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Article: Ancient Australia: more American visitors are seeking an Aboriginal experience. (Destination: Pacific/Asia).
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- Hot Rod
- Article date:
- April 28, 2003
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Aborigines have been practicing the same culture for at least 60,000 years, by far the oldest living culture in the world. The American travel market, intrigued by the antiquity and natural wisdom of Aboriginal culture, is demanding an experience of it when they visit. Travel agents may well ask, "What is Aboriginal tourism and how do we sell it?"
Says John Handy, an Aboriginal tour coordinator with New South Wales-based Harry Nanya Outback Tours: "It begins with knowing who we are. You can help Americans understand us better if you explain that our culture is similar to Native American culture. Like the Native American, we are people of the land. We feel that ...