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Tourism is not only the world's largest industry, but also often its most misunderstood.  Many people outside of the industry believe that tourism professionals are on a permanent vacation.  Others complain about tourism's negative impact.  They see greater traffic on the streets, they note the waits in restaurants and cultural events, and complain that visitors often get lost, are loud, and even rude.  While certainly the tourism industry has to plead guilty to some of these charges, any fair m

The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) is commemorating the 125th anniversary of its New Hampshire White Mountain Huts with a summer-long celebration, which kicks off on June 1 when the huts open for the full-service season. The celebration includes special savings, a guided lodge-to-hut anniversary hike, and historical talks and evening presentations at AMC Huts and lodges.

Look back on 125 years of history, share personal hut memories, and get details on the festivities by visiting AMC Huts 125th

Quang Ninh province has been famous for the Ha Long Bay, one of the world’s natural wonders. However, over the last two years, the thing that attracts tourists to the locality is the spiritual tourism.

A report showed that the number of tourists to Quang Ninh in the first three moths of the year increased by 1.2 times more than the number of tourists to the Ha Long Bay. The figure can show the attractiveness of the spiritual tourism, though the product is still in the first stage of development.

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A national park in the southernmost province of Ca Mau named to Ramsar’s Wetlands of International Importance list last December received its official certificate of recognition in an April 13 ceremony.

Mui Ca Mau National Park in the southernmost province of Ca Mau

Mui Ca Mau National Park is the fifth site in Vietnam to receive such recognition.The park, which is one of the three main zones within the UNESCO-recognized Mui Ca Mau Biosphere Reserve, occupies 41,862 hectares of Dat Mui Commune in

Costa Rica surfer Carlos Muñoz has made it to the top 10 in the Junior Men’s World Ranking of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP). The 20-year-old rising star surfer is currently tied at ninth place in the world in the Junior Men’s Division with eight other surfers from Australia, Hawaii, Brazil, USA and Japan.

Nicknamed “The Flying Costa Rican” by Surfer Today, the team Red Bull surfer has been spotlighted by the youth sportswear company Volcom as one of the “up-and-coming talents exp

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by Chelle Koster Walton

I watched tidily uniformed schoolkids climb aboard as the crew loaded sacks of flour, a boxed microwave, some spare luggage, and various other unidentifiable bundles onto the 50-foot fiberglass ferry boat. Despite the early hour, everyone was cheerful as they made their way to their wood benches, nodding good morning to fellow passengers whether they knew them or not. The captain crawled through the window, gunned the engine, and we began powering our way through the bra

Mountain Lake Lodge

Game Room with Arcade Games

Hotels live and die by the number and kinds of reviews they get. Especially on TripAdvisor, because the quantity, quality and frequency of reviews a hotel receives there, determine a hotels  all-important ranking.
Very little is said about the authenticity of a review, but regardless, even a small change in TripAdvisor's rankings can send shock waves, and deeply impact a hotel's website and revenue.

Hotelmarketing.com points out that TripAdvisor's rankings are based on a propriety algorithm cal

Chiang Mai, Thailand, is known for its elephants, tigers, resorts, parasols, temples, hill tribes and mountains.

So what's in it for Levelers? All of the above and more.

Old city gates

Start with Chiang Mai which means "new city" despite its being 700 years old. Once capital of the Lanna ("a million rice fields") Kingdom and center of Buddhism in northern Thailand it is now the country's second largest. For many years it was accessible only by river or elephant. A railway line wasn't finished un

Want to beat the summer rush to the Mediterranean? Then consider a visit to Greece in May. Traveling to Greece before the summer rush has a lot to offer. Less crowds when you visit ancient Athens and the Acropolis, or the Temple of Apollo at Delphi makes taking photos and hiking around ruins and monuments a much more enjoyable experience. The cost of accommodations in the favorite Cyclades Islands of Santorini, Mykonos, Ios, Paros and Naxos are still in low season pricing. Sit at a taverna and

Summer school breaks are coming up for North America and Europe, and with that the opportunity for student groups to enjoy educational trips. The Neotropical rainforest of Costa Rica in Central America, part of one of the most important reserves of biodiversity on Earth, is fertile ground for study disciplines such as Ecology, Biology, Environmental Sciences, Animal Behavior, Zoology, Ornithology, Herpetology, Geography, Plant Sciences, and Land Economy, among others.

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They call it the “ultimate waterfall rappel”. Frommer’s calls it “a bigger rush than a canopy tour.”

I’m talking about the Pure Trek Canyoning tour near Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica. Canyoning is a mixture of rappelling down waterfalls and hiking in a canyon. Noted by TripAdvisor as one of the top 10 activities to do in the Arenal area, the Pure Trek Canyoning tour will have you rappelling down some of the most spectacular waterfalls in Costa Rica.

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Summer school breaks are coming up for North America and Europe, and with that the opportunity for student groups to enjoy educational trips. The Neotropical rainforest of Costa Rica in Central America, part of one of the most important reserves of biodiversity on Earth, is fertile ground for study disciplines such as Ecology, Biology, Environmental Sciences, Animal Behavior, Zoology, Ornithology, Herpetology, Geography, Plant Sciences, and Land Economy, among others.

The study and sustainable pr

They call it the "ultimate waterfall rappel". Frommer's calls it "a bigger rush than a canopy tour."

I'm talking about the Pure Trek Canyoning tour near Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica. Canyoning is a mixture of rappelling down waterfalls and hiking in a canyon. Noted by TripAdvisor as one of the top 10 activities to do in the Arenal area, the Pure Trek Canyoning tour will have you rappelling down some of the most spectacular waterfalls in Costa Rica.

Few people experience places like this. Imagine b

by Susan E. Frost

You may have heard that my hometown (and Oregon's biggest city, with 500,000 people and 1.6 million in the metro area) has more than a whiff of cool about it these days. True enough, but what I like even more -- and what clinches the deal for many visitors -- is its scenery, greenery, and water everywhere, in fountains, rivers, lakes, and ponds. Fall foliage season is, to my taste, the most beautiful time to visit, though to yours it may be springtime, when our famous flowers

According to historians living under the Nguyen dynasty, Phu Yen is a half-mountain and half-plain territory. It is adjacent to the South China Sea in the East, leans against the mountain in the West. It shares border with Binh Dinh province in the North (Cu Mong Pass), Khanh Hoa province in the South with the high Dai Linh Pass. The province is home to high peaks named Dai Linh and Thach Bi, large river named Da Dien. There are fortifications of Thach Linh and Phuoc Son upland used to defend th

Cuando pensamos en buceo, tenemos la imagen mental de un traje de escafandra y un tanque de aire en la espalda. Su historia se remonta a un pasado reciente. Fue en el siglo XVI cuando comenzó a dar sus primeros pasos. En aquel entonces, las personas comenzaron a utilizar las campanas de buceo para bombear aire desde la superficie para quienes estuvieran sumergidos. Huelga decir que los avances tecnológicos han superado tal procedimiento, pese a la importancia que revistiera por varias centurias.

Fuel and insurance are often two of the most misunderstood issues when it comes to hiring a car. In this article we try to shed some light on these topics.

Things to Consider About Fuel

There are two main types of fuel policies in the car hire industry: "full to full" and "full to empty". For many years, "full to full" was the norm. With this type of fuel policy, clients were given the car with a full tank and had to return it with a full tank, thus avoiding any fuel charges by the rental c