Step back in time at the four hundred years old Jeonju Hanok Village two hours south of Seoul by KTX express train and you will be totally immersed in Korean culture and history.

Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) Sydney Office commences its promotional activities for the 2012 financial year this month, aiming to promote ski in Japan.

Tourism Australia says it can now tap into growing tourism opportunities following the Federal Budget announcement yesterday of a dedicated Asian Marketing Fund worth AUD$61 million over the next four years.

Aiming to build its winter numbers and reach 2020 overnight visitor targets, Destination NSW has launched a new ‘bold’ campaign telling Aussies and Kiwis they’ll ‘Love every second of Sydney’.

Tourism Australia has exhibited at Cruise3Sixty for the first time this year with the aim to educate CLIA agents on Australia as a cruise destination.

The next phase of Tourism Australia’s global advertising campaign will be unveiled in Australia’s key visitor market, China.

As part of Tourism Australia’s ongoing ‘There’s nothing like Australia’ campaign, five members of the Italian national swim team made their way down under for a nine day campaign supporting Australian tourism.

Singapore Tourism Board recently hosted a three day ‘Discover the Real Singapore’ MICE famil, which took 18 key MICE professionals from Australian and New Zealand to Singapore to challenge the misconception that the city is only about shopping malls on Orchard Road and Chilli Crab.

Tourism Fiji has announced its plans to seek a global social media partner who will help design, implement and manage a social media program in its key international markets.

Applicants planning on travelling to Vietnam, previously faced with weeks of waiting, can now gain visa approval in just three hours.

The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), Virgin Atlantic (VS) and Traders Hotel Hong Kong recently hosted a group of online marketers for three nights in dynamic Hong Kong.

Gold Coast Tourism has produced a new suite of destination publications detailing more than 150 famous - and soon to be famous - Gold Coast attractions, activities, products and experiences.

Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) Sydney office‘s official website http://www.jnto.org.au has been given a makeover.

25 leading South Australian tourism businesses will represent the State in Cairns on Friday for the chance to be named Australia’s best at the 2011 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards.

Hawaii tourism figures were off to a bumper start with visitor statistics indicating spending for the month of January reached US$1.345 billion, up 13.9 percent from the previous year.

Switzerland’s national tourist organisation, Switzerland Tourism is planning to open a regional office in Singapore from 01 June this year.

South Australian tourism operators will have a unique opportunity to build their business capacity in China today, with the first industry focused workshop on engaging this new and lucrative tourism market.

Tourism Ireland’s Manager Australia & New Zealand, Orla Saul, welcomed trade and industry suppliers to a Titanic Centenary event in Sydney yesterday.

Inland NSW Tourism is buoyed by the commitment of $200,000 for the establishment of a ‘Gold Trail’ touring route within Inland and neighbouring regions, as jointly announced by Member for Burrinjuck, Katrina Hodgkinson, Member for Bathurst, Paul Toole, Member for Dubbo, Troy Grant, Member for Wagga Wagga, Daryl Maguire, and Member for Goulburn, Pru Goward on behalf of NSW Minister for Tourism and Major Events, George Souris.

Amidst the ongoing debate and selective leaking of information to the media from both the Federal and New South Wales Governments about future plans for aviation in Sydney and New South Wales, the Tourism Industry Council NSW “echoes calls for regional flights to continue to have access to Australia’s international gateway”, General Manager Andrew Jefferies has said.

Fiji has beaten off strong opposition from a field of international competition to take out top honours at the 2012 Australia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings EXPO (AIME) where the Tourism Fiji stand has received the ‘Best Stand Over 36m²’ award.

Qatar is celebrating a surge in tourism, having welcomed double the number of visitors from the Gulf region than last year.

Today’s historic outcome at the Tourism Industry Council NSW Annual General Meeting “accurately reflects the Tourism Industry Council NSW’s regional diversity and membership base” said its General Manager Andrew Jefferies.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has announced that for the first time in seven years the UK has become one of the country’s top ten visitor generating markets.