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UK Government Goes Tough On Immigrants, Adopts New Points System
The United Kingdom biggest shake-up of the immigration system in 45 years got underway last Friday with the introduction of a new points system to ensure only the best can work in Britain, new licenses for businesses who want to employ migrants and big on-the-spot fines for those not obeying the rules and found hiring illegal workers.
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L-R: Okoria Uguru, Rok Klancnik, Nse Obong Okon Ekong and Gabriel Oduri Nigerian journalists dung Africa TourCom in Mali 2006
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Tourcom to Switch to More Focused Approach
UNWTO’s successful Tourcom conferences are to take on a more specific focus following the last large-scale regional event for Eastern Europe and Central Asia held in Tbilisi, Georgia on September 25 and 26. The series of seminars aimed at helping Member States to improve their marketing
and communications skills will be geared in future to “the needs of smaller groups of like-minded countries,”
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Francesco Frangialli, Secretary General, United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)
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Ban Ki-Moon Praises Tourism’s Role in Helping Poorer Countries
Kenya’s biggest tourism competitors in Africa are reaping big from the political unrest that has hit the country. The competitors include Tanzania, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. Most of the tourists who have cancelled their visits to Kenya have booked into these countries that offer similar products. Concerns are now rife in the industry that it may be very hard to reverse the gains which the competitors are making if the situation in the country is not resolved soon.
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