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Zanzibar is aiming to promote itself to potential visitors with a new tourism campaign that will be launched at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai. The new campaign will focus on luxury travel, meetings, villa rentals and more.

Egypt's tourism revenue is in dire straits. New reports reveal that the sector is down more than 65 percent in 2016, netting just $500 million in revenue. Last year at this time, the country took in $1.5 billion.

Just before it holds its annual tourism convention, tourism leaders in Seattle are predicting big numbers of visitors for the city. According to Visit Seattle, it's one of the fastest growing tourism markets in the country.

Tourism to Iran is growing in popularity but visitors still feel underwhelmed after traveling there, according to Intellinews, which says that travelers are also bothered by payment issues and Islamic customs.

Take advantage of a new trend in Europe. As ecotourism continues to grow, a new concept in travel is returning lands once occupied by humans back into their natural habitats.

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