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'So Gay' Tourist Ad Stirs Flap in South Carolina

Negative reaction to posters could hurt tourism industry

Jul 17, 08 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - "South Carolina is so gay," announce posters in the London Underground. Part of an advertising campaign targeting visitors to London's gay pride events, the posters have set off a backlash in South Carolina, drawing sharp criticism from senator David Thomas and resulting in the resignation of a state... More »

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London • tourism • South Carolina • gays • Gay Pride Week


 How to Take
 a Solar Eclipse
 Road Trip 

Hit the right spot and see 93M miles into the distance

Jul 12, 08 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of people will trek to the hinterlands on August 1 just to stand in the dark for three minutes. The reason: a total solar eclipse is set to sweep over a path spanning from China to Canada. Wired clues would-be eclipse chasers in on ways to maximize each sunless... More »

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astronomy • travel • tourism • sun • road trip ideas • eclipse • travel tips • solar eclipse

US Tourists Shed 'Archie Bunker' Rep

French, Chinese, Indians now world's most ill-bred travelers

Jul 7, 08 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pushy American traveler has met his match in the snooty, uncompromising Frenchman. The voyageur français ranks as one of the world’s most tactless tourists, bested only by Chinese and Indian travelers. Judging by their politeness, openness to foreign languages, and adversity to complaining, Japanese tourists were... More »

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travel • tourism • France • Americans • tourists

TRAVEL

 How to Vacation on a Dime 

Stretch your vacation dollar with these tips

Jul 6, 08 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - With airline and entertainment prices rising, “free stuff isn’t just a bonus, it can be a vacation-saver,” writes Jeryl Brunner in Travel + Leisure, which offers 11 ways to beef up your trip on a budget.
  1. House-swapping: Cancel the hotel, and vacation in someone
... More »

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travel • budget lifestyle • London • tourism • Paris • air travel • public transportation

 Historic China-Taiwan
 Flights Take Off 

Tourists visit old nationalist stronghold

Jul 4, 08 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Commercial flights between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan resumed today for the first time in 60 years, with simultaneous flights landing at  the Taipei and Shanghai airports, the BBC reports. China Southern Airline's chairman described the first flight to land in Taipei as "a sacred moment." The agreement... More »

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China • tourism • Taiwan • Taipei • Guangzhou • Ma Ying-jeou • China Southern Airlines • Liu Shaoyong • Liu Chao-shiuan

Fires, Spiking Gas Aside,
Calif. Tourism Still Sunny

Flocking foreigners capitalize on dollar

Jul 3, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Near-continuous wildfires and soaring gas prices don’t seem to have made much of a dent in California’s tourism industry, the San Jose Mercury News reports. California's AAA reports only an 0.8% drop in Fourth of July domestic tourism, and a jump in visitors from abroad more than... More »

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California • tourism • wildfires • vacation • gas prices • California wildfires • weakening economy • Big Sur

Travel

 Bizarro Travel-Industry Jobs 

Gigs that straddle the line between necessary and absurd

Jun 25, 08 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - From Parisian sewer guides to a coconut safety engineer in St. Thomas, some travel industry jobs straddle the line between necessary and absurd. Travel and Leisure highlights some of the strangest.
  1. Tourism ambassador, Japan. Diplomacy never looked so soft and cuddly after Japan appointed elder statesfeline Hello Kitty for
... More »

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travel • Japan • tourism • list • Hello Kitty • Lego • Venice • job • karaoke

Tough Visa Rules Threaten to Slash Olympic Tourism

Visitors vanish as China boosts security

Jun 24, 08 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Heightened visa restrictions in China have shrunk tourism ahead of the Beijing Olympics, the New York Times reports. Numbers of foreign visitors to Beijing fell 14% last month when government officials tightened the rules to bolster security. More »

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China • security • tourism • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • visa

TRAVEL

 World's Weirdest Festivals 

Oddball traditions say plenty about a culture

Jun 11, 08 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget museums and street markets. To truly understand a culture, travelers should take in its bizarre traditions. From fire walking to tomato hurling, Travel and Leisure looks at the world's most off-the-wall celebrations.
  • Lopburi Monkey Buffet in Thailand: Each November, Lopburi's residents lay out a feast to appease
... More »

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travel • weird • tourism • list • culture • festival • traditions

TRAVEL

 World's 10 Best Thrill Rides 

Rides featuring heart-stopping plunges and gravity-defying loops

Jun 7, 08 6:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - For intense thrill-seekers blessed with strong stomachs, the Boston Globe offers this list of the 10 scariest rides on the planet:
  • Superman Ride of Steel, Six Flags New England, Agawam, Mass.: Speeds of more than 77 mph and a 221-foot drop into a tunnel.
  • X2, Six Flags Magic
... More »

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tourism • amusement parks • Six Flags • roller coasters • rides

This Season's Hot Accessory: The Movie Tie-In

Sex and the City cottage industries look more like penthouses

May 27, 08 10:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - For the innumerable entities cashing in on Sex and the City, the movie due out Friday is the tip of the multimillion-dollar iceberg, reports Forbes. New Line Cinema, which has tie-in deals with eight companies, compares the likely blockbuster to “the Super Bowl for women.” Other high-end... More »

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television • tourism • HBO • Sex and the City • New Line Cinema • Sarah Jessica Parker • Kim Cattrall • fashion designer • product placement • Manolo Blahnik • movie tie-ins

 Construction
 Oglers Get
 an Eyeful 

Workers' whistles drive woman to bare all

May 23, 08 6:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some wolfish construction workers got an eyeful of a sheep without clothing, the New Zealand Herald reports, when a female Israeli tourist apparently fed up with their whistling got naked as she used an ATM in downtown Kerikeri. "She gave the explanation that she had been pestered by New... More »

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tourism • nudity • sexism • New Zealand • ATM • public nudity

 Hello, China: Meet
 Japan's New Envoy 

Japan tabs pop icon to bring in visitors from China

May 19, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hello Kitty has been tapped as Japan’s cultural envoy to China, the AP reports. Japan’s ministry of tourism chose the über-popular icon to represent the country in its drive to attract 10 million annual visitors to the islands. Last year, tourists from China and Hong Kong made... More »

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China • Japan • tourism • Hong Kong • pop culture • envoy • Hello Kitty

'Ghoulish Tourism' Develops in Amstetten

Incest dungeon site attracts out-of-towners

May 13, 08 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tourists are flocking to Amstetten, Austria, and snapping pictures at the site where Josef Fritzl kept his daughter imprisoned as a sex slave for 23 years, the Telegraph reports. "It is bad enough that journalists and TV crews have beleaguered our town, but now there is this ghoulish tourism,... More »

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tourism • Josef Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria

  Forget US
 Tourists: Hawaii 
 Lures Euros 

State escapes slowdown by casting net wider for visitors

May 13, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Domestic tourism is slowing down in the US as economic worries mount, but Hawaii appears to be surfing a wave of diversification through the downturn, the Wall Street Journal reports. Numbers of visitors from Canada, Europe, and some East Asian countries are picking up and offsetting a drop in tourists... More »

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travel • tourism • vacation • Hawaii • holiday • tourists

 Baltimore Ready for 
 Broadway Moment 

City takes advantage of native son's sleazy musicals

Apr 29, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Known as a harbor city plagued by gang violence and urban decay, Baltimore is hoping for a Broadway-style makeover—courtesy of John Waters, native son and creator of Hairspray and Cry-Baby. His gleefully trashy films are the inspiration for two cleaned-up musicals now on Broadway, and Baltimore hopes their sparkle... More »

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tourism • Broadway • Hairspray • Baltimore • musical theater • John Waters • Cry-Baby

Travel

 Time Slows 
 on Easter Island 

Ancient culture thrives despite tourism surge

Apr 20, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tourists have left no stone unturned on Easter Island, flocking at rates of 50,000 a year to arguably the world’s most remote habitation. Five hours of flying over uninterrupted Pacific Ocean lands you on this mostly undeveloped volcanic rock with its haunting stone figures (moai), but today it... More »

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travel • tourism • ecotourism • green travel • adventure travel • Easter Island

TRAVEL

 DC Ditches Glory for Power 

Capital ditches 'American Experience' for new tourism slogan

Apr 3, 08 8:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - "The American Experience" hasn't been the come-on Washington officials hoped, Portfolio reports, and DC's tourist board hopes to change that with a new campaign: “Create Your Own Power Trip." With a stumbling economy projected to eat into the US capital's 15 million in annual tourism, the city... More »

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travel • tourism • Washington DC • marketing • US states • advertising campaign

TRAVEL

 Peru Swaps Backpackers
 for Well-Heeled Tourists 

Luxury tours aim for big bucks from the wealthy

Apr 2, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Peru’s government hopes to carve a thick slice out of the world’s luxury travel market,  aided by sumptuous trains with fancy oxygen enrichment systems and high-altitude 5-star hotels, reports Reuters. "It's not that we don't like backpackers," says the country's tourism minister, but with big... More »

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travel • tourism • Peru • Machu Picchu • luxury travel • luxury hotels

Castro Lifts Hotel Ban for Cubans

Keeping tourist digs off-limits blasted as 'economic apartheid'

Mar 31, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Raul Castro has lifted a ban on Cubans staying at hotels designated for foreign tourists, Reuters reports. The prohibition, which had been criticized as "economic apartheid," had frustrated many Cubans since the country was opened up to tourism in 1990. "Cubans can now stay at our hotels,... More »

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tourism • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • luxury hotels

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