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China, Russia and North Korea Plan New Visa-Free Resort
A new international tourism zone on the border of China, Russia and North Korea is in consideration by the Hunchun City government, according to Xinhua news agency. The initiative was originally put forward by the Hunchun City government in 2013, and since then has drawn a lot of interest from Russian and North Korean officials. The management model for the project is still in discussion. The venture would be a particularly important investment for North Korea...
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Thailand To Give Chinese Tourists Etiquette Manuals
Thailand’s tourism office has announced plans to give incoming etiquette manuals to Chinese tourists who are expected to visit the country later this week. As much as 90,000 tourists from mainland China are expected to visit Thailand this week, according to the Tourist Authority of Thailand. In preparation for their arrival, leaflets containing information on how to behave properly in public have been printed and are ready to be distributed to Thailand’s Chinese visitors.
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Italian tourist killed when hit by piece of Alaska glacier
Alaska State Troopers say a 28-year-old Italian tourist was killed when he was crushed by a large piece of ice that broke from a glacier.
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What's a Newfoundland Accent Worth?
Last year a Canadian public radio show called This is That reported on a somewhat ridiculous-seeming plan, cooked up in the northern Alberta town of High Prairie: To attract more tourists, the town council had, according to the program, hired a linguist from Texas to invent a local accent.
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Julianne Moore cut from turkish tourism ad
The Oscar-winning Still Alice star was reportedly dropped from a promotional film.
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What I Learned from Growing Up in Magaluf
I spent my youth in the Spanish resort on Majorca island, surrounded by horny, pissed-up Brits on vacation. They were animals.
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Here’s What You’ll See When You Take a Balloon to the Edge of Space
By the end of next year, wealthy travelers with six hours to kill will begin floating up to the edge of space and drinking in views like those seen by few others before them. The curvature of Earth, the infinite darkness of space, the sun peeking over the planet — these are the sights afforded to those sitting 100,000 feet above the ground.
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Will Cuba Survive the Americanization of Havana?
Americans are flocking to Cuba by the tens of thousands this year. Next year it may be millions. The architecture of Old Havana has lasted hundreds of years, but will it survive the onslaught of tourists and rampart commercialism that so despoils other Latin American capitals? Most Americans will marvel at the magnificently preserved pre-revolutionary building and the colonial architecture dating back centuries
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Traveling while black is never just tourism
It takes a while to blink the light out of my eyes. I’m sitting in the back of a songthaew headed for a bus to Bangkok from Chiang Mai, Thailand, when suddenly the world goes white. This before returning, as an old Italian woman grins at me from across a pile of backpacks and admires the picture she’s just taken, without any fuss about “please,” or “thank you.” Most people I’ve encountered in Thailand and Malaysia ask.
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Britain’s hotel workers – bullied, underpaid and with few rights
Exhausted cleaning staff, mainly women, are having to attend to more rooms for the same pay and are scared to join a union. But activists are recruiting more members and the workers are fighting back
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Australia’s newest tourist attraction: nuclear test zone
At Maralinga, Australia, a former nuclear testing site and the country’s newest tourist attraction, visitors are given an unusual welcome: Don’t stay too long and never, ever dig.
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Welcome to North Korea: Kim Jong-Un plans to woo foreign tourists
If you are still looking for somewhere exotic to go and don't mind a vacation that comes with a heavy dose of socialist propaganda and leader worship, North Korea says it is just the place for you. Fresh off a drastic, half-year ban that closed its doors to virtually all foreigners over fears they would spread the Ebola virus - despite the fact there were no cases of Ebola reported anywhere in Asia - the country is once again determined to show off its "socialist fairyland" to tourists.
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A group of protesters attacked Korean tourists mistaken thinking they were Chinese!
In Turkey, during the protest againts China's Uyghur policy, a group of ultra-nationalist protesters attacked Korean tourist group mistaken thinking they were Chinese! At 00:42, she says "I am not Chinese, I am Korean"
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French Wine Regions Champagne, Burgundy Win World Heritage Status
France's wine-making region of Champagne and a part of Burgundy have been granted "world heritage status" by the United Nations, giving a boost to the country's drive to encourage tourism and revive its flagging economy.
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Barcelona Isn't the Only Place to Tell Tourists to Stay Home
Barcelona’s incoming mayor made headlines recently when she discussed implementing an entry cap to the Spanish city, but she’s not the only one who thinks tourism should be moderated. Check out some of the other destinations around the world that have proposed—or put into place—such measures.
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Sleep in an Icelandic Lighthouse
For those who harbor a love of the sea, and wild, poetic images of savage coastlines, .
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Day 188: Sacred Birds
A traditional palace conserves good forest habitat.
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Death by tourism: 9 sites at risk
Some of the great wonders of the world are on the verge of extinction.
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The Revolt Against Tourism
To keep badly behaved visitors in check, officials turn to regulation.
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Photos of foreign tourists cleaning up beach lay bare Vietnam's littering problem
Photos of two foreign tourists picking up trash on a beach in northern Vietnam have gone viral on the Internet recently, prompting criticism on the notoriously bad littering habit among many locals. The photos show two women on Cat Ba Beach in Hai Phong City, with one down on her knees and another wading in the water to clean up the beach. Many tourists are either swimming or relaxing on the background.
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