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28 May 2002
Budget is good news for Australian tourism industry
The Australian government has promised $45 million in extra funding over the next five years to its international, domestic and regional tourism markets. The Tourism Task Force and the Australian Hotels Association have welcomed the government's support and consider it recognition of tourism's central role in the Australian economy. The government has set aside $25 million for the Australian Tourist
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28 May 2002
Sydney Aquarium to open animal park
The Sydney Aquarium in Darling Harbour has announced plans to open 'Australia's Animal World', a park of equivalent size to the aquarium. The park will have 44 exhibits including a butterfly house and aviary. As well as indigenous animals like kangaroos, koalas and wombats, the park will also be home to insects and reptiles. The attraction will cover approx. 7000 square metres and will be all-weather, with
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27 May 2002
Queen's Gallery reopens after £20m redevelopment
The Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace has reopened after a £20m redevelopment and expansion. John Simpson and Partners was appointed architect in 1998 after a limited competition, and given the brief of creating a gallery with 'presence and identity' and a 'bold new entrance'. The project was paid for entirely by the Royal Collection, through public admissions to the Queen's official residences -
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24 May 2002
Tourists welcomed to Britain with Jubilee initiative
The British tourism industry, which recently launched its international tv advertising campaign (LO 28 May), has introduced a range of initiatives to welcome overseas visitors to the UK. The first elements of the campaign are a specially designed display stand, heritage map and welcome posters - all decorated in the Golden Jubilee colours of purple and gold - which will be installed by BAA in all terminals at
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24 May 2002
Jubilee Draw raises funds to restore Queen's carriage
The National Railway Museum, York, is holding a Golden Jubilee Prize Draw to try and raise the £100,000 needed to restore Queen Victoria's last surviving royal carriage. Visitors buying a £1 ticket for the draw stand a chance of winning tickets worth up to £1,200 to any Eurostar destination. The break will start with spending two nights in London courtesy of Superbreak Mini-Holidays. 'The carriage is one of
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24 May 2002
Parkdean Places 25m shares
Holiday park operator Parkdean has returned to the stock market with a placing of 25.5m New Ordinary Shares designed to raise £28.8m. The company was established in 1999 to buy and build a portfolio of holiday parks, and to date has acquired 12 across England, Wales and Scotland, with the most recent purchase, of Ruda Holiday Park in north Devon, being completed in March of this year. So far, acquisitions
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23 May 2002
Tourists lean towards Pisa once again
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is to re-open to visitors after a 12-year, £17m restoration project reduced its tilt by 45 centimetres writes The Independent. Tourists will be able to climb the mediaeval belfry's 293 steps at night between May and August at a cost of 15EUR (£9), for a view of Pisa and the Campo dei Miracoli, or Field of Miracles, below. The 800-year old tower closed in 1990 amid fears it
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22 May 2002
Awards for themed excellence
The Themed Entertainment Association has just announced the winners of its THEA Awards, designed to recognise excellence in the themed entertainment and experience design industry. Among the winners this year were Universal Studio's Tram Tour; Disney Animation, part of the California Adventure in Anaheim and Schlitterbahn Waterpark, Texas. The THEA Awards Gala will be held on September 28, 2002 at the
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22 May 2002
ETC shapes up for shakeup
The government has announced a radical change for the English Tourism Council (ETC), as part of plans to reform the marketing of England to the domestic market. Culture secretary Tessa Jowell, said the change to the ETC was necessary for modernisation. Jowell also announced the creation of a private-public coalition to develop e-tourism and market England to the UK market. Regional tourist boards
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22 May 2002
Tough time for attractions
UK attractions are going through a difficult time according to researchers, Mintel, after an explosion in openings in the last two years. In 2000 alone, 79 new attractions opened, just prior to the devasting consequences of the foot and mouth outbreak and the subsequent slump in inbound and domestic tourism. Mintel reports that despite the boom in openings, the size of the market increased by just two per
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20 May 2002
Alhokailand set for June opening
Billed as Saudi Arabia's first international standard theme park, the delayed Alhokairland opens next month (June). The park is owned by the Sheik Abdel Mohsin Al Hokair & Sons Group one of the leading companys in the amusement, leisure and hotel industry in the Gulf. Alhokairland comprises eight themed areas: Euroland for Europe, The Kingdom for Saudi Arabia, Eastland for the Far East, Ameriland for America
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16 May 2002
Singapore Science centre launches Pocket information System
An electronic information keychain has been launched by the Singapore Science Centre to make visitors' experience more interactive and fun. The Pocket Geographic System is a pocket key chain which visitors use to download information about exhibits which interest them by clicking the device to the base unit found next to the exhibit. Information and pictures are stored onto a database, which they can access from
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