Articles tagged “religion”

Tourism

5 Charts Showing Challenges Faced by Muslim Travelers Around the World

These data points outlining massive amounts of visitor arrivals and spending should be enough to convince travel brands that the time has come to show these travelers that they matter.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago

5 Charts Showing Challenges Faced by Muslim Travelers Around the World

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Survey: Minority of Americans Want Muslim Tourists Banned From the U.S.

Despite the headlines and the campaign rhetoric, an overwhelming majority of Americans don't want Muslim tourists banned from visiting the United States.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 8 years ago

Survey: Minority of Americans Want Muslim Tourists Banned From the U.S.

Tourism

MasterCard Wants to Become a Muslim Travel Market Influencer

As economic and living conditions improve across the Muslim world, this population now has the means to do some globetrotting. As a global company, MasterCard 's focusing on this market further highlights these travelers' growing influence.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

MasterCard Wants to Become a Muslim Travel Market Influencer

Tourism

Dubai’s theme park fever spreads to holy books as it plans Quran-focused project

The project's success will likely hinge on whether the developers lean more towards family fun or instead take a more reverent and calm approach to the subject. Dubai could certainly use a quiet garden more than another crazy building or ride.

Associated Press | 11 years ago

Tourism

Hundreds of religious tourists killed in India after landslide, thousands still stranded

Less than 20 percent of the Hindu pilgrims were evacuated with the majority still stranded and a state unsure of how to remedy the ongoing disaster.

Biswajeet Banerjee, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Hundreds of religious tourists killed in India after landslide, thousands still stranded

Tourism

Noah’s Ark theme park takes very literal approach to building strategy

Falling visitation at the developers’ Creation Museum, which has been considered a joke by some and uninteresting by most, is a clear sign that running a successful theme park takes more than faith.

Mary Wisniewski, Reuters | 11 years ago

Noah’s Ark theme park takes very literal approach to building strategy

Tourism

Turkey moves to restrict alcohol sales in sign of politicized religious debate

While the moves do signal an increasingly conservative government, they're not too different from laws in many European countries and U.S. states that limit where and when alcohol can be purchased.

Justin Vela Istanbul, Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Airlines

US Congress to investigate TSA profiling of Hindu, Muslim, and Asian visitors

Races and religions outside of this investigation have also felt unfairly targeted by U.S. airport security, signaling a need for a deeper investigation into TSA training and behavior detection that's not based on appearance.

Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Argentina’s new papal bus tours are met with high demand

Argentina started counting the profits to be made from increased tourism before Pope Francis was even elected, but their expectations are now confirmed with a concrete interest in the country’s inaugural papal tour.

Oliver Smith, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Argentina’s new papal bus tours are met with high demand

Tourism

Seeing the new pope’s Argentina: UNESCO sites and Jesuit plantations

The fascination with the new pope's Argentine roots will undoubtedly drive visitors to Argentina. But it will be a matter of how he's able to meet the church's challenges that will determine just how many will follow his path.

Vicky Baker, The Guardian | 11 years ago

Seeing the new pope’s Argentina: UNESCO sites and Jesuit plantations