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Muses Economy Minister Pham Kim Ngoc: "Jumbo jets carry charter groups from Europe to the beaches of Thailand. We also offer sun and sand. Why not Viet Nam?" A government study targets earnings from tourism at $140 million by 1980. By that time -and provided that the present uneasy truce does not get any uneasier -Ngoc even visualizes Con Son Island, the home of the notorious tiger cages for political prisoners, catering instead to tourists. They would enjoy miles of palm-fringed beaches that are occupied mainly by giant tortoises...
Between 1971 and 1972, the number of Japanese visitors to Korea more than doubled, reaching 190,000; this year Seoul officials expect more than 500,000, about 70% of them in all-male tour groups. Last year Japanese tourism was worth $58 million; in 1973 the figure is expected to reach $120 million. The major reason: many Japanese males have come to believe that the Korean kisaeng are more accomplished (and quite a bit cheaper) than the ladies patrolling the Ginza back home. In recent years, Japanese males with a penchant for lechery almost automatically headed for Taipei...
Lessard had been representing a group called Tourism and Development, which had tried to obtain a license. The New Hampshire Greyhound Racing Commission refused licenses to Tourism and Development and eight other applicants, Norris said. Only two applicants received licenses...
...broad charter of human rights, including a standing commission to act on specific complaints, such as discrimination in hiring. However, Catholics did not get their wish for the establishment of a joint council of Ireland that would unite Ulster and the Republic of Ireland on such matters as tourism and transportation. The White Paper simply suggested that both governments get together to talk about the idea...
...immense hands that once made him Uganda's heavyweight boxing champion. (He is 6 ft. 3 in. tall and weighs about 260 lbs.) "What I am doing," Amin insisted, "is what the people of Uganda want. Nobody today controls Uganda but Ugandans." The country was temporarily closed to tourism, said Big Daddy, until he could train his people in how to behave toward foreigners. "In future, Uganda will be one of the friendliest nations in the world...