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• Confidence in Tourism Sector Picking up

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 130
  Madrid, Spain, 6 November 2009 – The decline in international tourism may have started to bottom out, according to the latest edition of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Worldwide, international tourist arrivals declined by 7% between January and August 2009, but the rate of decline has eased in the past few ...
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• Interest in America Grows, But…

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 130
  Washington, DC – Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, issued the following statement today on the Country Brand Index (CBI) released by FutureBrand, in conjunction with Weber Shandwick’s Global Travel & Lifestyle Practice. The index revealed that the United States is the world’s top ...
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• Top 50 Ecotourism Blogs and Sites

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 130
  If you share a love of both the environment and travel, then an ecotourism vacation could be a way to combine the best of both into one great adventure. You’ll get to see some of the most remote and beautiful locations on earth, all while making sure you preserve them for those who follow. Whether [...]
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• Bowermasters Adventures -- The Charles Darwin Research Center

  
  Gadling — Authority: 698
  Filed under: Activism , Arts and Culture , Learning , South America , Ecuador , Video , Ecotourism While in the Galapagos filming we ran into an American writer living in Puerto Ayora, the big town on the island of Santa Cruz, researching a book about exactly the same subject of our film - the current state ...
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• Is Kisite-Mpunguti MPA Offering Dolphin-Watching Tours?

  
  GVI Kenya — Authority: 419
  As part of the socio-economic impact of the dolphin-watching industry in Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Protected Area, GVI carried out a study to evaluate the quality of the talks offered during the dolphin-watching tours. The aim was to find out the knowledge of the tour guides and captain on numerous areas and indicators. ...
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• What is an Ecotourist and Who Can Be One?

  
  Globe Corner Blogs — Authority: 117
  We have recently started to see an influx of ecotravel guides and beautiful coffee table books on how to travel to exotic places without at the same time forcing them to turn into malls in response to our demands. At first you wonder whether an ecotourist is a new species of a “viator vulgaris” (common [...]
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• Sustainable tourism initiative gets support from Olympic champion sprinter

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 541
  Nairobi - Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt took a break from the track on Friday to launch the Zeitz Foundations Long Run Initiative, which aims to create and support ecotourism projects around t read more
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• Help Kimpton Plant a Billion Trees

  
  TravelMusings — Authority: 125
  Kimpton Hotels aims to help green the world, and has joined with the Nature Conservancy ’s Plant a Billion Trees campaign to plant trees in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, one of the world’s most endangered tropical forests. The
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• Bowermasters Adventures -- Welcome to the Galapagos!

  
  Gadling — Authority: 698
  Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Learning , South America , Ecuador , Ecotourism Often by the time the mainstream media runs big stories about an environmental battle its often too late. Ive seen it up-close dozens of times during the past couple decades and have reported so many ...
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• Top Five Food Blogs for Delicious Traveling

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 130
  While in a foreign land who can resist the lure of a spicy aroma wafting from a restaurant? The beauty of exotic fruits ripening in the sun on the roadside? Or, if you live dangerously, the excitement of indiscriminate meat-products roasting for hours on end next to an open fire? Coupled with the well known fact ...
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• Indonesian regency to curb rapid pace of deforestation

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 582
  Indra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post 2 Nov 09;The Belitung regency administration in Bangka Belitung province will develop its tourism, agricultural and fishery sectors in a bid to curb the rapid pace of deforestation caused by extensive tin mining in the area.Belitung Regent Darmansyah Husein said recently that to show ...
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• Guadalupe Island -Trip Report 2009

  
  Underwater Thrills:Swimming With Sharks — Authority: 475
  Editors Note: There are two kinds of people in this world, the dreamers and the rest. Kudos to Jen for being part of "the adventure clan." Heres her story: When I was 5, my aunt took me to see my first drive-in movie…Jaws. Now I know what you are thinking…that is way too scary of a movie to be taking a kid so ...
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• 10 Outstanding Travel Blogs and Sites

  
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  1. LonelyPlanet.com/thorntreeThe oldest and most illustrious of the travel networking sites.2. Couchsurfing.comSee a city through the eyes of a local and get a free bed for the night.3. Timeout.comNot so much networking, more excellent, contemporary information.4. Worldreviewer.comWritten by experts with a pedigree, ...
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• The Caves of Ginnie Springs: Scuba Dive Miles of Florida’s Underwater Caves

  
  The Informed Traveler — Authority: 481
  Good Morning America Weekend shines the spotlight on “some of the most amazing cave and cavern diving in the world” at Ginnie Springs, far from Florida’s popular tourist attractions. Here near the Georgia border, the natural springs comprising the state’s huge Florida Aquifer are a lure for international scuba ...
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• 12 Unusual Travel Blogs and Sites

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 130
  Hear about all kinds of stories from travelers who have explored the far reaches of the planet and recorded on their blogs these helpful and entertaining online travel journals. Most of the photography is outstanding and allows the viewer to be transported to exotic lands instantly.Pret a Voyager: The name of this ...
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• Guy Harveys Island Grill - Helping Out

  
  Underwater Thrills:Swimming With Sharks — Authority: 475
  Scotty Gray from Floridas Blue Iguana Charters had a problem only we could solve this month. His buddy at Guy Harveys Island Grill in Key West needed "something unusual" for this years Island Grill Halloween Fantasy Fest. That "something unusual" was a Mark V shark cage, the kind that Shark Diver and Shark ...
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• A community tourism venture in the Sunderbans

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 582
  A balancing actLeong Siok Hui, The Star 31 Oct 09;Home to the rare Bengal tigers, India’s Sunderbans unveils a community tourism venture that protects the endangered man-eaters whilst giving locals an alternative livelihood.Singing in Bengali, the young boy’s voice pierced the balmy evening air, accompanied by the ...
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• Climate change to affect marine tourism in Indonesia

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 582
  Antara 28 Oct 09;Denpasar (ANTARA News) - Sea and Coastal Areas Director of the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry Subandono Diposaptono said that climate change could affect the marine tourism, particularly natural tourism in coastal areas."When the climate changes as a result of global warming the sea surface ...
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• Best 100 Travel Blog Sites #1

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 130
  These blogs are so fundamental for vacationers that they defy categorization. If you’re planning on globetrotting, start your reading with these valuable sites.Realtravel.com Realtravel.com hosts a huge collection of travel blogs for almost any place in the whole world. Plan cruises, family vacations or a romantic ...
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• Best Green Travel Destinations

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 130
  Image via WikipediaHaving a wonderful and eco-friendly time doesn’t necessarily mean traveling thousands of miles to experience it. There are affordable and green places to stay throughout the United States, Canada, and outlying territories. Save on fuel and discover a treasure in proximity to your home. Here is a ...
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