Wells Community Hospital seeking formal approval for setting up a new renal dialysis service, hopes the unit will boost tourism offering patients suffering from kidney diseases to get treatment, while holidaying.

Hospital managers hope the service, predominantly for visitors to the region unable to access holiday dialysis in Norwich, Cromer or King’s Lynn, will also be able to enjoy the charming scenic beauty of north Norfolk, even as they get vital treatment.

Visitor arrivals in Singapore fell slightly in October, the Tourism Board said Tuesday, as the city-state's hotel industry continues to suffer from slumping revenues. In October, 845,000 tourists came to Singapore, down 0.5 per cent from a year ago, the board said in a statement.

The average occupancy rate climbed to 82.7 per cent, the highest so far in 2009, an increase of 0.8 percentage points compared to October 2008.

Singapore's ailing tourism industry plummeted further in May as hotel room revenue fell a heavy 37.7 per cent compared to a year earlier and the number of visitor arrivals was back to a double-digit decline, the Singapore Tourism Board said Friday.

The key tourism sector for Mediterranean country Greece fell by 11.6 per cent in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2008, according to data from the Central Bank of Greece Thursday, highlighting the impact of the global economic slowdown.

Baghdad - Ten ministers of tourism from around the Middle East are due to meet in Baghdad next week to discuss boosting Arab tourism to Iraq, a Baghdad newspaper reported Saturday.

International tourism will decline by 2 to 3 per cent this year due to the global economic crisis and swine flu, the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) said Tuesday.

According to a survey by a leading cancer charity, the credit crunch has seen a fifth of sun-bed users, who unable to book a summer holiday, have increased their tanning sessions.

But, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) launching its Sun Awareness Week today, warns how trying to get a ‘healthy’ glow could cause skin damage that could last a lifetime.

Three more travellers on board a Japan-bound flight found to be carrying passengers with swine flu were quarantined and tested for the virus in Hong Kong Monday.

Two other passengers who got off the plane from Canada via the US in Hong Kong were already tested and cleared of the virus but placed into quarantine for one week.

Torrential rain kept the fun indoors Tuesday for 16 finalists with just one more sleep on Queensland's Hamilton Island before learning which one among them has landed what the Australian tourism-promotion people have called "the best job in the world."

Thunderstorms meant the scrapping of sailing and other outdoor activities for the candidates who were chosen out of thousands to make the shortlist to be the caretaker on the paradise island in the Great Barrier Reef.