Turnout for the international tourism industry’s most important event is at a record high this year as the sector struggles to cope with the unprecedented financial crisis sweeping the world.
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[Source: CNN.com - Travel]
November 15, 2008
Global tourism feels the squeeze
$125 r/t from Las Vegas (LAS)
American prudes and European nudes
On a recent trip to Europe, I spent an afternoon relaxing at the German spa resort of Baden-Baden. In two hours, I saw more naked people than I’ve seen in the last two years.
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How to take a volunteer vacation
With a growing number of hotels and tour operators offering trips that give back, the experience is more accessible than ever — from stints building houses with Hands On New Orleans and four-week HIV awareness programs in Thailand with the Global Services Corps to helping orphaned children in Kenya with Micato Safaris.
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King Tut and 2,000 years in ancient Egypt
“Now, come, travel back in time. See where and how these rulers lived,” Harrison Ford’s deep voice beckons just before double doors swing open into a labyrinth of galleries displaying more than 130 ancient Egyptian artifacts.
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iReporters capture fall’s brilliance
The once brilliant red, orange and yellow leaves are falling off the trees as winter approaches. Fortunately, iReporters have immortalized beautiful autumn scenes from across North America.
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Midnights in Moscow, post-Soviet style
As I raised my hands toward the ceiling and then pointed them toward my head, I had to wonder: How would the 19th-century Russian writer Nikolai Gogol feel if he knew that a bunch of foreigners were dancing the YMCA at a nightclub named after him?
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