long overdue.
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Tourism policy needs a broader context
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 01/03/2010
» With the focus of the travel and tourism industry now shifting to strategies designed to capitalise on the nascent global economic recovery, the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued a report calling for a "whole of government" approach to tourism policy.
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Cool response from agents
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 29/03/2010
» The tourism component of the Asean Competitiveness Enhancement (ACE) project, funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), yielded yet another poor result last week when a presentation to the Association of Thai Travel Agents drew a low turnout.
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'War on terror' exacts heavy toll on travellers
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 25/01/2010
» A report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council last week paints a shocking picture of how the "war on terror" has affected the global movement of people. It says that surveillance, watch-lists, racial profiling and biometrics, "once the exception have now become customary" and warns the situation could get worse unless safeguards are built in now.
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