With a prophesy that "Growth in tourism stands to come to an end," South Africa's minister for tourism Derek Hanekom went were few, if any, other tourism ministers would dare to go.
Lack of knowledge about traditional local communies in emerging destinations can cause frictions between guests and hosts. Tourists need to be more mindful and aware when going to remote mountanous Svaneti in Georgia.
AHLA Foundation, the charitable arm of the American Hotel and Lodging Assn., announced the distribution of nearly one million dollars in scholarship funding for students at hospitality programs around the country.
