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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The coronavirus outbreak is expected to cause $3 to $4 billion in direct damage to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/travel-in-asia-during-coronavirus-outbreak-2020-2">Vietnam's tourism industry,</a> Vietnam's department of tourism told Business Insider. </li><li>Coronavirus "is expected to cause huge damage to Vietnam's tourism industry in the short and medium term," a representative for the department of tourism said. </li><li>The loss of Chinese visitors is weighing heavily on Vietnam, where roughly a third of international tourists are from China. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Vietnam's tourism industry is already taking an economic hit due to the coronavirus outbreak. While the World Tourism Organization says it is too early to estimate the full impact of COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus, Vietnam's department of tourism told Business Insider earlier this week that the outbreak "is expected to cause huge damage to Vietnam's tourism industry in the short and medium term." "In three months, the estimated direct damage to Vietnam's tourism industry could reach between $3 and $4 billion," a representative for the country's department of tourism said in an email. Vietnam's tourism industry has seen remarkable growth in recent years. According to the department of tourism, more than 18 million international travelers visited Vietnam in 2019, up 16.2% from 2018. Chinese tourists typically make up more than 30% of all international tourists in Vietnam. With China barring tourists from traveling abroad and Vietnam prohibiting the entry of travelers from areas that have been hit by the coronavirus outbreak, that figure has plummeted. Vietnam is also losing potential visitors from other countries that are newly concerned about traveling in Asia, according to the department of tourism. Some domestic travel within Vietnam <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-quarantines-south-korea-vietnam-more-die-outside-china-2020-2/?r=US&amp;IR=T">has also been restricted.</a>Stephen Wyatt, the country head of real-estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle Vietnam, told Business Insider that coronavirus has already had a "dramatic" impact on the tourism industry in Vietnam."We've been talking to a number of the hotel groups and their numbers are down quite significantly - 30%, 40%, 50%, 60% down on year-over-year figures," Wyatt said last week. Ultimately, many businesses in Vietnam are bracing for the impact of the coronavirus. While the Vietnamese government has <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/vietnam-economy-growth/update-1-vietnam-sticks-to-2020-growth-target-amid-virus-concerns-idUSL4N2AE31M">not lowered its economic growth target for 2020,</a> former Vietnamese government adviser Le Dang Doanh told Business Insider that it is unlikely that the country will remain unaffected."The government still keeps the growth target unchanged," said Doanh, who served as a member of the UN Committee for Development Policy from 2016 to 2018. "But I think the GDP growth rate of Vietnam's economy in 2020 should be reduced by ca. 1% from the 6.9% target, maybe to around 6.0-5.9%."As of Friday, there have been 16 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Vietnam, according to the World Health Organization. There are more than 76,000 confirmed cases worldwide in 27 countries.

The coronavirus outbreak could cost Vietnam $4 billion in lost tourism in just 3 months, according to the country's department of tourism

Nepals Ministry of Culture, <keyword id="20048" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="tourism">Tourism</keyword> and Civil Aviation has put a ban on taking and circulating pictures, videos and filming of <keyword id="10904473" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="other-climbers">other climbers</keyword> or members of expedition teams on Mt Everest other than of oneself starting this season. Issuing a notice on Wednesday, the <keyword id="254034" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="department-of-tourism">Department of Tourism</keyword> put the ban, saying that each climber can take, share and make images and videos of their group or of oneself but they will face action if they take, make and share photos of other climbers without the department's consent. In the wake of a picture that went viral on May 20i9 about the "traffic jam" on Mt Everest taken by one record holder climber, Nirmal Purja, Nepali officials have been facing other similar kinds of criticism by the international media over threat to the <keyword id="6426894" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Himalayan">Himalayan</keyword> eco-system. The mountaineering community and some international media have criticized the hollow management of the Nepal government in managing the expedition on Mt Everest after the photo, "traffic jam in Everest" went viral. Later, several other climbers took pictures of other climbers, filming at the top of Mt Everest and circulated them on the Internet. Officials said some other attempts were made to defame Mt Everest's tourism management by circulating the pictures like piling of garbage at <keyword id="1061461" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Everest-base-camp">Everest base camp</keyword>, an avalanche in Everest during the earthquake in 2015. "Such activities have given negative publicity about the Everest so we decided to put a ban on taking pictures, movie and filming in the Everest by others," Mira Acharya, an official at Nepal's Tourism Department told the Nepali media, "to stop these kinds of negative publicity, we have come up with the new guideline that includes <keyword id="10904474" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="other-mountains">other mountains</keyword> in the country as well". Nepal has eight mountains whose heights are higher than 8,000 metres and Nepal witnesses a huge rush of mountaineers during the climbing season that generally falls in mid-May. Similarly, the new guideline also stated that any climber should have appropriate medical and health conditions for climbing the mountains. In the past, due to some climbers, who did not have the appropriate health and medical conditions to climb the mountains, emergency rescue operations had to be mounted. "We honour the personal freedom of climbers but that does not mean they can post images and videos of others without their consent. Either through commercial cameras or mobile sets, all such activities have been banned," Acharya told the Nepali media here. If anyone intends to disseminate still photographs and videos of people, avalanches and even dead bodies on the mountain among other things, they must secure consent from the Department of Tourism, the government agency that issues Everest climbing permits, the <keyword id="18568" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="kathmandu">Kathmandu</keyword> Post quoted the official. According to Ang Tsering Sherpa, former president of Nepal Mountaineering Association, though, it would not be possible to prevent the dissemination of videos or photos taken on Everest because millennials stand out for their use of technology, and even the older generation has embraced digital life. "You make a click here and in an instant, your photo goes around the world," he told the newspaper. A total of 6,507 mountaineers have climbed Everest from the Nepal side since Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and New Zealander <keyword id="134414" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Edmund-Hillary">Edmund Hillary</keyword> first set foot atop the world's highest peak in May 1953. The year 2019 was significant in terms of records set on the world's tallest peak. On May 22 and 23, a total of 223 and 212 climbers reached the summit, which has been recorded as the highest and the second-highest number of climbers on the top of Everest on any particular day. There were no expeditions last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which caused Nepal loss of millions in revenue, while thousands of people in the Himalayan region were rendered jobless. Foreigners pay $11,000 for a permit to climb Everest and spend anywhere between $40,000 and $90,000 for the entire expedition. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/checkout-review-of-oppo-fitness-band-related-to-design-performance-price-and-battery-life/articleshow/81423414.cms">Oppo Band Style review – getting the basics right with a twist of flair</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/narendra-modi-joe-biden-yoshihide-suga-and-scott-morrison-are-set-to-meet-for-the-first-ever-quad-leaders-summit-on-march-12/articleshow/81424117.cms">The first-ever leaders summit of the QUAD may be another signal that it's ready for something more formal</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/how-to-check-share-allotment-status-of-mtar-technologies-ipo/articleshow/81424102.cms">MTAR Technologies IPO: Here is how to check share allotment status</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/tcs-cfo-explains-how-the-role-of-a-finance-head-has-been-changed-by-the-pandemic/articleshow/81423884.cms">EXCLUSIVE: TCS CFO explains how the role of a finance head has been changed by the pandemic</a>

Nepal's is banning Mount Everest climbers from taking pictures and videos of 'others' without consent

The Karnataka government is considering proposals to allow tents and <keyword id="21356640" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="alcohol-sales" source="keywords">alcohol sales</keyword> on the state's beaches, similar to <keyword id="19895061" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Goa" source="keywords">Goa</keyword>, in an effort to boost tourism. Speaking at the 'Connect 2024' event in <keyword id="19936741" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mangalore" source="keywords">Mangalore</keyword> on Wednesday, Rajendra K V, tourism department's director, emphasised that changes are necessary to attract tourists. "We need to relax restrictions on alcohol consumption along the beaches of Karnataka, which may bring more influx of tourists just like in the state of Goa," he added. According to him, to enhance safety and encourage people to spend more time at the beaches during the night, the department is contemplating the installation of additional lights along the coast. District officials have been instructed to identify government and private lands near beaches to promote <keyword id="23668481" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tent-tourism" source="keywords">tent tourism</keyword> in the state. Rajendra also revealed that a facilitation centre would soon be established to expedite approvals for tourism projects, including CRZ (<keyword id="20495401" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Coastal-Regulation-Zone" source="keywords">Coastal Regulation Zone</keyword>) permissions. He added that the new <keyword id="20021259" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tourism-policy" source="keywords">tourism policy</keyword> will include specific guidelines for coastal tourism. Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada, Mullai Muhilan, said tourists should be allowed access to beaches late at night. "Restaurant and licensed business operating hours in Mangalore city have already been extended to 1 am and the same should apply to the beaches as well," he added. He further stated that discussions would be held with the police department to resolve issues regarding the current restrictions on <keyword id="22266283" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="beach-access" source="keywords">beach access</keyword> after 9 pm and appropriate action would be taken.

Karnataka to go Goa way and allow alcohol sales in coastal cities to lure tourists

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A tourism video meant to promote the Philippines has been slammed for using stock footage of other countries.</li><li>The video — which is part of a $900,000 campaign — featured places in Brazil and Indonesia, among others.</li></ul>A video that's part of a tourism campaign to promote the Philippines as a <a href="https://www.insider.com/dos-and-donts-traveling-in-philippines-american-expat-2023-6">holiday destination</a> has drawn flak for using stock footage of other countries.Filipino blogger Sass Rogando Sasot first pointed out on her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/578854084/videos/1204327793575413/">Facebook page</a> that at least five clips featured in the new "Love The Philippines" tourism video were of places outside of the country — including Indonesia, Thailand, and even the United Arab Emirates. In the same post, Sasot compiled the scenes into a comparison video that identified the original sources of the foreign clips — all of which were available on stock footage websites.Among them were scenes of rice terraces in Bali, a fisherman throwing a net into the water in Thailand, and a person driving over sand dunes in Dubai.A subsequent check by AFP confirmed her findings, as reported by <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/philippines-tourism-video-used-images-other-countries-says-ad-agency-3601016?cid=internal_sharetool_iphone_03072023_cna">Channel News Asia</a>. The video was part of the Philippines government's $900,000 "Love The Philippines" tourism campaign that was launched on June 27.DDB Philippines, the ad agency behind the video, apologized on Sunday for the embarrassing blunder, local online paper SunStar Manila reported, citing a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=665984945569724&amp;set=a.583843750450511">statement from the company</a>."While the use of stock footage in mood videos is standard practice in the industry, the use of foreign stock footage was an unfortunate oversight on our agency's part," DDB Philippines said in the statement. "Proper screening and approval processes should have been strictly followed."The agency added that the video was meant to be "a mood video to excite internal stakeholders about the campaign" and that "no public funds were released, or would be released, to fund the video," per the statement.The video, which was originally uploaded onto <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKmCscTJFcc">Youtube</a>, has since been taken down.Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco also released a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/christina.garciafrasco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Facebook on behalf of the Department of Tourism (DOT) of the Philippines."During the various meetings and consultations held relative to the tourism brand enhancement, the DOT, for its part, repeatedly sought confirmation from DDB on the originality and ownership of all materials contained in the AVPs and key visuals presented to the Department. In ALL these occasions, DDB repeatedly assured the DOT that the originality and ownership of all materials are in order," Frasco wrote in a post that was uploaded on Sunday. "The DOT is currently conducting an exhaustive investigation to determine the veracity of, and to gather the full faculty of facts on, these allegations," she added.Sasot, DDB Philippines, and the DOT did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.

A tourism video painting the Philippines as a glorious holiday destination was exposed for using random stock footage of tourist spots in Bali and Dubai

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="3746" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mexico">Mexico</keyword>'s official tourism website was ridiculed on Friday after it was revealed to be riddled with hilarious auto-translate errors.</li><li>On VisitMexico.com, the resort of Tulum became "Jumpsuit," the town of Aculco became "I Blame," and the city of Ciudad Madero became "Log." </li><li>The Tourism Department apologized, but hinted that it may have been sabotage, saying "a criminal complaint has been filed and appropriate legal actions will be taken against those responsible."</li><li>On Thursday, the resort of Acapulco removed a promotional video that showed people partying without masks on with the slogans "anything goes" and "there are no rules," <a href="https://apnews.com/5d4d94cc8b8fd89c961f28d186521535">The Associated Press (AP) said.</a></li><li>The US imposed a "do not <keyword id="6354692" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Travel">travel</keyword>" warning on Mexico on Thursday <a href="https://en.mercopress.com/2020/08/03/mexico-becomes-the-country-with-the-third-most-covid-19-deaths-ahead-of-britain">in light of the surge in coronavirus cases.</a></li></ul>In a classic of the auto-translate glitch genre, Mexico's official tourism website hilariously mistranslated the country's most popular spots from Spanish to English on Friday.On VisitMexico.com, the upmarket beachside resort of Tulum became "Jumpsuit," the area of Aculco became "I Blame," and the city of Ciudad Madero became "Log." The errors, <a href="https://latinus.us/2020/08/06/warrior-jumpsuit-turret-destinos-promociona-sectur-visitmexico/">first picked up by the news site Latin US</a>, prompted Mexico's former President Felipe Calderón to tweet "Stop making Mexico look ridiculous!" <a href="https://twitter.com/FelipeCalderon/status/1291729813804322816">to his 5.7 million followers.</a>Some of the Spanish to English translations, while amusing, were, however, entirely accurate.<div type="image" title="A screengrab of the VisitMexico.com website advertising the state of Guerrero, which was translated to &quot;Warrior&quot; on Friday." height="493" width="985" msid="77432237" hostid="261"></div>Villa del Carbón became "Coal Village," Progreso became "Progress," and Puerto Escondido was changed to "Hidden Port."The site <a href="https://www.visitmexico.mx/">was down as of 5 a.m. ET on Saturday</a>, but the gaffe is the latest in a string of embarrassing episodes for the tourism industry.On Thursday, the resort of Acapulco hastily removed a promotional video that showed people partying without masks on with the slogans "anything goes" and "there are no rules," <a href="https://apnews.com/5d4d94cc8b8fd89c961f28d186521535">according to The Associated Press (AP.)</a>The same day, the US — the country worst hit by the pandemic — imposed its highest travel warning on Mexico, <a href="https://en.mercopress.com/2020/08/03/mexico-becomes-the-country-with-the-third-most-covid-19-deaths-ahead-of-britain">in light of the surge in coronavirus cases</a>, issuing a "do not travel" notice to Americans on Thursday.<a href="https://apnews.com/5d4d94cc8b8fd89c961f28d186521535"><div type="image" title="A screengrab of the VisitMexico.com website advertising the state of Guerrero, which was translated to &quot;Warrior&quot; on Friday." height="502" width="1005" msid="77432244" hostid="261"></div></a>On July 24, the VisitMexico.com website went down, amid allegations claiming it happened because <a href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexicos-flagship-tourism-site-goes-down/">Mexico's Tourism department authority did not pay its bills. </a>The department apologized for the string of mistranslations, in a statement."The Tourism Department expresses its most sincere apologies to the public and users for the effects that have occurred on the website VisitMexico," the statement, carried by the AP, said.The department then suggested that the glitches could have been done intentionally."We make it known that these acts aim to damage the image of the website and the department, and so therefore a criminal complaint has been filed and appropriate legal actions will be taken against those responsible."

Mexico's English-language tourism website hilariously mistranslated the country's most popular spots, the latest of several embarrassing gaffes

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The State Department unveiled a new rule on Thursday designed to stop pregnant women who intend to give birth in the US to obtain citizenship for their child.</li><li>The Trump administration decried the practice as "birth tourism" and said without evidence it creates risks to "national security and law enforcement."</li><li>Under the new rule, State Department officers will have to determine the reasons for why pregnant people are traveling to the US.</li><li>State Department officials did not say where there have been any threats to national security associated with birth tourism.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's home page for more stories.</a></li></ul>The Trump administration unveiled a new rule on Thursday that would place visa restrictions on pregnant travelers who may give birth in the United States.The intent of the rule, the State Department <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-01218.pdf">said in a memo</a>, is to halt "birth tourism," the practice of foreigners giving birth in the US to obtain a US passport for their child and themselves.The new rule would make it more difficult for pregnant travelers to obtain tourist visas, forcing applicants to convince a consular officer that they have a "legitimate" purpose for coming to the US. If the consular officer has any reason to believe that a pregnant individual will give birth in the United States, the applicant is automatically "presumed to be seeking a visa for the primary purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship for the child," according to the memo."To rebut this presumption, the visa applicant must establish, to the satisfaction of a consular officer, a legitimate primary purpose other than obtaining U.S. citizenship for a child by giving birth in the United States," the memo reads.<h2>State Department officials will give more scrutiny to people traveling for medical treatment</h2>According to State Department officials, the new rule keeps current regulations but simply redefines how consular officers will conduct these interviews, adding a portion to determine the purpose of the travelers' visit. The filing says that foreigners will still be able to travel to the US for recreational purposes, including tourism, visits with friends or relatives, and medical treatment. However, foreigners who are traveling to the US for medical treatment will be subject to more scrutiny and face significant hurdles in obtaining a tourist visa.Pregnant individuals must now provide a "legitimate reason" for why they wish to come to America for treatment, prove that a medical practitioner has agreed to provide treatment and provide estimates of the cost and duration of their treatment. Those individuals must also prove that they have the means and intention to pay.If the reasons provided are not to the "satisfaction" of the consular officer, their visa application could be denied.Consular officers must have a "specific articulable reason to believe" that the individual is primarily traveling to America to give birth, a State Department spokesperson said, and determine their intent in seeking a visa before turning them away.A State Department spokesperson said in a press conference that officials are not permitted to ask travelers to take a pregnancy test would not be allowed, but declined to say whether consular officers would be allowed to questions applicants if they were visibly pregnant. <h2>The State Department says 'birth tourism' is a threat - but offered no evidence</h2>The State Department claims the "birth tourism industry is rife with criminal activity" and poses a threat to national security and law enforcement.While the guidance provided by the State Department said there have been federal prosecutions of individuals involved in "birth tourism," State Department officials declined to say whether there have been any threats associated with the practice in a press conference call."We feel that this is closing a loophole that circumvents existing immigration and naturalization processes," a spokesperson for the State Department explained. "Previous regulations fail to address this national security vulnerability."The State Department offered no statistics on how many foreigners travel to America to give birth. The Center for Immigration Studies - an anti-immigration organization <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/140951/trump-gets-fuzzy-border-math">with ties to the Trump administration</a> that has been <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/center-immigration-studies">described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a "hate group"</a> for circulating work by antisemitic and white supremacist writers - estimates that there are <a href="https://cis.org/Camarota/33000-Birth-Tourists-2016-2017">33,000 "birth tourists" annually</a>. Federal authorities have taken the practice seriously, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/us-agents-raid-alleged-maternity-tourism-anchor-baby-businesses-catering-to-chinese-1425404456" target="_blank" rel="noopener">amping up enforcement</a> against the multimillion-dollar "birth tourism" business. The Trump administration has implemented a series of restrictive immigration policies, including a controversial <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/travel-ban">travel ban</a> from majority-Muslim countries. The federal government recently announced it intended to ban travelers from seven more countries from entering the US.The new restrictions are in line with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/donald-trump">President Donald Trump</a>'s previous attacks on "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anchor-babies-republican-trump-jeb-bush-clinton-offensive-immigrants-2015-8">anchor babies</a>," a term he used to refer to citizens born to unauthorized immigrant parents throughout his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump previously <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-birthright-citizenship-14th-amendment-immigration-naturalization-act-2018-10">threatened to use an executive order to end birthright citizenship,</a> a practice that extends citizenship to children born in the US regardless of whether their parents are citizens.Read more:<ul class="read-more-links"><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-expands-travel-ban-seven-more-countries-nigeria-sudan-2020-1">Trump confirms he'll expand the travel ban to 7 additional countries, including Sudan and Nigeria</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-birthright-citizenship-14th-amendment-immigration-naturalization-act-2018-10">Trump wants to end birthright citizenship - here's what the law says about that</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anchor-babies-republican-trump-jeb-bush-clinton-offensive-immigrants-2015-8">Everyone's obsessed with 'anchor babies' - here are the facts</a></li></ul>

The Trump administration unveils new rule restricting visas for pregnant travelers to halt 'birth tourism'

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Carnival Cruise LineThe men who rescued a Carnival Cruise Line passenger.</div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Two men rescued a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/carnival-corp">Carnival Cruise Line</a> passenger from drowning in St. Thomas last week, a Carnival representative confirmed to Business Insider.</li><li>A video of the rescue <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jennings.harris.5/videos/pcb.1194894174041655/941624982896509/?type=3&amp;theater&amp;ifg=1">posted to Facebook</a> on August 12 shows the men, Kashief Hamilton and Randolph Donovan, helping the woman stay in a life preserver while she is pulled out of the water.</li><li>The woman's brother had forgotten to lock the brakes on her wheelchair, leading her to roll into the water, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hero-men-who-saved-girl-in-wheelchair-from-drowning-in-the-ocean-didnt-think-twice-223915442.html">Yahoo</a> reported.</li><li>The rescue took about 12 minutes, according to Yahoo's report.</li><li>Hamilton and Donovan were reportedly given a free <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/ccl-stock">Carnival</a> cruise and vacation days from their employer, the US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Two men rescued a Carnival Cruise Line passenger from drowning in St. Thomas last week, a Carnival representative confirmed to Business Insider.A video of the rescue <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jennings.harris.5/videos/pcb.1194894174041655/941624982896509/?type=3&amp;theater&amp;ifg=1">posted to Facebook</a> on August 12 shows the men, Kashief Hamilton and Randolph Donovan, helping the woman stay in a life preserver while she is pulled out of the water.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrity-edge-named-best-new-cruise-ship-of-2018-photos-2019-8">The Celebrity Edge was named the best new cruise ship of 2018. It has a 14,000 square-foot spa and a luxury suite that comes with a butler - here's what it looks like.</a>The woman's brother had forgotten to lock the brakes on her wheelchair, leading her to roll into the water, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hero-men-who-saved-girl-in-wheelchair-from-drowning-in-the-ocean-didnt-think-twice-223915442.html">Yahoo</a> reported. In an interview with the website, Donovan said he heard screams at the dock before seeing the woman. He said he "didn't think twice" about jumping into the water to help her.Hamilton joined Donovan after sensing that Donovan was getting tired and supported him as a life preserver was thrown from the dock to pull the woman out of the water, he told Yahoo. The rescue took about 12 minutes, according to Yahoo's report.The woman was not injured during the incident, the Carnival representative said. Carnival gave her a complementary replacement wheelchair for the rest of the cruise."Our most sincere thanks and appreciation to these individuals for their heroic efforts in assisting this guest," the Carnival representative said. Joseph Boschulte, the commissioner of the US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism, reportedly rewarded Hamilton and Donovan, who work for the Department of Tourism as entertainers, with a free Carnival cruise and vacation days.The US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.Have you worked on a cruise ship? Do you have a story to share? 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<ul class="summary-list"><li>New Zealand will triple entry fees for foreign tourists starting in October.</li><li>It will now cost about $62, though Australians and some Pacific Islanders are exempt.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-zealand-best-ways-to-save-money-travel-tips-2023-12">New Zealand</a>'s government <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.mbie.govt.nz/immigration-and-tourism/tourism/tourism-funding/international-visitor-conservation-and-tourism-levy/what-is-the-ivl#:~:text=The%20IVL%20is%20a%20%2435,eligible%20visitor%20to%20New%20Zealand.">announced on Tuesday</a> that it will triple entry fees for foreign tourists starting in October.The International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) for foreign tourists will increase from the current fee of NZD 35 (about $22 in US currency) to NZD 100 (about $62 in American money).<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.mbie.govt.nz/immigration-and-tourism/tourism/tourism-funding/international-visitor-conservation-and-tourism-levy">According to New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment, </a>the IVL exists to "address current challenges in the tourism and conservation systems," ensuring that New Zealanders do not "unduly bear" the costs associated with international visitors.The ministry noted that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-zealand-adds-jobs-residency-fast-track-immigration-green-list-2023-9">New Zealand</a> has experienced a significant increase in international visitors in recent years, which it said has challenged the country's "infrastructure, environment, communities, and the social license for tourism to operate in certain areas."Australian citizens, people from certain Pacific Island nations, and those transiting through New Zealand are exempt from the fee.The IVL has been used to fund various tourism and conservation initiatives, including pest control, biodiversity investments, and enhancing visitor access to tourism sites.A <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.mbie.govt.nz/dmsdocument/28322-proposed-changes-to-the-international-visitor-conservation-and-tourism-levy-ivl">consultation held in June on proposed changes</a>, which included 1,100 submissions, found that 88% of submitters agreed that the current level of IVL revenue — about $50 million US — was insufficient to address issues facing tourism and conservation.Additionally, 93% of submitters agreed that the IVL fee should be increased, with a majority favoring the biggest price increase to NZD 100.According to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.mbie.govt.nz/immigration-and-tourism/tourism/tourism-funding/international-visitor-conservation-and-tourism-levy/what-is-the-ivl#:~:text=The%20IVL%20is%20a%20%2435,eligible%20visitor%20to%20New%20Zealand.">the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment, the </a>increased IVL amount is expected to generate about $229 million in New Zealand currency yearly.A study published by<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.tourismnewzealand.com/assets/insights/industry-insights/Views-on-Tourism-New-Zealand-YE-Dec-23-EXTERNAL.pdf"> Tourism New Zealand</a> last year found that New Zealand residents felt that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/barcelona-overtourism-making-it-impossible-to-live-there-local-says-2024-8">tourism</a> negatively impacted their communities through increased litter, difficulty finding parking, and heavier traffic.About two-thirds of those surveyed also expressed concerns about the impact of tourism on the environment.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/assets/109-Alpha-Series-Tourism-and-the-environment.pdf">According to the Royal Society of New Zealand</a>, an independent non-profit that provides funding and policy advice on the region's science and technology, an influx of tourists can lead to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/popular-travel-destinations-fight-overtourism-unique-strategies-2024-7">overcrowding, </a>habitat destruction, wildlife disturbance, and noise pollution.While tourism contributes to 3.7% of New Zealand's economy, forming one of its main industries, it also directly impacts the country's natural landmarks.According to the country's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/conservation/human-values/nature-of-wellbeing-summary.pdf">Department of Conservation</a>, about 70% of all international trips involve some "nature-base" activities, such as hiking or visiting scenic natural attractions.The department noted in 2021 that increased tourism to Milford Sound-Piopiotahi, a fjord sometimes touted as the eighth wonder of the world, put it under "considerable stress." Funding from the IVL previously went toward <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-releases/2021-media-releases/next-step-to-protect-milford-sound-piopiotahi/">a master plan for protecting it.</a>

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<ul><li style="list-style-type: none;"><ul class="summary-list"><li>Nepal has granted a record number of permits to climb Mount Everest this season. </li><li>Experts worry that more permits will lead to more deaths as climbers crowd the "death zone."</li></ul></li></ul>Nepal has granted a record number of permits to climb Mount Everest this season, despite criticism over traffic jams in the so-called "death zone" in recent years, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/death-zone-queues-feared-everest-nepal-grants-record-climbing-permits-2023-04-28/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Reuters</a>. Nepal's Department of Tourism has so far approved 463 permits for the current climbing season, which runs from March to May, Reuters reported. That far exceeds <a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/everest/mount-everest-fewer-climbers-2022/">the 409 permits it granted in 2021</a> when the previous record was set.Nepal is <a href="https://www.unicef.org/nepal/reports/nepal-multidimensional-poverty-index-2021-report">one of the world's poorest countries</a>, and revenue from climbing Everest is <a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/everest/mount-everest-fewer-climbers-2022/">an important part of its fiscal planning</a>. The fee to climb Everest exceeds $10,000, which means each season brings in millions for the country. Some worry, however, that reliance on Everest for revenue could come at the sacrifice of safety. "The challenges with more climbers on the mountain will be potential traffic jams on the climbing route, especially if the weather windows are few and far between," Garrett Madison, the president of the Madison Mountaineering Company, told Reuters. "This can lead to climbers running out of oxygen and facing exhaustion/exposure in the 'death zone.'"The "death zone" is a section of the climb that's above 26,246 feet, where the levels of oxygen are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mount-everest-death-zone-what-happens-to-body-2019-5">so low that the body's cells start to die</a> and a climber's judgment is impaired. In 2019, at least <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mount-everest-death-zone-what-happens-to-body-2019-5">11 climbers died</a> attempting to summit Mount Everest, and almost all of them had been in the "death zone." It was one of the deadliest years ever on Everest, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/deadliest-season-mount-everest-unfolded-leading-11-deaths/story?id=63319438" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to ABC News</a>.The director of Nepal's tourism board, Yubaraj Khatiwada, however, said the government was ready for the crowds and prepared to protect the climbers. He told Reuters that, for the first time, the government would place a team of doctors and officials at base camp."We are concerned for their safety and are well prepared to cope with the crowd by spreading summit bids as long as the good weather window provides to ensure the climbing goes smoothly as far as possible," Khatiwada told Reuters. Nepal's Department of Tourism did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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New Delhi, Apr 18 () State-owned Punjab &amp; Sind Bank on Saturday said it has declared the non-performing account of Golden Jubilee Hotels, involving an outstanding amount of over Rs 86 crore, as "fraud". "It is informed that an NPA account viz Golden Jubilee Hotels Pvt Ltd with book outstanding of Rs 86.40 crore and 100 per cent provisioning has been declared as fraud and reported to the RBI as per regulatory requirement," it said in a filing to exchanges. Golden Jubilee Hotels Pvt Ltd is a public-private partnership (PPP) with the Department of Tourism and Youth Advancement, Tourism &amp; Culture, Government of Telangana, according to the hotel's website. The hotel group was admitted for Corporate Resolution Insolvency Process (CRIP) on February 27, 2018, at the Hyderabad bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), by a consortium of eight public sector lenders led by Bank of Baroda. KPM HRS

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Nana-chan, a massive mannequin in Nagoya, is turning 50 on Friday.</li><li>Nana-chan stands guard outside a department store and is often seen in a variety of outfits.</li></ul>Nana-chan, a giant mannequin in Japan, has turned 50.Towering at 20 feet and weighing 1,322 pounds, the colossal dummy has stood vigil outside the Meitetsu Department Store in Nagoya for decades.She was initially built to advertise products at the department store, but has since become a beloved city icon that's sometimes used to promote local events.Nana-chan has sported various outfits over the years, from swimsuits to kimonos, and even a sheep hoodie.The staff at the Meitetsu Department Store dressed her in a "celebration dress" on Tuesday in commemoration of her 50th birthday on Friday, according to <a href="https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/stream/article/21287/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local daily Yomiuri Shimbun.</a>"Happy Birthday Nana," read the lettering on a giant cake attached to the mannequin.She's also been dressed as Wonder Woman to promote the 2017 Warner Bros film, and was seen being snatched up by Godzilla for the 2014 film of the same name.Made of PVC resin, Nana-chan was designed in Switzerland and installed in Nagoya in 1973, <a href="https://www.e-meitetsu.com.e.ajb.hp.transer.com/mds/f_nana/about_nana/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according to Meitetsu's profile of the mannequin.</a>She's since been named a member of the department store's public relations team, Meitetsu said on its website.Meitetsu sometimes alters Nana-chan to fit certain sales promotions or holidays, like when they made her jaw drop for a summer clearance sale.<div type="image" title="Nana-chan's jaw drops as the summer clearance sale kicks off." height="676" width="900" msid="99840917" hostid="261" sizebytes="30316"></div>Nana-chan's fame has grown to the point where she's now a tourist attraction, per the Aichi prefecture's tourism department."When visiting Nagoya, first check out Nana-chan's latest fashion statements," <a href="https://www.aichi-now.jp/en/spots/detail/1636/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Aichi tourism department says on its website.</a>

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