New flights to Las Vegas bring another Asian tourism push.

From: Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) | Date: September 28, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Jennifer Robison

Sep. 28--New flight service from Asia to Las Vegas is giving tourism officials fresh opportunities to show off the city's recreational assets.

From Oct. 17-21, tour operators and travel journalists from China will converge on Las Vegas, where they will learn about the variety of leisure activities in Southern Nevada. The idea: to educate touring companies about booking possibilities while giving travel writers and television producers fodder for upcoming articles or segments.

It's not the first time the Nevada Commission on Tourism is hosting ...

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