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Aug. 10—ATHENS, Ga. — Last week, Georgia River Network (GRN) presented the organization's 2022 Water Trail Hero Award to the Flint River Water Trail during the Georgia Governor's Tourism Conference in Athens. Carolyn McKinley from Meriwether County Chamber of Commerce accepted the award on behalf of the entire water trail group. The Flint River Water Trail is part of a statewide network of ...

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Aug. 10—Sporting and tourism events are filling Terre Haute hotels, keeping prospects of a new record in tax revenue on target for 2022, said David Patterson, executive director of the Terre Haute Convention and Visitors Bureau. The county's innkeeper tax revenue through July was more than $1.456 million, compared to $1.15 million through July in 2021. "We are still ahead of last year and I ...

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Driving east along Route 322 toward Hershey, it’s hard to miss a wide swath of rolling farmland where bulldozers are at work creating a new mixed-use development. Hershey West End, the largest development in recent memory in Derry Township, is poised over the next decade to bring more growth to the central Pennsylvania tourist town. The Hershey Trust Co. is building the village-style ...

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Aug. 10—Step into any number of bars and music clubs on Bourbon Street, and among the milieu of blaring music, carousing tourists and drinks of all shapes, sizes and colors often wander young women holding flutes of liquor for sale. And while these "shot girls" work at the bars, they often don't work for them. Instead, they are classified as independent contractors and aren't afforded the same ...

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Frankfurt — German tourism continues to recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, with overnight stays almost reaching pre-crisis levels in June.The Federal Statistical Office announced on Wednesday that the number of overnight stays by travellers was only 3.4% below the level of June 2019 at 48.9 million. The shortfall from the pre-crisis level has been steadily narrowing since ...

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Jakarta — Indonesia has postponed a steep increase to the entry fee for Komodo Island, home to the giant lizards known as Komodo dragons, following a strike by tourism operators.The annual membership fee of 3.75 million rupiah ($252) will instead be imposed in January 2023, said Gusti Hendriyani, spokesperson for the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry."The postponement is in line with ...

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Aug. 9—A drive or stroll through Palestine's downtown area will quickly find you surrounded by beautiful art where bare walls once stood. Gone are the stark industrial and blighted sights, now steadily being replaced by beautiful and uplifting artistic creations. The 44 block area starts at the Courthouse square and extends three quarters of a mile to the Palestine Visitors Information Center. ...

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Aug. 9—The City of Dyersville will receive $12.5 million in federal funding from the state toward a planned baseball stadium on the Field of Dreams movie site, part of a broad baseball and tourism project planned on the site. According to the release from Gov. Kim Reynolds, the money will go toward the This is Iowa Ballpark, a multi-use, $50 million stadium on the set of the 1989 film. "I am ...

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Aug. 9—Kuala Lumpur(The Star/ANN)- The tourism industry is expected to speed up its recovery as more countries reopen their borders by the end of the year. Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) Penang Chapter deputy chairman Carolyn Leong said outbound tours were slowly spiking as more countries end restrictions and flight tickets become more affordable. "Australia will be ...

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Aug. 9—Mankato's winning bid to host the Governor's Fishing Opener in the Mankato region next year with Madison Lake stands as another sign area civic leaders are making the most of Mankato's attractiveness as an outdoor destination. The area already has one of the top trail systems in the state stretching from Minneopa State Park to Faribault and beyond. Now fishing enthusiasts will see ...