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Indonesia faces football wilderness after indefinite FIFA ban
Indonesia will not compete in the joint 2018 FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup 2019 qualifiers following a decision taken at the recent extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee of…
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Thailand records 15% rise in half yearly visitor arrivals
Thailand's Ministry of Tourism and Sports has announced its success in pushing up the number of tourists by over 15% during the six months to the end of March 2015. During a recent…
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ASEAN Tourism Forum endorses USC tourism expertise
The expertise of the University of Southern Queensland (USC) in sustainable tourism has contributed to a groundbreaking set of standards adopted by countries across Southeast Asia to ensure…
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Tourism Ministers upbeat on ASEAN tourism progress
Tourism Ministers and delegates attending the 18th Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers and the 14th meeting of ASEAN Plus Three Tourism Ministers (China, Japan and the Republic of Korea),…
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UN report shows drowning claims over 40 people every hour in ‘needless loss of life’
The first United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) report on drowning reveals that more than 370,000 people drown every year in bathtubs, buckets, ponds, rivers, ditches and pools as…
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Anger over Australia’s withdrawl from UNWTO
Citing high membership costs, the Australian Government is withdrawing from the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the UN agency responsible for promoting $7 trillion global…
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IUCN summit delivers major commitments to save Earth’s most precious natural areas
With a commitment to an ambitious agenda to safeguard the planet’s natural assets, ranging from halting rainforest loss in the Asia-Pacific and tripling ocean protection off…
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ASEAN to promote Southeast Asian tourism at PATA Travel Mart
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is to participate in the upcoming Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)’s upcoming annual Travel Mart for the first time. To be…
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