Cameron’s postcard to UK holidaymakers: Wish you were here, spending money in Britain

Cameron: Wish you were here, in Britain
LONDON – Prime Minister David Cameron is urging British tourists to spend their vacation in the U.K., helping to spur the country’s fragile economic recovery.

Cameron said Thursday that he’s asked tourism minister John Penrose to work up ideas on how to increase domestic tourism.
Britons made 126 million overnight trips … Original source on Gaea Times at : Cameron’s postcard to UK holidaymakers: Wish you were here, spending money in Britain.

Opportunities abound for volunteering abroad; take some time to pick the program that fits

How to find the right volunteer abroad program

Kathy Boisvert, who teaches preschoolers with special needs near her home in Massachusetts, had never been overseas before she signed up with World Teach, a nonprofit organization that matches volunteer teachers with overseas assignments.
Now Boisvert is spending her third summer at a tiny school in a small community … Read more >>.

NYC on track to host record number of visitors in 2010, breaking 2008 record by half a million

NYC on track for record number of tourists in 2010

NEW YORK – The Big Apple is on track to host a record number of visitors in 2010.
City officials say preliminary data show New York is on course to host 47.5 million tourists and visitors this year. That’s half a million more than the record set …. Original article  : NYC on track to host record number of visitors in 2010, breaking 2008 record by half a million.