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...Suameria and his fellow Balinese are casualties of the aftermath of the blasts nonetheless. Some 80% of Bali's economy depends on tourism, and foreign visitors have all but vanished. Japan lifted its travel warning for Bali earlier this month, and Australia has downgraded its alert to a region-wide advisory. But the U.S., Germany and France, among other tourist-generating nations, are still telling their citizens to avoid Bali. This angers I Gde Pitana, director of the Bali Tourism Authority, who points out that there were no travel warnings issued for New York after Sept. 11. "Like New York...
...that kind of business anyway," he says, referring to both the gigolos and some of the seedier bars. "Because we are Hindu, we Balinese blame ourselves for what happened. We think that we have done something wrong, perhaps because we allowed these dens of vice to operate openly." The Tourism Authority is now working toward promoting the island as more than a sun, surf and nightlife destination, and Pitana would like to see some of the bars replaced by traditional Balinese restaurants and classical dance venues. "I am empowered by this incident to go back to cultural tourism," he says...
Thailand is notorious for its sex tourism industry, and many human rights organizations point to its exploitation of young girls as one of modern humanity’s glaring failures. And since over 90 percent of the Thai population identifies itself as Buddhist, Prasse-Freeman, as any good Ivy assists leader should, wanted to make the connection...
...student organizers said last week’s sale was organized to support Israel’s economy, which has been hurt by a slowdown in tourism and continued conflict in the area—not specifically as a reaction to the divestment issue...
...then they must play by international rules." COPYRIGHT The Walls Have Ears A recent U.S. law extended Mickey Mouse's copyright for 20 years, but residents of Malta, Austria, now say they've housed him in their church for centuries. Restoration work uncovered a 700-year-old fresco that tourism officials hope will make the town a Mickey Mecca - and perhaps threaten Disney's copyright. Stanford professor Lawrence Lessig notes that a long-standing legal hypothetical asks: "What if two people independently wrote the same play?" The answer, he says: "Both get a copyright. Seems fact is stranger than cartoon...