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EVEN in troubled times, tourism in Thailand appears to be flourishing with the numbers of Irish travellers increasing year on year.

TIMES may be tough in the financial world but there are still good stories in the business sector, one of them coming from the travel industry with news of an expanding East Cork Travel group.

THE award-winning company, Discover Travel, has organised a quirky adventure into the aromatic world of organic rose-growing valleys, Roman ruins and inland lakes of Turkey in June.

FOR those dreaming of pristine white sand beaches and crystal clear seas this summer, Tropical Sky is selling seven-night beach breaks to Olhuveli Beach & Spa Resort in the Maldives from €1,719 per person (saving €199 per person), based on two sharing. Available on bookings until March 31, for selected departures in August, the price includes return flights from Dublin (via Gatwick), accommodation on a half-board basis, resort speedboat transfers, taxes and surcharges.

CORK company Hello France specialises in flexible holidays which the company says have been tested by experienced staff — holidays can start and finish on any day of the week, allowing clients to match their dates with mid-week flight and ferry savings.

JOINING forces once again, South-west France holiday rental specialists The Gascony Secret and Simply Périgord offer a range of striking properties at prices for different pockets, the high range including historically important Chartreuse set in about 180 acres of land.

DUBLIN-based specialist tour operator Croatia Tours is one of the few Irish travel companies that can claim to be experiencing an increase in demand for the 2010 summer holiday season.

TWO Cork travel companies have received recognition at the Irish Travel Trade Awards for 2009.

THESE may be troubled times, but the travel industry is ploughing ahead with plans to keep the “ship” afloat over the next six months or so.

DISCOVER Travel, a branch of East Cork Travel based in Midleton, has just released the company’s most comprehensive Asian brochure since entering that market just less than a decade ago.

DISCOVER Travel, a branch of East Cork Travel based in Midleton, has just released the company’s most comprehensive Asian brochure since entering that market just less than a decade ago.

MIDLETON-based Discover Travel has launched its largest brochure for south-east Asia, updated to include Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore and Hong Kong.