The Sutherland Institute, a thinktank in Utah, is urging lawmakers to abolish the Utah Office of Tourism, because, it says - people come to see the attractions in Utah, regardless of whether or not Utah Tourism spends money promoting them.

The DHS is planning to stage a mock nuclear explosion in Clark County in May, as a drill. Sen. Harry Reid and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority are urging the DHS to scrap it on grounds that it would create anxiety for tourism and investment in Las Vegas.

Oak Park, IL has a new tourism logo which has led to local news media and bloggers piling on them for being phallic shaped. The logo is part of $65,000 spent by Oak Park on a marketing plan created for them by North Star Destination Strategies.

 And here’s the rest of this week’s travel news:-

Easyjet apologises for photoshoot with models posing in designer clothes at Holocaust memorial - BBC News

British tourists trapped by ice on-board icebreaker ship at Antarctic penguin colony are finally freed - Daily Mail

Saving Century Plaza takes a Village - LA Times

Kauai, home of the renegade rooster - Canwest News Service

Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions - NY Times

Senators: Can You Draw Your State? NGM Blog Central

TSA planning to inspect shops that repair jets - USA Today

AA, Marriott team up for Pay it Forward sweepstakes to feed the hungry in DC - CapitalAreaFoodBank

Utah State Capitol photo by jimbowen0306; Vegas photo by pocheco

Posted on November 22nd, 2009 by PLing
Filed under: Travel News