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...garden, pots of homemade jam from local fruit and paintings of the house. Françoise Meier, whose daughter went to the village elementary school with Ferrer, says the charges of commercialization "are ridiculous. There's nothing trashy about what we sell at the museum. And nobody profits from tourism. We have no shops, and the only restaurant is in a place no tourist would find." Though no compromise has been reached and both sides are bitter, a glimmer of hope may be in sight. The locals are determined to continue using the museum for other as yet unspecified projects...
...lull means Ali is grumpier than usual because taking home poor tips guarantees a regular ear bashing from his wife. In a wider context, however, it's even more serious: luxury hotels across the country?a legacy of the Israeli-Jordanian peace accords of 1994 and the subsequent joint tourism projects undertaken a few years before the start of the second intifadeh?are nearly empty, and the tourist sites deserted. Any passing traveler can currently walk into a five-star property and pick up a room fit for King Abdullah II himself for less than $50 a night...
...Rifai will doubtless toast what he hopes will be a Lawrence-inspired tourism renaissance. "The Lawrence myth has been rather underplayed in Jordan until now," he says. "We need more examples of people like him to broker stronger relations and mutual trust between East and West." But the harsh reality for the foot soldiers of Jordan's stalled tourist industry is that it will take more than the eulogized legacy of an eccentric British officer to bring visitors back. Especially if a U.S.-led military assault on Iraq goes ahead and opens what King Abdullah II has described...
...violence that has wracked the archipelago. Much of the island is postcard gorgeous. The mineral glitter of its beaches cedes to vertiginous mountains and the misty mysteries of half-hidden valleys. "Most visitors are surprised by the unspoiled beauty of Flores," says Koro. "And the people here have realized tourism is our only hope if we are to prosper. They are learning what real service means...
...head and screws up his face. "How long have we been here? Hundreds of years, maybe thousands. Maybe forever." Dara heads one of nine clans in Bena, a village 18 kilometers south of the hilltop town of Bajawa. Bena, and dozens of villages like it, are almost untouched by tourism or the modern world, earning Bajawa and its cool green surroundings a reputation as a living museum and the cradle of Flores culture...