- published: 28 Jan 2016
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Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".
Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. In 2010, there were over 940 million international tourist arrivals worldwide, representing a growth of 6.6% when compared to 2009. International tourism receipts grew to US$919 billion (€693 billion) in 2010, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 4.7%. As a result of the late-2000s recession, international travel demand suffered a strong slowdown from the second half of 2008 through the end of 2009. After a 5% increase in the first half of 2008, growth in international tourist arrivals moved into negative territory in the second half of 2008, and ended up only 2% for the year, compared to a 7% increase in 2007. This negative trend intensified during 2009, exacerbated in some countries due to the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus, resulting in a worldwide decline of 4.2% in 2009 to 880 million international tourists arrivals, and a 5.7% decline in international tourism receipts.
Actors: Amy Adams (actress), Danny Elfman (composer), Christoph Waltz (actor), Barclay Hope (actor), Harvey Weinstein (producer), Tim Burton (producer), Jason Schwartzman (actor), Terence Stamp (actor), Tony Alcantar (actor), Danny Huston (actor), Bob Weinstein (producer), Derek Frey (producer), Jon Polito (actor), Tim Burton (director), Colleen Atwood (costume designer),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Tomas Herrera (director), Tomas Herrera (producer), Tomas Herrera (actor), Greth David Ligon (composer), Doug Usher (editor), Doug Usher (producer), Doug Usher (director), Ben Mozer (editor), Ben Mozer (director), Ben Mozer (producer), Andrew Schneider (director), Andrew Schneider (producer), Gregg Adams (actor), Jack Mozer (actor), Bailey Mozer (actor),
Plot: Documentarian Abe Benjamin stumbles across an old cassette tape in a thrift store that leads him to investigate the mysterious origin of a bamboo bike and the odd little girl who accompanies it on its journey through time. Unbeknownst to Abe, the Braughman Brothers Security Team are on the hunt for the same bike at the request of their billionaire boss and best friend Joe Panda. Chaos ensues.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Taha Rafi Ahmed (writer), Taha Rafi Ahmed (editor), Taha Rafi Ahmed (director), Arjun Mpn (actor), Sudeep Dev (actor), Shaun Abraham (actor), Shaun Abraham (writer), Shalini Rao (actress), Varun Jain (actor),
Plot: Short film based on the theme of "spirit of my city" the film attempts to show the welcoming nature of Bangalore and how even though outsiders are coming to the city, the locals still accept them as their own. the story shows the protagonist and his experiences in his local tea shop.
Genres: Short,Actors: Mathias Gnädinger (actor), Anne-Marie Blanc (actress), Siegfried Terpoorten (actor), Oliver Keidel (writer), Stefan Jäger (writer), Stefan Jäger (director), Mike Schaerer (miscellaneous crew), Mike Schaerer (editor), Manfred Liechti (actor), Dorothee Schmid (costume designer), Lukas Hobi (producer), Silvia Jost (actress), Reto Schärli (miscellaneous crew), Michael Finger (actor), Markus G. Kaeppeli (producer),
Genres: Adventure, Crime,Actors: Richard Dysart (actor), Ruth-Maria Kubitschek (actress), Luís Mascarenhas (actor), Peter Mark Richman (actor), Nina Franoszek (actress), Lotti Huber (actress), Kaj Holmberg (producer), Joe Abdo (actor), Wolfgang Bajorat (producer), Behruz Torbati (editor), Joe Coppoletta (director),
Genres: ,Actors: Kari Väänänen (actor), Wim Wenders (actor), Jürgen von Alten (actor), Remo Remotti (actor), Nino Manfredi (actor), Katharina Thalbach (actress), Samuel Fuller (actor), Eddie Constantine (actor), Jim Jarmusch (actor), Harry Baer (actor), Jean-Pierre Castaldi (actor), Hans Martin Stier (actor), Ugo Fangareggi (actor), Mika Kaurismäki (writer), Mika Kaurismäki (producer),
Plot: Alex is Finlander married to an Italian who works as a taxi driver in Berlin. One night in his taxi come two men with a briefcase full of money. Unluckily for Alex, they are being chased by gangsters whose money was stolen. During the shooting, they get killed, and he must get rid of their bodies.
Keywords: berlin-germany, criminal, gangster, gangster-boss, place-name-in-title, taxi, taxi-driver, underworld, urban, urban-settingActors: Peter Schiff (actor), Arend Agthe (director), Arend Agthe (producer), Arend Agthe (writer), Hans Beerhenke (actor), Lotti Huber (actress), Matthias Raue (composer), Friedrich Karl Praetorius (actor), Gottfried Breitfuss (actor), Cornelia Köndgen (actress), Corinna Dreyer-Vizzi (costume designer), Michael Alexander (actor), Christian Hannoschöck (actor), Christian Hannoschöck (miscellaneous crew), Yvonne Kölsch (editor),
Genres: Family,Actors: Frank Mayo (actor), Robert Livingston (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), John Litel (actor), John Dehner (actor), William Frawley (actor), Pat Gleason (actor), Walter Catlett (actor), John Hamilton (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Lloyd Corrigan (actor), Eddie Kane (actor), Bert Moorhouse (actor),
Plot: On a peaceful, pre-war winter in Czechoslovakia, the genial godfather, Jaroslav Haschek, of Vera Hascheck, presents the young girl with her first pair of ice skates. Soon, she astonished the warm-hearted people of her village with her skill, and she is acclaimed a marvel-on-ice. She wins the ice-skating championship of her country and is invited to skate at the fabulous Lake Placid Carnival in the United States. Vera receives an offer of a contract from eager showman, Carlton Webb, and his press agent Jiggers - but she turns them down. The financial backer for the two men is a wealthy, gabby, man-chasing woman called "Countess". Vera is a sensation at Lake Placid when she learns of Nazi Germany's move on Czechoslovakia, and she immediately attempts to abandon her career and rejoin her people. The trip can not be arranged and, alone in a strange country, she seeks an uncle, Carl Cermack, who has become a prosperous American citizen. The uncle welcomes her to his sumptuous Lond Island home, where he lives with his spoiled débutante daughters Irene and Susan. Vera learns that the two sisters are fighting it out over the same man, Paul Jordan, Cermack's junior partner, who isn't overwhelmed by either sister. Vera invites her uncle and cousins to join her at Lake Placid, where she is to appear in the dazzling New Year's Eve ballet. She is named "Queen" of the ballet, and Roy Rogers, a visiting movie-cowboy star is named "King." Paul begins to pick up interest in Vera, and she agrees to sign a contract with Webb, provided she can use an assumed name in his shows. Jiggers suggests they call her "Cinderella," because she has lost one of her famous skates. When Vera opens at Madison Square Garden, Jiggers plants the story that she refuses to appear until her skate is returned. Aware that Paul has kept her skate as a souvenir, Cermack telephones his partner in Texas. On the night of the opening, Webb and Jiggers are driven to desperation, since Vera has taken their publicity gag in earnest and refuses to go on unless her skate is returned. None of the phony "Prince Charmings" Jiggers has hired has the right skate, of course. The weary Vera doesn't even look at the last applicant - but the skate is hers. She stares down and recognizes her godfather, Jaroslav, who has been brought to American by her uncle. He explains that her skate was given to him by a young man. He beckons into the crowd and Paul emerges. Vera finds herself in the arms of her own Prince Charming.
Keywords: 1940s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, b-movie, ballet, career, career-woman, carnival, champion, cinderella, competitionActors: Ernie Adams (actor), John Tyrrell (actor), Francis Walker (actor), William Berke (producer), Howard Bretherton (director), Silver Tip Baker (actor), Lloyd Bridges (actor), Budd Buster (actor), Horace B. Carpenter (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Clancy Cooper (actor), Gordon De Main (actor), Cliff Edwards (actor), Russell Hayden (actor), Ray Jones (actor),
Plot: Billy the Kid is rumored to still be alive and Marshal Steve Langdon is investigating. First he finds Billy's coffin empty. Then he finds evidence that Wilfred Barnet, a respected elder citizen, is Billy and shows it to Barnet's daughter. When Barnet confesses to his daughter, his clerk overhears and informs his old gang and this leads to trouble.
Keywords: 1890s, b-movie, b-western, billy-the-kid, brother, cardinal-direction-in-title, daughter, deception, deputy-sheriff, double-crossActors: Eddie Foster (actor), Don 'Red' Barry (actor), Harry A. Bailey (actor), Noah Beery Jr. (actor), Wilson Benge (actor), Dick Botiller (actor), Stanley Brown (actor), Richard Barthelmess (actor), John Carroll (actor), Lew Davis (actor), Vernon Dent (actor), Curley Dresden (actor), Budd Fine (actor), Pat Flaherty (actor), Cary Grant (actor),
Plot: While waiting for her boat, Bonnie Lee stops at a small airport in South America. The pilots there deliver mail over a dangerous and usually foggy mountain pass. Geoff Carter, the lead flyer, seems distant and cold as Bonnie tries to get closer to him. Things heat up as Judy MacPherson, Geoff's old flame, shows up with her husband who is an infamous pilot.
Keywords: accidental-shooting, airmail, airplane, airplane-accident, american-abroad, american-expatriate, andes-mountains, aviation, based-on-story, biplane