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eight times as many as in mining; and three times as many as in communications. - Travel accounts for 10% of all international trade and 5% of total global economic output. Not only are its economic magnitude and breadth important reasons for the travel industry to be recognized in the Internet through its own domain, but its size and scale, both financially and in human terms, support its high degree of potential viability as a top level domain. (iii) The Internet and the Travel Industry - The current online population is more than
industry and its customers. The present alternatives available under existing TLDs do not provide the travel industry with benefits of identity, search efficiency or controlled name selection. For the travel community, an sTLD offers: - Stronger community identity through an industry-wide common identifier and through the support of a specialized representative Sponsor, TPC; - Increased awareness of Internet usage and technology application within the community, through the leadership role of its associations in the Sponsor and through
organization description, including its committees; - Meeting timetables for the TTPC board and its committees; - A policy and procedure manual covering all aspects of domain management from registration to disputes, to renewal transfers, privacy and registrar selection; - A policy review and initiation procedure; and - Standard registrar agreements. website devoted to communication to and from registrants, with a mechanism for public posting of communications from registrants; - A procedure for broad dissemination of board reports
economic activity in 2003, and supports just under 200,000,000 jobs, directly and indirectly. - International travel is an industry whose annual revenue is nearly four times as large as the value of total global steel exports. Its revenue is 50% greater than that of the export value of the international clothing and textiles markets, and roughly equal to the value of global automobile exports. - The travel industry is a major source of worldwide employment. Tourism employs two times as many people as are employed in agriculture globally;
to seven million inbound tourists each year. After graduating in English & History from Bristol University, he conducted Postgraduate Research at the Courtauld Institute, London University. BIRGER BACKMAN, Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer United Federation of Travel Agents' Associations (UFTAA) Birger Backman is Secretary General and CEO of the United Federation of Travel Agents' Associations, a non-profit confederation which represents some 99 national associations with consultative status with the UN/NGO/ECOSOC and works
by authenticating name eligibility placing those organizations into meaningful, daily contact with DNS management and increasing awareness and understanding of the Internet and its use by their members. Since TTPC's membership includes associations these members are experienced in receiving and reviewing membership information. Their role in authentication draws on this experience by extending the data they take concerning their members to include name selection and eligibility data which they will then verify according to their standard
with ICANN's public processes and forums in mind. TLD will be based on two layers, one layer of predictable forums and procedures and one layer of reporting, comment, recommendation and modification. The first layer includes standard agreements, documented practices and procedures, and predictable timetables for meetings, review, consultation and comment and so on. The second layer involves broad dissemination of reports and other material, and mechanisms to receive input. TTPC plans to follow this structure of transparency. domain