Marrakesh in two minds over tourism boom
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MARRAKESH, Morocco  - With its snake charmers, storytellers and palm trees against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains, Marrakesh was once an offbeat destination for rich or adventurous Europeans.
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Travel: The experts' predictions for next year's hottest travel destinations
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Maybe "freedom fries" taste better in France. After political squabbles over the Iraq war soured U.S.-French relations, more American tourists are visiting Paris this year, tourism officials say.
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DAMASCUS -- The crowd begins filling the courtyard of Opaline, a trendy restaurant, as late evening teeters toward early morning. Many arrive by golf cart, whisked through alleys to the wooden doors of a centuries-old Arab home within Old City walls.
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Tourists struggle with the wisdom and ethics of vacationing in disaster-hit regions.
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CASABLANCA, Morocco, Sept. 6 -- Saad Eddine el-Othmani, the head of an Islamic party expected to triumph in Morocco's parliamentary elections Friday, mentions the economy and economic development seven times in the course of a 20-minute conversation. He mentions Islam only once, in passing.
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JERUSALEM - Egypt&#39;s Sinai Peninsula, where at least 19 people were killed in three explosions late Thursday, is a popular holiday destination for Israelis despite the government warning last month of possible terrorist attacks there.
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Hotel occupancy is down in some top vacation spots, not through lack of visitors, but because more travelers are investing in permanent options such as property and time shares in places they love.
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Armed guards may become a presence on one of the world's most famous tourist attractions.
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Europe is reeling from the waves, not just because of the ever-rising death toll but because of the growing realization that among the dead could likely be several thousand tourists who had traveled to southern Asia for the holidays.
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"It would really be astonishing if the two men would not benefit from this to meet each other"  Not for the first time, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's choice of foreign holiday destination has raised more than a few eyebrows at home. via The Star Online
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Even at the height of the Palestinian intifada, when bus and sidewalk bombings inside Israel were common, Israeli tourists flocked to Egypt&#39;s Sinai Peninsula to swim among its
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TABA, Egypt -- Israeli tourists flock to this idyllic stretch of coastline between Taba, on the Egyptian-Israeli border, and Dahab to the south.
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Environmentalists are thinking ahead to the effect of tourists and investors on a landscape of crucial habitats.
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Media hordes descend on the Venice Vegas of the Orient
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH - The number of tourists visiting Egypt has fallen by just under 5% since the deadly car bomb attacks on Red Sea resorts last month, the deputy tourism minister said.
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NEW DELHI: When you pack your bags for a holiday in London or Paris next summer, donât be surprised if your travel agent asks you if a Jet Airways or an Air Sahara flight would be convenient.