justice: ok, if i could jump from there to tourism, and tourism is another wonderfully bright spot withinest virginia there were ever chelsea ruby is, i'd like her to stand. [applause] gov. justice: where is chelsea? great job. unbelievable job. think about this. i think we could clearly say in 2017 had unbelievable growth we . we greatly surpassed the national growth, and in 2018, it looks stronger and stronger. our hotel occupancy is up 11% . our increased prices and revenue is up 13.4%. and i will be asking you for another $14 million, because every dollar we put in tourism comes flooding back to us, most often 13 times. it is just an absolute cash register. we put the money in and it comes flying right back at us. we see it every month, this is the state and a it to be the number one state as far as tourism, and that the young lady is doing one whale of a job. thank you again, chelsea. [applause] gov. justice: if i could report quick about state parks, we sold $60 million of excess lottery bonds to upgrade our state parks. we have absolutely been doing that. we are doing that right no

to draw visitors as tourism arrivals more than offset the slower exports and government spending.le local demand has remained fairly resilient, analysts are warning that thailand does face political risk ahead of its election, which could hurt sentiment as well as domestic demand. sharanjit leyl, thank you very much. in the united states, president trump redefined conservatism. now, a cast of 2020 presidential hopefuls and rising stars on the left are redefining mainstream liberalism, focussing on creating a more progressive tax code. the bbc‘s north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more from new york. a growing number of democrats want to tax the rich more. senator elizabeth warren, running for president in 2020, wants a wealth tax. when i talk about this, some rich guy screams, "class warfare"! i say it is time to fight back. is a decanted bernie sanders supports expanding the estate tax. the gap between the very, very rich is growing wider. and freshman congresswoman alexandra 0casio—cortez is calling for a 70% tax rate on the highest incomes. as you climb up

we have the blessing, treasure island, also to benefit from san francisco tourism promotion.es, we will have our own specific plan when we engage in the income-generating exercise. what it is, what is the division that we have for treasure island, but what i'm saying here is we also need to begin to pull san francisco tourism to begin to market treasure island. when you come out with the san francisco airport, at the international terminal, you should be able to see something on treasure island there. it might say works in progress, and all the beautiful drawings and plans that we have, it should be here, in new york. we should have something in there to say that in san francisco -- i mean, this is the time to start doing everything now, and if you work very closely with the san francisco tourism, we know that these folks advertise all over the world. they advertise all over there, they have a budget, and also, they begin working with the hotel industry, all these conventions. sometime some of these big attractions that are going to happen, for instance in 2021, 2022 that pla

>for priou, it's beyond the tourism industry..it's the company he helped build.. even though the ban will take place in two years..other businesses are concerned of what's to come. stu roberson owns r-n-r vacation rentals, a company exclusively in south lake tahoe. and if meas

the tourism tax will not be enforced for a while.ism sustainable. and, james is in the city for us this morning. when are you expecting the decision? we expect the decision sometime after 11 o'clock this morning, that is when the council will vote and it looks highly likely it will pass, all the parties apart from the conservatives look to be on board. but the conservatives are not the only people who have concerns, we are joined only people who have concerns, we arejoined by gary only people who have concerns, we are joined by gary clark from the federation of small businesses, what are your members think of this proposal? we have asked small business members in edinburgh about this tax and consistently over the past few years they have said they are against, large numbers, three quarters of them, are against this tax. they are worried notjust quarters of them, are against this tax. they are worried not just about the administrative impact on the businesses themselves but also the wider economic impact this could have on the city. t

tourism is little doubt but i think most small towns he would. do look bill we created a lot out of. women rights groups are furious and they have gone to court to block the page and for allegedly insulting women how did. reduce women on the board. were reduced and therefore were. one. it's a part of all data and it uganda's miss copy has been made with anger and approval and it's a similar picture in the streets for some the minister is a champion of tourism promotion for others he's objectifying women. i think it's an excellent idea because over the years they've been really promoting the slender sizes you find teenagers in schools are trying to take a lot of medication to lose weight and this is not healthy for us they're supposed to accept us is that the minister behind this idea need to charge me for care because this is not good he's got a wife can eat present here is a tourist attraction enough to get around with we are being portrayed like reg just cheap women like meat on sale out there in them in the international market that's a very b

omthe human wildlifeex is big but so is the tourism , money.a has to decide if killing and hunting is better or worse for the population. jane: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, on tonight's program, a touching tribute. the military flight past to honor ose who died and the man who kept their memory alive. the futuref e world's food system is under severe threat according to the united nations. tof a living things that help feed the planet, they are on the decline. in human activity is to blame. rthe bbc science reportebecca morelle has the details. from plans on the edge of extension to fish finishing from the ocean, and insects in decl from any report by the you went found that the plants and animals vital to feeding the world are disappearing by the day. quarter of livestock breeds are at the risk of extinction. the world's foodtocks are overfished. worldgrown around the . we are morelem is and more reliant on fewer and fewer species. speciesfohat produce , just nine of them are involved in the production. alternative

missy to assume the minds of vets have a flat affect visit when you what about tourism bases for hero fit into this world. not truly so take the direct consequence was that we couldn't provide the infrastructure. i mean some of our combinations and restaurants became unavailable . the consequence is that followed were actually very positive despite all that we had suffered. in aug twenty third team for instance we had the best august ever. because we found all the people who couldn't come when we were flooded and asked them to postpone their trips. to get in there was really a great deal of solidarity. of course but by august everything was in such good shape that people could visit you as usual. not just by august it took us four days we basically had two days where nothing worked. well it was only in the old town that nothing was working because that's where the water was. but of course we have lots of accommodations and places to eat in sites such as the cathedral which were accessible the whole time. so with the hotels the hotels on the danube have an intern's right on the river

the bavarian forest is especially popular with families tourism is one of the main sources of incomefor the region's inhabitants in the past it was mainly the timber and gas industries. to honor that the town of caesar features a pyramid more than eight meters high made of ninety three thousand six hundred sixty five wine glasses it's the world's tallest crystal glass param and. you can find out how glass blowers work in the tub these entire glass works. once or supplier to europe's royal courts to this day it still produces high quality class products. the treetop walk in swan off the highlights of the berrien forest it's open all year round. the walkway extends through the forest between eight and twenty five meters above the ground. what does the forest sound like what animals live here at seven learning stations you can find out more about the life and habitat of the forest for extra fun there are other activities like balance and adventure trails. but the real highlight with the emphasis on high is that treat our. this part of the walkway rises in the spiral circling around thre

this city's tourism director and vital and sudha who runs the shuffle the house i'd like to know moreabout what the three rivers have meant for the city its residents and its visitors and once we took all this around as was completely underwater in twenty thirteen what was that like for you. i was in a slightly schizophrenia state. depressed on the one hand because we considered closing the theater and the restaurant here. on the other hand they have existed for forty years and the city gave us courage. and we received government funding. so we decided on to just a few days that we would keep going. and we said to ourselves if we are going to rebuild the bodies let's turn the whole thing around like that let's have the theater in the real basement and yeah up front make a slightly different establishment. so we were being creative at the same time. so it was a bizarre situation it. was vets have a lot of affect this venue what about tourism bases for the pacific into this mess for going to lease so it take a direct consequence was that we couldn't provide the infrastructure. i mean so

a place where we see trade and tourism, where we want to raise our families and send our kids to school, and start businesses. that is the two divisions that we saw certain from the president, and the opposite that we saw, and from there, we were able to put those visions together and find a balance. we don't believe in open borders. we want to see smart border security. not a 14th century wall that the president believes in, but we want to find balance between security and legitimate tourism. this is what the committee was able to do. by getting together, we were in what find that balance. people have asked me, who won? the american public won in this one. so, thank you, madam speaker. rep. pelosi: thank you. >> i just wanted to -- rep. pelosi: excuse me. [laughter] mr. aguilar! [laughter] rep. aguilar: i can yield back -- [laughter] give henry more time. thank you so much, speaker. they understand. [laughter] thank you, speaker, for such a distinguished group. i was just honored to learn from this process. this was a collaborative process. we worked well together. we had each other's

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but what you also can see there, sunday afternoon, buzz of the tourists and tourism opportunities along route 66, that parking lot at the pinkel fant antique mall and the diner attached to it in a small town of livingston, illinois, is packed. i took my family there to eat lunch not too long ago and you