Posts Tagged ‘Financial Crisis’

Travel 101 – Grab That Vacation You Have Always Wanted, at a Lower Cost

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Summer vacation is here. For students and working people they love to find a place to enjoy and feel summer. Vacation is always a way to get your energy back before going to work or study. But because of financial crisis happening worldwide, is it possible to get on a vacation? There is still a way! Plan a vacation at a lower cost.

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Tourism to Morocco – Facts and Data

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

The global financial and economic crisis has caused severe problems to many sectors of the economy, including the tourist industry. For a country like Morocco, whose main sources of income are tourism, mainly from EU countries and the USA, and the flow of transfers by Moroccans Living Abroad (MLAs), this crisis may seem a like a real threat to its economy, that received a tourist revenue of 57 billion dirhams in 2008, approx. 20% of its GNP. This is particularly obvious if we consider that revenues from tourism have fallen by 20% in the first months of 2009 with regards to the same period in 2008, from 4.33 to 3.46 billions of dirhams. But the Moroccan tourist industry has the potential to avoid the negative effects of the crisis, or even benefit from the changes undergone by the sector.

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This is the Time to Book a Cruise – Great Last Minute Deals Available

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

The travel industry has been hit hard by the financial crisis and cruise ship companies have been very active to get as many passengers as possible. So, how to find this great cruise deal? There are various way, I think last minute cruise deals will be around for a while though!

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