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...checked off on all four, then join the rest of us. But though we all like to pay lip service to "sustainable tourism"-tourism ventures that emphasize ecology, ensure that local communities managing these projects receive profits directly, and minimize sociocultural impact-we're often reluctant to try it. Maybe it's because we don't want to spend our hard-earned breaks living on roots and grubs while staying in a tribal...
...checked off on all four, then join the rest of us. But though we all like to pay lip service to "sustainable tourism" - adventures that emphasize ecology, ensure that local communities manage the projects and receive profits directly, and minimize sociocultural impact - we're often reluctant to try it. Maybe it's because we don't want to spend our hard-earned breaks living on roots and grubs while staying in a tribal...
Other companies, such as XCOR Aerospace of Mojave, Calif., hope to start test flights this year. Company head Jeff Greason says the space-tourism market would probably account "for the largest volume of flights we anticipate." But when those blast-offs might occur, and at what price, remains a galactic unknown...
...Rashid al Maktoum, the ambitious Crown Prince whose dreams for Dubai leave those of most other gulf princes in the camel age. "They have been bold, and they have been strategic," acknowledges Sheik Mohammed, but he adds, "I have achieved only 10% of my visions." Dubai turned to tourism because oil and gas represent only 17% of its GDP, and those resources are expected to run dry, or nearly, in the next decade. So the energy sector has already been surpassed by tourism, which in 2002 accounted for almost...
...named the World is being constructed on another man-made island in the form of--naturally--a map of the world. Recently Sheik Mohammed announced plans for Dubailand, a $4.9 billion megaproject that will include the Mall of Arabia, and theme parks called Adventure World, Sports World and Eco-tourism World...