Word: tourisme
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Raul and his generals even earn dollars for guns with an octopus-like tourism outfit called Gaviota, which runs health spas, marinas and luxury hotels. At hunting preserves formerly reserved for the army, visitors shoot duck in some of Fidel's favorite stalking grounds. Gaviota takes tourists to the outskirts of the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo and lets them spy on troop movements -- cocktails and binoculars included. TRD Caribe, the newest arm of Gaviota, is the fastest-growing chain of department stores. TRD, appropriately enough, stands for tienda recaudacion en divisas -- literally, "store to rake in the dollars...
...which a light plane crash-landed on the White House grounds and slid into the wall below the President's bedroom, killing only the depressed pilot. Meanwhile, the National Park Service, which maintains the grounds and building, is working on a long-range plan for White House preservation, tourism and work space. The White House is the world's power stage, and a new set is needed...
...events would be "an incredible opportunity which would showcase a wonderful part of the world," says Executive Director of the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism Abbie R. Goodman. "It would be great exposure, you can't buy that kind of advertising...
...several U.N. Security Council resolutions. That sounds like a simple swap, but Israel has not agreed to withdraw completely. Rabin wants to pull back in stages over several years, testing in the process whether Syria's idea of peace includes diplomatic relations, open borders, free trade and tourism...
Ending 46 years of enmity, the leaders of Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty, witnessed by President Clinton. Jordan's Prime Minister Abdul-Salam al-Majali and Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin signed the treaty, which settles long-standing territory disputes and pledges cooperation in trade and tourism...