World tourism industry caught between crisis and flu
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Volatility unleashed by the global economic crisis and the swine flu epidemic is hitting the travel industry hard, prompting deep concern among participants at a world tourism conf ...
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Lebanon's Jeita Grotto on Tuesday was selected as one of 28 finalists for the seven natural wonders of the world, facing ... |
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For residents of Turkey's bustling commercial capital, the antidote to urban chaos is just an hour away from Istanbul. O ... |
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For Parisians who cannot make it to the beach, the city is bringing the beach to them. "Paris Plage" is bringing sandy s ... |
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Survey of 40,000 hotels which ranked tourists from 27 countries based on nine criteria. |
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The rich need not despair, they can finally enjoy ecological holidays without going downmarket. A Rome-based company lab ... |
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The latest indoor ski slope to open in Britain is perhaps the most unusual. It's built on the side of a real hill, has r ... |
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2009 is the Year of Astronomy, 400 years after the first observations with a telescope by famed astronomer Galileo. To m ... |
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| Crisis clouds summer season for European tourism ... |
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Crowds of tourists stroll along Prague's famous Charles Bridge, but the Czech capital and other places in Europe expect ... |
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| Hungarian towns in horse race to attract tourists ... |
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Budapest hosts its second National Gallop this weekend, but the event is far more than a horse race, as the country fair ... |
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| Marseille breathes new life into old sails ... |
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In Marseille's old port, the "barquettes," quaint sail boats once vital to the fishing industry, have found a second win ... |
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| Tourists throng Paris's 'ghost' metro stations ... |
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Haxo, one of several "ghost" metro stations in Paris, was built in 1900 but rarely used. Like the others, the disused fa ... |
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| Tourism a bane and bonanza for Arctic researchers ... |
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Coping with blizzards and polar bears is part of daily life for researchers in the Arctic, but what really gets under th ... |
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| Dubai's 7-star hotel escapes crisis discounting ... |
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Dubai's Burj Al Arab Hotel -- billed as the first seven-star hotel in the world -- has escaped a room-discounting move b ... |
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| Taking a 'crisis' vacation in France ... |
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In northern France runs the river "La Crise" (The Crisis). The ongoing world economic crisis has inspired locals to cash ... |
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| Cleaning up Egypt's White Desert ... |
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Egypt's White Desert has lost its shine as growing numbers of visitors leave a once pristine landscape tarnished. One ma ... |
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| Dental tourism keeps Hungary smiling ... |
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Every year, thousands of Western Europeans travel to Hungary seeking medical care. Baker Thierry Loy has made the journe ... |
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| Indian middle class tries out 'sustainable' village life ... |
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Two trial sustainable tourism projects are up and running in villages in India's Maharashtra state. So far more than 600 ... |
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| France's coastal communities cope with beach erosion ... |
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With the summer holidays just two months away, many beach towns in France are preparing for the high season. But, these ... |
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| Tourist arrivals plunge in Spain ... |
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The economic crisis has caused a sharp drop in tourist arrivals in Spain, with Britons in particular shunning the world' ... |
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International tourist arrivals through all entry points between 1999 and 2009 (forecast). |
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| US space tourist gets extra day in orbit: agency ... |
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US space tourist Charles Simonyi's return to Earth has been delayed one day, the Russian space agency said Friday, after ... |
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| China to reopen Tibet to foreign tourists ... |
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Tibet will reopen to foreign tourists on April 5, an official was quoted on Monday as saying, in a sign that authorities ... |
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| Luxury wine tourism is on the rise in Argentina ... |
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The Mendoza region of Argentina is famous for its wines. In order to take maximum advantage of their wine country's grow ... |
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| France still number-one tourist destination ... |
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The number of foreign tourists coming to France declined last year, but it retained its position as the number-one desti ... |
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| Around the world on bike and sailboat ... |
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Charles Brigham was 28 when he straddled his bike to embark on an ecological tour of the world but could be 33 by the ti ... |
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| The end of the line for space tourism? ... |
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A US software mogul who made history this week as the first person to travel to space twice as a tourist could also be t ... |
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| Beach vacations may increase kids' cancer risk ... |
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Spending vacations at the beach during childhood may increase the risk of the deadly skin cancer melanoma later in life, ... |
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| Global hotspots join the race for tourists ... |
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Rogue states better known for their repressive regimes, political unrest and weapons programmes are increasingly competi ... |
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| Enterprising Swede turns Jumbo jet into airport hostel ... |
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Stockholm's busy Arlanda airport is desperately short of accomodation for travellers so when a bankrupt airline got rid ... |
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| Indian clinics woo "fertility" tourists as medical travel booms ... |
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"We are actively recruiting egg donors!" reads the advertisement on the website of one of India's top in-vitro fertilisa ... |
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| Spanish holiday village becomes symbol of property crisis ... |
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It was the promise of a dream come true for many Spaniards: an affordable and comfortable home by the Mediterranean wi ... |
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Tourists worldwide. |
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Kenya's tourism industry, one of its main sources of revenue, suffered huge losses from the country's post-electoral vio ... |
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| Dubai, new tourism hot spot ... |
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A desert city with high ambitions, Dubai is aiming to become the "in" spot for tourists. Tourism officials have spent bi ... |
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| Green hotels and resorts reach out to eco-conscious travellers ... |
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As climate change guilt among tourists grows, hotels and resorts are finding they need to do more to please the green co ... |
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| Czech Republic puts itself on map wtih 'fertility' holidays ... |
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This soulless eastern industrial town not far from the Czech border with Slovakia is the source of life for many women, ... |
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EADS has designed a rocket plane that would allow passengers to experience weightlessness for 3 minutes, at 100 km above the Earth. |
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| Luxury travel goes green but long flights still favoured ... |
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From Robinson Crusoe wilderness retreats in the Seychelles to high-design eco-lodges in Chile, luxury travel is pushing ... |
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