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		<title>OECD lists Colombia as first country to build Culture of Peace Through Tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8212; The concept of Facilitating a Culture of Peace Through Tourism is all set to hit mainstream after being prominently highlighted as a major part of the Colombian Tourism Development Strategy in the latest OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2026 report. Released on 01 July, the flagship OECD biennial report lists the formerly drugs-infested [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thailand now featured in flagship OECD tourism report, sorry state on full display</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8212; For the first time, Thailand is included as a Partner Country in the OECD&#8217;s flagship biennial report on Tourism Trends &#38; Policies 2026, released on 01 July. That now makes it possible to do a one-stop comparative analysis of Thailand&#8217;s tourism products, policies and strategies against those of the 38 OECD members countries [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ex-FBI agent reveals: &#8220;Why do fugitives go to Thailand&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8212; The revamping of the visitor visas and crackdown on nominee companies are a part of the Thai government&#8217;s efforts to rebalance the positive benefits of tourism vis a vis the negative impact on national security. A book by former FBI agent John Schachnovsky published in December 2025 reveals one reason for this move. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>UN proclaims 2027-2036 as &#8220;Decade of Peace for Future Generations&#8221;, US casts sole vote against</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8212; The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the period 2027–2036 as the International Decade of Strengthening of Peace for Future Generations. In a move that should shock and shame every American citizen, the United States was the ONLY country to vote against the resolution which was passed on 25 June with a vote [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>To Reinvent Thai Tourism, Remove and Reset the Communications Silos</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 06:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8211; What do the Siam Society, the Association of Thai Travel Agents, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Thai-Muslim Trade Association, the OTOP Fair and a TravelTech event have in common? On the surface, nothing. But upon closer look, a lot. In the past two weeks, I have covered six events of critical importance to Thai [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>In an industry first, AirAsia MOVE to share free market trends data to help Thai tourism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8211; AirAsia MOVE is to provide the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) with free market data under a collaboration partnership designed to facilitate the country&#8217;s tourism recovery. A sample batch of travel insights and seven key trends covering traveller behaviour and booking data in the first half of 2026 was released at the 23 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;WARS MUST STOP&#8221; &#8211; UN report says SDGs are Doomed Without Global PEACE</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8211; The 2026 Sustainable Development Report (SDR), released on 23 June by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), is set to revolutionise the entire discourse on sustainability, especially within Travel &#38; Tourism. It says that progress on meeting by the target year of 2030 is &#8220;significantly off track,&#8221; identifies exactly why that is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Brilliant PATA digital scrapbook recaps its 75 years of nation-building history</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PATA&#8217;s marketing team has compiled a digital scrapbook comprising of events, milestones and fun engagements over its 75-year history of nation-building across the world&#8217;s most populous region. It is fully interactive &#8211; you can check out any part of the timeline by scrolling and dragging around, and you can zoom in or watch the embedded [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The two most insightful questions posed at the PATA Annual Summit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 08:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pohang, Korea &#8212; Like all travel industry events, the PATA Annual Summit in Gyeongju and Pohand between 11-14 May featured multiple presentations by &#8220;visionary thought leaders&#8221; about the global industry situation, forecasts, trends and opportunities. The most thought-provoking insights, however, came from the responses to two bottom-line questions that went to the heart of everything [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Israeli Professor says Middle East will be the &#8220;epicentre&#8221; of global geopolitical crises</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 07:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8212; Travel &#38; Tourism can no longer shy away from the fact that geopolitical conflicts are the primary cause of the ongoing destablising disruptions. Whether in Thailand or the Asia-Pacific region or the world at large, the industry can undertake any number of crisis management or resilience campaigns it wishes, but at the end [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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