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Kennecott's once dominant local stature has diminished over the years with its shrinking operations, the influx of new-economy folk like computer-chip makers and software firms, and growth in tourism and business services. Tech companies such as Intel and Provo-based Novell draw on Utah's young, educated work force. This creeping diversity isn't only commercial: in August a Hindu temple opened in South Jordan, which is 75% Mormon...
...MBTA’s initiative was spurred by a coalition of elected officials from outlying areas of Boston, including Cambridge Democratic Representative Alice K. Wolf, advocates of working families and lobbyists from the hospitality and tourism industries. Over four years in the making, the program costs $2.8 million to operate during this trial period...
...attractions drawing 12 full flights a day from nearby Kunming to Xishuangbanna ("Banna") in the tropical southern Chinese province of Yunnan. The trees are some of the can't-miss sights that have made the area around Banna's main town, Jinghong, explode as a center for domestic tourism. The other big draw is the group of lawless towns just over the Burmese border. Judging by the crush of the crowds, this is Chinese holiday heaven: an open orgy of casinos, transvestite dance revues and brothels. Although Rangoon's military junta doesn't officially admit non-Chinese, a small...
...Unlike ecotourism or adventure tourism, these close encounters with the Third World are overtly political. Popular destinations include Cuba, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Iraq, Iran, South Africa, the Palestinian territories?and Mexico's Chiapas state. There the Zapatista uprising has subsided into a seven-year stalemate punctuated by sporadic violence, and 38 municipalities, including San AndrEs Sakamch'en, have declared themselves "autonomous." "Do not be alarmed if the group is questioned at immigration or military checkpoints," advised the confirmation letter from Global Exchange, a San Francisco human-rights group that sponsors two trips a year to southern Mexico. Guides...
...Churches, academic institutions, unions and nonprofits have jumped into reality tourism in part to raise money and in part to spread an activist message. The tours are proving attractive to ordinary Americans seeking to put a human face on the headlines. Two years ago, Howard Lipoff, 37, a New Jersey teacher, went to the Palestinian territories with Global Exchange and met with both Israeli settlers and a spokesman from Hamas, the radical Islamic group. This year he signed up to meet the Zapatistas. "We find out how they live their lives," he says. "It's history in the making...