| Pioneers Inspired Today's Flights via the Paciric to the Orient .
by Jerry W. Bird . Flights from Vancouver, Seattle and LA to Africa via Asia Pacific recalls the vision of Edmonton's Grant MacConachie, bush pilot and founder of Canadian Pacific Airlines. Grant dreamed of an air bridge to the Orient and across the pole. The Aviator, Howard Hughes was another famous visionary. See our item about his famous Spruce Goose. More
PATA: Airline Passenger Safety and Security The Top Priority
BANGKOK: The Pacific Asia Travel Association has released a paper called Living With Government Travel Advisories: Maximizing Gain, Minimizing Pain. A travel advisory is an official warning issued by a country to its citizens about the dangers, real or perceived, of travel in a specific foreign land. The report's author, Mr. David Beirman, argues that it is vital for national tourism offices to understand how governments formulate advisories.
 "In managing the impact of travel advisories it is equally important for tourism authorities, especially when based in a foreign country, to identify and establish an ongoing relationship with those who actually formulate government travel advisories."
The report says that if a cordial relationship is established in peaceful times, this will benefit the destination when it faces a crisis. | 
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