International tourist arrivals grew by close to 5% during the first months of 2011, consolidating the 7% rebound registered in 2010. According to the April Interim Update of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, growth was positive in all world (sub)regions during January and February 2011, with the exception of the Middle East and North Africa. South America and South Asia led growth (both at +15%), followed by Subsaharan Africa (+13%) and Central and Eastern Europe (+12%).

Near Taivalkoski in northern Finland I have spend my summertime during years to reload my batteries and enjoy the wild nature. There in the deep forest I found a true peace and silence. I have also experienced the magic of sunset. Actual it`s the midnight sun. In Taivalkoski I don`t have to think about time. I am really feel I am living!

Take your Internet marketing to a new level. This book is published by the UNWTO, United Nations World Tourism Organization, and ETC, European Travel Commission, and is the first complete guide to e-marketing for destinations.

How can tour operators achieve more travellers on their tours by using social media? Many companies use Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to promote their offers. Also YouTube is popular, where it`s possible inspire travellers and promote offers through video clips. Sometimes companies go too far with spamming and over-promotion. The big challenge is to use the new media in an intelligent way that creates new business opportunities, not scaring away customers.

Social media are communities on Internet as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Some tour operators, travel agents and tourist organisations have engaged in social media with great success. They have realised that new media has completely transformed the way their potential customers find travel information and offers. Also the way they communicate. So how can social media create new business opportunities for tour operators, travel agents and tourist organisations?

Achieve unique adventures in the wild, untouched and peaceful Norwegian nature! Moss Norway Travel Guide was established on 26th July 2010 as a integrated part of the global guide Travel Explorations. Our aim is to inspire and attract travellers around the world to exerience the Moss region in Norway. Join our travel community on Facebook, get in touch with others who enjoy adventures in the Moss region, and find inspiration through comments, discussions, reviews, articles and photos. Make your travel dreams happen in Moss!

Bohus Fortress, also called Bohus, Castle, Baahus and Båhus, is a Norwegian fortress in Kungälv, Sweden. Through history the Norwegians have built and reinforced the fortress based on stone and brick. It has been attacked many times, but has never conquered.

Quotes and proverbs of wisdom from explorers have guided me on my journeys around the world. Some of them are from Norwegian Vikings, and other are from great travellers as Captain James Cook, Thor Heyerdahl and Rudard Kipling. First of all I will say these quotes are for wisdom, but also for inspiration, motivation, attitude, behaviour and humour.

Taking a boat trip around in Ha Long Bay in the Gulf of Tonkin, north of Vietnam, is like coming to a fantasy world. It`s also a enormous labyrinth. The total area includes nearly 2000 islets, most of them are limestone. The many islands have different forms and look like glittering emeralds in the sun.

Our webconcept Travel Explorations is now strengthen with establishing sites on social medias like Facebook and Twitter. We in Travel Explorations wants to be where people are! Our goal is to achieve a closer and a more interactive dialog with genuine adventure travellers around the world.

Hiking through the beautiful landscape of the Norwegian island Jeløy, also called Jeløya, is a wonderful experience. It's not just the view from heights as Bjørnåsen that made me fascinated, but also the opportunity to enjoy an unique landscape consisting a number of volcanic rocks.

The adventurer Kim Nielsen from Moss in Norway, took a huge Eagle Ray in the Atlantic Ocean. He got it on the hook on 70 meters deep and used 10 minutes to drag it onboard of the fishing boat. In his big efforts to drag the fish up he had to set aside his cold beer. The strong fish gave him a hard time in the hot sun, and he needed to use both hands to drag it onboard.

Quotes from important persons in Liverpool Football Club inspires. They tell everything about the spirit in the city and are the powerful words that really create magic. Inhabitants in Liverpool are devoted completely to football, but it`s even more than that: it`s a way of life, a religion and a burning passion.

Moss, Mosseskogen, in Norway, has a fairytale landscape with a rich wildlife. And like many other places in Norway, people live in harmony with the nature. Sometimes wild animals emerge from the dense forest and search for food in my neighborhood. The most beautiful of them all are the white tailed roe deer, made legendary by Walt Disney and popularly called Bambi.

Before I went to Africa for the first time, I was really convinced that lions, crocodiles, lepards and cheetas were the most danger animals for humans. Of course I feared small animals like snakes and scorpions, and the biggest animal elephant. After I noticed stats about which animals who were killing most people, I had to reconsider my understanding: it was the hippopotamus, also populary called Hippo!