11.   Delegations have filled some of the larger hotels, though managers say greater support from tourism authorities is needed to draw return business.

12.   Local tourism authorities and businesses were in the act.

13.   Thai tourism authorities have asked South Korea to warn its nationals not to visit Thailand to eat bear parts they consider a delicacy, a newspaper reported Friday.

14.   The Croatian tourism authorities are now expanding their horizon, and has Asia, especially the Far East, in mind.

15.   The tourism authority also is working on projects for natural parks and cultural villages.

16.   The tourism authority said it expected the number of Eastern Europeans to continue increasing.

17.   Tourism authorities said some sightseers clambered on the whale and patted great white sharks eating the carcass.

18.   Tourism authorities warned against all travel to the country in the immediate future.

19.   Indonesian tourism authorities on Monday limited access to Baliem Valley, where Mapunduma village is located, to tourist groups.

20.   Asad Shiraz, a senior official at the board, said Singapore would market destinations in Indonesia and Malaysia jointly with tourism authorities there.