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Why Tahiti temporarily became an unlikely sports travel destination this past summer

  The Terramar Project Fairly mountainous and surrounded by coral reefs, the archipelago´s largest and most populous island (with some 192,000 inhabitants) is its cultural and economic heart.  On the northwest coast, its capital Papeete (pop. just under 27,000) is, to quote Tahiti Tourism´s own website “not the prettiest of towns,” but it does have some interesting corners, including the landscaped waterfront, the cathedral, the presidential palace, the Sunday-morning Papeete market, a pearl…

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New York's Baseball Hall of Fame in 'Nostalgia Front & Center in Some U.S. Museums & Eateries'

Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame Louis Kaplan is channeling his childhood.  While a youngster, he collected baseball cards which he stored in boxes and treasured as souvenirs of the USA's favorite pastime.  Decades later, he’s reliving that time while visiting the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, upstate New York.  Opportunities to recapture memories from the past are of course not limited to baseball, nor to New York. From Coca-Cola to cars, movies to museums,…

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Sports For My Brazil Visit?

Hi Everyone!In the mid of February next year, I going to Brazil for a formal tour. However, I would get a few days for vacations in this regard and I want to play some sports there. Indeed, many of you would suggest me to play football there but I want to know your views about playing beach soccer, judo and surfing there. Do you think these things are allowed in this current pandemic situation or I would need special permission or 14 days quarantine before participating in these games there?…

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FIELDS OF DREAMS - Hall of Fame and Walk of Shame

As most of you know, each year we review baseball stadiums for wheelchair access and entertainment value. This year, we added 2 new major league stadiums and 1 college stadium to our list, brining our total to 21 stadiums ranked for 23 Major League teams (the Yankees and Mets have demolished their stadiums since our visit), 9 minor league teams, and 1 college. We end each year's survey with our rankings, from best to worst, of all the stadiums reviewed. There are some jewels...the top three are…

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  • A report on the recently held World Sports Tourism Congress in Madrid: https://www.traveldailynews.com/special-interest-travel/recreation-...
    Creating a lasting legacy for destinations at the 3rd WSTC
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    Paris has fewer Olympic tourists than expected: Here are a few last-minute deals
    With fewer visitors than Paris first predicted, there are still some travel deals available for the Olympics host city.
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  • FIFA has just opened a second phase of ticket sales for the World Cup in November, following the sale of 800,000 tickets in the first sale phase. The "Random Selection Draw" sales period, allowing fans to supply for tickets to two matches in one day, is currently open via FIFA.com/tickets and runs until 28 April. More details at https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/fifa-opens-second-p...
  • With the football World Cup now on the horizon (21 November-18 December), just this past week U.S. travel maven Chris Elliott interviewed Berthold Trenkel, the German COO of Qatar Tourism, about the new developments in the emirate that the million or so expected visitors will encounter: https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherelliott/2022/03/08/world-cl...
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    Annapurna Base Camp Trekking - Annapurna Sanctuary Trekking
    Annapurna Base Camp Trekking is known as Annapurna Sanctuary Trekking brings you into the heart of the Himalayas from the start of hike with so many…
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