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...like much of Iraq, is precarious. Though insurgent attacks have dropped dramatically, "the biggest concern now is unemployment, because it directly affects the security situation," said General Mohammed. And reconstructing the shrine is central to the prospects of a city whose economy has for years depended largely on religious tourism. "Ninety percent of the people lost their jobs [as a result of the bombing]," says Mohammed. And unemployment creates fertile ground for insurgent recruitment. "When someone finds himself without work for three years, he'll do anything for money - even setting off explosions or killing people," Mohammed says. And despite...
Ironically, the Amarnath cave has long been one of many symbols of Hindu-Muslim camaraderie. Legend has it that the cave was discovered by a Muslim shepherd, and Muslim vendors benefited from the religious tourism for years until 2000, when the cave was put under the authority of the government-run Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, the agency in charge of the shelters for pilgrims. Now, commentators see political opportunism at work across the political spectrum, not just the BJP. The move by the state's Congress government to allot 100 acres of forest land to the SASB, just months before...
...Winners and Losers Many in Macau have benefited from the flood tide of investment and tourism dollars, of course. But the gains haven't been spread evenly and some worry that Macau - which once had a manufacturing sector to balance tourism as a source of jobs - has become a one-trick economy that is dangerously reliant on the gaming industry. Gambling taxes now account for three-quarters of the government's revenues. The industry has grown so rapidly, it is even stunting the development of other sectors by vacuuming up the best talent. Says Lawrence Ho, CEO of Melco Crown...
...These steps may slow the gambling boom, but to a cash-strapped populace, the sound of the clinking chips is simply too enticing to pass up. Lei Ka-ling, 20, opted out of college and enrolled instead in a free dealer-training course at the government-run Macao Tourism and Casino Career Centre. Lei says she had little choice. Her father, a hotel repairman, and mother, a janitor at a construction site, were barely able to support the family as Macau's costs rose. The salary Lei can earn as a dealer, roughly $1,900 a month, will instantly double...
...invariably loaded with meaning. It's the reason President Bill Clinton headed for the Wyoming mountains for a vacation in 1996 after his pollster told him his preferred spot, Martha's Vineyard, was seen by swing voters as too snooty. It explains why, in 2003, when an Italian tourism official likened Germans to "stereotyped blonds with hyper-nationalist pride ... who noisily invade our beaches", Germany's then Chancellor Gerhard Schröder nixed a vacation in Italy in favor of two weeks in Hanover. (That spat's long over: Schröder's successor Angela Merkel is rumored...