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Destination earth.(Tourism)
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Earth Focus Une Planete/ Une Communaute
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June 22, 2007
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We all have an ideal destination, whether it's relaxing on a sunny beach, an active expedition participating in winter activities on snow-covered mountains, or it could be the experience of discovering a new culture and exploring the surrounding local environment. Endless Choices! The colossal tourist industry presents us with so many possibilities! Tourism, being the focus of this edition of Earth Focus, is overwhelmingly interlinked with the intricate processes of globalisation from the economic to the socio-cultural and increasingly the environmental. Globalisation and tourism effects everything from the erosion or commodification of a culture, ...
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Tourism is still our lifeblood Tourism is Torbay's lifeblood, accounting...
Herald Express (Torquay UK);
October 12, 2007 ;
787 words
...Tourism is Torbay's lifeblood, accounting...we re-invent this place as a top tourist destination will have a huge...for Torbay, especially as the tourism boom coincided with a building...stem from the fact we took tourism for granted for too long and...Hall had lost all interest in ...
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Bid to find top tourist.(Business)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);
June 2, 2004 ;
143 words
......new award. The BBC has launched an award for the Yorkshire Top Tourist in the region's annual tourism prizegiving ceremony. The prize will be awarded to the tourist...of holiday they choose. Entries should be posted to: BBC Top Tourist, BBC Broadcasting Centre, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 ...
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China to become world's top tourist destination before 2020
Xinhua News Agency;
February 8, 2007 ;
193 words
...China to become world's top tourist destination before 2020...will become the world's top tourist destination before 2020...the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said...Hangzhou and Dalian received "Top Chinese tourist city" awards...S. to become the world's top ...
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NSW: 1000 reptiles killed at top tourist park
AAP General News (Australia);
July 16, 2000 ;
525 words
......News (Australia) 07-16-2000 NSW: 1000 reptiles killed at top tourist park By Karen Michelmore SYDNEY, July 16 AAP - About...creatures perished in a huge fire at one of Australia's top tourist parks today. The priceless crocodiles, snakes, lizards...Freeway. The 50-year-old park is one of the ...
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France remained world's top tourist destination in 2001
AP Worldstream;
February 7, 2002 ;
161 words
......Dateline: PARIS France retained its status as the world's top tourist destination in 2001, with visits rising slightly despite...after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, according to the Tourism Ministry. Other top tourist destinations in 2000 were the United States and Spain...million people ...
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Zambia eyes top tourist destination in southern Africa
Xinhua News Agency;
February 25, 2004 ;
264 words
...Zambia eyes top tourist destination in southern Africa LUSAKA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Zambia is aimed at becoming one of the top tourist destinations in the southern Africa region, Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources Patrick Kalifungwa...government's vision includes turning ...
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France is top tourist destination; Spain is second but China predicted to...
Manila Bulletin;
May 22, 2007 ;
399 words
......million foreigners headed to France in 2006, making it the top tourist destination in the world once again. From the lights...is the tourist destination. Once again, France is the top tourist destination in the world with 78 million people heading...Spain and east European countries. According to ...
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County's top tourist companies honoured
Yorkshire Post;
September 20, 2006 ;
125 words
...Nishika Patel THE top tourist businesses in Yorkshire have been honoured...winners of the White Rose Awards for Tourism during an event at the Big Hall of...battled with 81 entrants of the best tourism businesses in the region across 15...
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Top tourist winners.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);
April 24, 2002 ;
54 words
...THE English Tourism Council awarded Liverpool's Queen Square centre and Liverpool's Albert Dock centre jointly the top tourist information centre award. The awards were presented to the country's premier places of interest yesterday. The World...
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France remains world's top tourist destination in 2001
AP Worldstream;
January 29, 2002 ;
155 words
......PARIS France was the world's top tourist destination in 2001, with visits...attacks, according to the French tourism ministry. About 76.5 million...from the level a year earlier, tourism minister Jacques Brunhes told...a decade. However, he said tourism in France started to decline...
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SA: Top tourist spots on show for international media
AAP General News (Australia);
October 3, 1999 ;
146 words
...AAP General News (Australia) 10-03-1999 SA: Top tourist spots on show for international media South Australia's...largely untouched Coorong 100km south of Adelaide. State Tourism minister JOAN HALL says a special function in the Coorong...
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Sightseeing, shopping top tourist agenda
New Straits Times;
July 14, 2004 ;
99 words
...New Straits Times 07-14-2004 Sightseeing, shopping top tourist agenda Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section: Nation Memo...Survey' that the ministry carries out every year," said Tourism Minister Datuk Dr Leo Michael Toyad in his written reply...
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QLD: Toilet top tourist target
AAP General News (Australia);
September 6, 1999 ;
170 words
...AAP General News (Australia) 09-06-1999 QLD: Toilet top tourist target It's a dunny with a difference, and a Queensland...it a sure winner in the promotional stakes. Maroochy Tourism and Travel manager ROBERT SHACKLEFORTH says the public...
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City is establishing itself as one of the country's top tourist...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);
June 4, 2007 ;
220 words
......overseas visitors to Liverpool has doubled in just 12 months Tourism is worth more than pounds 1bn a year to our economy, and employs...Bath and Cambridge Liverpool is now ranked sixth of Britain's top tourist destinations, up 10 places on last year Liverpool is undergoing...
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France Remains World's Top Tourist Spot
AP Online;
February 12, 2003 ;
177 words
......France remained the world's top tourist destination in 2002 with 76...visiting dropped, the French tourism secretary said Wednesday. The...highest number of visitors, Tourism Secretary Leon Bertrand told...and Spain surpassed France in tourism revenue, but did not provide...
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