SUVA, Fiji (17 May 2007) -- Hotels and resorts in Fiji have now resorted to discounts of up to 50 percent to try to lure tourists to Fiji.

Tourism Action Group Chair Damend Goundar said, "They are now unable to come up with any new strategies because the hotels and resorts have done all they can."



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The island of Curaçao is ready for its second Dive Festival confirms Curaçao’s tourism officials.

“We are excited about this years Curaçao Dive Festival and are looking forward to say
"Bon Bini," which means welcome to Curaçao to over 100 enthusiastic participating divers,” confirms the Acting-Director of Tourism Ms. Evita Nita.


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Kralendijk, Bonaire – (May 15, 2007) – The next time you visit Bonaire, you can expect to receive a generous dose of the one thing you already love about this friendly Caribbean island…a smile. That’s because on Monday, April 23, 2007, Tourism Corporation Bonaire in cooperation with the local government, officially launched the Tourism Awareness Program, an initiative that will be implemented throughout the next three years to enhance tourism awareness among the entire population of Bonaire.


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The Great Barrier Reef has taken out one of world tourism's most coveted awards.

The GBR - the world's largest living organism - was voted the best destination by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) as part of its Tourism for Tomorrow awards, at a ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal, overnight.


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On April 20, 2007, Wayne Brown and Wayne Hasson formed a new partnership and took 100% ownership of Aggressor Fleet, www.aggressor.com. Brown was so impressed with the trips he took with the Aggressor Fleet, that he decided to make it a more “intimate” relationship.


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The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) of London announced the finalists for the 2007 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards and Aqua-Trek, a scuba diving company in the Fiji Islands, is one of 3 Awards Finalists chosen for the Conservation category. Tourism businesses from all over the world applied for these prestigious Awards, which represent the highest accolade for best practice in Travel & Tourism development.


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A new Scuba Diving business was launched on Cayman Brac and is now open for divers staying on the Island, filling a gap left by Dive Tiara, the dive operation run by the now closed Divi Tiara Beach Resort.

Indepth Watersports is owned and operated by Craig Burhart, who first came to the Brac to work as a dive instructor in 1997, and has spent most of the past decade on the Island. He was working for Divi Tiara when the Divi resort closed down in September.


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ShermansTravel.com the web's most trusted source for editor-screened travel deals, reviews and destination advice has just announced Shark Diver, an international scuba adventure company based in California as one of the Top 10 Extreme Adventures of the year.

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La Jolla, CA, June 4, 2007 - The world-renowned Birch Aquarium at Scripps in La Jolla, California will be the site for Ocean Enterprises' Scuba Diving Travel Show. The event will be held on June 4, 2007 from 6-9 PM and is appropriately called "A VIP Journey Around the World Underwater." Ocean Enterprises specializes in Exotic Scuba Diving Travel and will be showcasing many of the beautiful destinations booked for the 2007-2008 travel calendar as well as local dive travel opportunities.


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MONTREAL, 24 April 2007—Beautiful Oceans, a progressive eco-dive tour operator and premier coral reef education organization, today announced that it will address the impact of global warming from all its eco-dive vacations by carbon offsetting of customer flights and dives. This groundbreaking step, which represents a first in the dive travel industry, is made possible by the ‘carbon calculator’ – an initiative of Sustainable Travel International (STI), adapted for the diving industry by Ocean Frontiers in Grand Cayman. The dive carbon calculator determines the carbon emission costs incurred from air travel and diving activities while on vacation. Beautiful Oceans then compensates for these emissions on behalf of each guest by funding carbon offset projects shown to verifiably reduce greenhouse gas emissions according to the international Kyoto Protocol. The result is a much more climate-friendly - and therefore ocean-friendly - diving vacation.


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From small intimate B&B’s to full service luxury resorts, Bonaire’s hotels are offering a variety of packages for families, divers and single travelers during Bonaire Dive Into Summer 2007. Taking place June 1 through September 30, this island-wide event will focus on scuba diving through a series of specialty topics including family, photography and marine conservation.


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Construction has been fully completed on Sonrisa Rooms & Apartments, Bonaire’s newest mini-resort and the property is now open and accepting reservations.


The building is architectural designed with the traditional Colonial Dutch style, but yet with still a flavor of the Caribbean. The rooms are decorated with high-end, modern European furnishings, and the complex offers eight non-smoking hotel rooms and two non-smoking one-bedroom apartments, with either garden or pool views, or one two-bedroom apartment. Groups can be accommodated up to 26 persons.



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A world class great white shark diving destination was discovered off the California and Mexican coast 5 years ago and has proved extremely popular with divers looking for an alternate to the long and expensive trip to either South Africa or Australia. Guadalupe Island is a quick trip from San Diego and Ensenada on our heavy and stabilized dive liveaboard ship. This destination has the most reliable white shark sightings in the world in generally calm conditions, excellent visibility and "blue" water. Best of all, you can do it in great luxury on the Nautilus Explorer.


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There is a common misconception that there is no good scuba diving on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. At least one local dive operator is working to set the record straight.

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CASTRIES, St. Lucia (20 Apr 2007) -- In 2006, tourism declined by more than 7 percent in St. Lucia, a tiny Caribbean island nation that has been targeted by an international tourism boycott.

The boycott aims to persuade government officials in St. Lucia to reverse the country's eco-unfriendly pro-whaling policy.


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