Archive for the 'News' Category

Tourism trap for Honduras' Garifunas – 20 Jul 08

AlJazeeraEnglish asked: In central America, the Honduran government and private developers have launched a $100 million project to build the tourism industry. They plan to build hotels, luxury villas and a golf course on the pristine white beaches of Tela Bay. But the project is threatening an Afro-Caribbean ethnic group called the Garifuna, which is [...]

happyslip chosen as Ambassador of Philippine Tourism Report

SizzlingSteak asked: TV PATROL – January 24, 2008Contents provided by Vietnam Travel Guides

Wheelchair Tourist Beaten With Metal Bar

AssociatedPress asked: A Canadian tourist was beaten with a metal bar ripped from his own wheelchair at a Sydney train station on Tuesday night. Australian officials are protecting his identity as they search for one of his assailants. (March 10)Contents provided by Vietnam Travel Guides

Jamaica:Canadian tourist caught in crossfire with gunmen!

brianmaxw asked: Jamaica:Canadian tourist caught in crossfire with gunmen!Contents provided by Vietnam Travel Guides

9/11 Richard Gage (AIA) Schools Mark Roberts (tourguide)

Steeper33 asked: “9/11 debunker” Mark Roberts get debunked by a paper published in a peer-reviewed Chemical Physics journal. Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe by Niels H. Harrit, Jeffrey Farrer, Steven E. Jones, Kevin R. Ryan, Frank M. Legge, Daniel Farnsworth, Gregg Roberts, James R. Gourley and Bradley [...]

Medical Tourism | ABC News | Jeff Schult

jeffbot asked: ABC News anchor Ryan Owens interviews “Beauty from Afar” author Jeff Schult in a special report on Medical Tourism.Contents provided by Vietnam Travel Guides

Wheelchair-bound Canadian tourist attacked in Sydney, Australia

baracine asked: Straight out of Grand Theft Auto… Video: www.cbc.ca News Story: www.cbc.ca A Canadian man is in a Sydney, Australia, hospital after he was severely beaten by two teens using a bar ripped from his own wheelchair, local police said. The 35-year-old man, reportedly from Winnipeg, was in a train station Tuesday night (March [...]

Tourists of History: Memory, Kitsch, and Consumerism from Oklahoma City to Ground Zero (Paperback)

Review “Readers will be fascinated by the social and political commentary buried in Sturken’s appraisal of kitsch. A thought-provoking work; highly recommended.” — Theresa Kintz, Library Journal”Sturken urges attention be paid to a dangerous confluence of memory, tourism, consumerism, paranoia, security, and kitsch . . . .” — John F. Barber, Leonardo”[Sturken's] book is original [...]

The Tourist (Kindle Edition)

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Edgar-finalist Steinhauer takes a break from his crime series set in an unnamed Eastern European country under Communist rule (Liberation Movements, etc.) to deliver an outstanding stand-alone, a contemporary spy thriller. Milo Weaver used to be a tourist, one of the CIA’s special field agents without a home or a [...]

44 FACTS ABOUT OUR 44 PRESIDENTS IN 4 MINUTES

pogobat asked: In honor of Presidents Day, Dan rattles off 44 facts about our 44 presidents in under 4 minutes (if you don’t include the intro and outro : P) And yes– everything in this video is (to the best of my knowledge) true. Thanks to www.youtube.com for the beat used in this video! Do [...]