Destinations

Get All Right

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has launched its new advertising campaign "JAMAICA Get All Right." The new campaign aims to evoke the feeling of what it means to "get all right" in Jamaica. It's a phrase often used to reinforce the relaxed, calm state of mind that can be experienced on-island. An idiom spoken frequently to let people know that in Jamaica, "everything is all right." The island's new commercials, created by the JTB's advertising agency, Draftfcb, features an engineer playing a remix of "One Love" performed by Jamaican musicians Bass Over Babylon, intercut with images of...

Virginia By The Numbers

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced recently that overseas visitor spending in the Commonwealth for 2012 hit a record of $425 million, a 9% increase over 2011. The state also welcomed increased visitation and spending by Canadian visitors in 2012, with overnight visitation up 3% (to 651,500) and spending up more than 4%, totalling nearly $155 million. The U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, the Survey of International Air Travelers, and Statistics Canada provide the annual economic data. Canada remains the top International country-of-visitor...

UNWTO TO SUPPORT LIBYA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

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