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The Act will also bar all single use plastics such as shopping bags, cutlery, plates, straws and cups by February 1.
The move has the backing of
The Grenada Tourism Authority. Chief executive Patricia Maher said: “Our brand is Pure Grenada, the Spice of the Caribbean. This legislation will greatly assist us in keeping our tri-island destination of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique clean and beautiful for citizens as well as visitors.” Tourism and civil aviation minister Dr Clarice Modeste-Curwen added: “Grenada is renowned for its naturally beautiful landscape. I am elated that my Government has taken action to contribute to the preservation of our environment for future generations.”
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New York gears up for Climate Week and Pride
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New resorts have helped the Maldives increase visitor numbers
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urkey is “back on the map” this year, travel giant Tui has said, with the falling Turkish lira looking set to make the destination even more popular in 2019. This summer it featured in the top five most-booked Tui destinations in 11 of its source territories, including the UK. Tui said the statistics proved the country was “well and truly back on the map as a top summer holiday location”. In September 2017, £1 bought 4.75 lira, compared with 8.5 in September 2018, while a dollar bought 6.4 lira in September this year, compared with 3.4 in September 2017. Turkey has also recovered to become Thomas Cook’s second most popular destination this year.
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hree million people are expected to attend World Pride in New York City next year as the Big Apple uses the event to promote “equality, openness and tolerance”. New York will be the first US city to host World Pride and the event will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall demonstrations by the LGBT community in the Greenwich Village area of Manhattan. NYC & Company, the city’s tourist office, took part in Pride Amsterdam this summer and will attend other LGBT+ events leading up to World Pride in June 2019. Fred Dixon, president and chief executive of NYC & Company, said: “The 50th anniversary of Stonewall will be at the forefront of a lot of the messaging. It’s a big moment for us when we will be celebrating equality, openness and tolerance.” New York is also hosting the 10th annual Climate Week this month (September 24-30) as the city talks up its environmental credentials, despite US President Donald Trump deciding to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on tackling climate change. “We were very happy when the mayor [Bill de Blasio] reaffirmed the city’s commitment to the Paris climate change agreement to reduce carbon emissions,” said Dixon. “We have the new goal of being the capital city of a responsible world. New developments have the highest standards of sustainability and we’ve banned traffic from Central Park – that’s made a big difference to the pollution.” Climate Week is expected to attract 10,000 people from more than 40 countries who will attend a series of panel discussions, concerts, exhibitions and seminars.
Dixon added: “Celebrating Climate
Week is a very important event to raise awareness and show we take climate change very seriously – Hurricane Sandy [in 2012] showed how it can impact us as a water city. There are climate change deniers but a lot of US cities are now filling the void.” The city is expecting another
record-breaking year for visitors in 2018 with a projected 65 million guests – up from 63 million last year. The number of international arrivals is set to rise from 13 million to 13.5 million this year – the UK remains the biggest international market with around 1.2 million annual visitors followed by Canada and China. New attractions for 2019 include the opening of the Hudson Yards development (below) featuring the highest outdoor observation deck in the western hemisphere at 1,100 feet (335 metres).
Next year will also see the
reopening of South Street Seaport after being closed for several years, and the expansion of the Museum of Modern Art (known as MoMA). The hotel sector in New York is
currently undergoing a major growth spurt – not just in Manhattan but across the four other boroughs. Another 18,000 hotel rooms will be added by 2020, taking the city’s total roomstock up to 137,000.
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