Tourism takes a battering in areas hit by summer floods
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Ferry at Tewkesbury forced to shut down, but Thames source pub does roaring trade.
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BANGKOK - Thailand will need months to repair damage to its lucrative tourism industry wrought by the deadly tsunami that swept across the Indian Ocean, a senior tourism official said on Tuesday.
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The fact that the tsunami happened at the peak of tourist season could deter others from coming in the future. Other countries weren&#39;t hit as hard.
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Vacationers trickling into the Sri Lanka&#39;s capital say local towns are struggling to cope with the devastation. By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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NEW DELHI: The tourism industry is bracing for a sudden end to the merriment, as travellers flee Tsunami-hit regions days before the grand finale of a hugely successful year.
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Australians battled both fires and some of the worst flooding in decades Monday that stranded residents in several communities after days of intense summer heat and storms.
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Some 200,000 workers in the tourism business in the six southern provinces that have been hardest hit by the deadly tsunami on Sunday are facing the bleak prospect of losing their jobs, according to Sontaya Kunplome, the tourism and sports minister.
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Insurance payments to the thousands hit by floods last month are taking place rapidly, the industry says.
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An intense rainfall has forced evacuations, threatened water supplies and caused expensive flood damage in parts of Britain, which struggled to recover Sunday.
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The area in South Asia devastated by powerful tidal waves is popular with tourists attracted to the beaches and diving.
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MALAYSIA&#39;S tourist mecca of Penang bore the brunt of the country&#39;s tsunami damage as waves as tall as coconut trees lashed the island.
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Yet this summer, as every summer, tales of water shortages are leaking out up and down the Italian peninsula as people talk of badly maintained reservoirs, faulty distribution networks, high tourist demand and ...
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Blocked roads and rushing water are hampering efforts to save survivors of floods in the Philippines which have killed almost 350 people.
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The region's booming growth has counterbalanced trouble elsewhere. But the long dry spell is taking a toll.
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BANGKOK : Western tourists who survived giant waves that struck Thailand&#39;s shores at the weekend have been astounded by the generosity of locals grappling with their own massive destruction and loss of life.
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Severe weather and heavy storms batter much of the UK, causing disruption and delay for travellers.
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Up to 20,000 British holidaymakers have had their travel plans disrupted by the two most recent hurricanes to rip through Florida and the Caribbean.