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...Tell that to those still planning their winter vacations. Locals in Phuket, from hawkers to hotel managers, say tourists, spooked by the thought of a vacation in a disaster zone, have avoided the holiday mecca. Beaches crowded before Christmas with several thousand sun worshippers?and whose euros and dollars and renminbi directly or indirectly support 70% of the local population?now play host to just a few hundred. Hotel occupancy has plummeted from the usual 90% to just 10-15%. International carriers?including Thai Airways?have canceled some direct flights to the island. It's now possible to spend...
...event begins with a 7 a.m. procession, followed by a music-rich Mass and a lunch banquet that should stretch on to dinner. The cost of the multi-course, multiwine meal is $194. (Get your ticket and a rundown of complete weekend events from the Beaune Tourist Board). On Saturday and Sunday the streets will be filled with performers and musicians and several major tastings where you can sample from many of the vineyards in the beautiful Côte de Beaune. This is the time you can finally get to know the taste differences between Burgundy vineyards...
...MAKING A NEW PLEA While advertisers remain sensitive to the plight of the tsunami victims, travelers are being encouraged to come back to stricken destinations; officials are calling tourist dollars a direct form of aid. The Sri Lanka Tourist Board's new slogan reads, IF YOU WANT TO SAVE US, COME AND VISIT...
...described as a "war zone" [Nov. 22]. Cross-border terrorism has been the only cause of tension in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, and along the Line of Control a cease-fire has been in place since November 2003. It is also odd that whereas all other tourist spots are described as part of the country they belong to, Dal Lake and the Gulmarg Golf Club are only described as being located in Kashmir. Both these tourist spots are located in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral part of the Republic of India. Navtej...
...ubiquity of personal technology distorted the early news of the disaster. Because the first indications of its scale came from Sri Lanka and Thailand, it was easy to forget that the real devastation was not in well-heeled tourist enclaves but in dirt-poor Indonesian fishing villages. In any event, the earthquake reminded us--had we been foolish enough to forget it--that there are primal forces of nature that no amount of our wizard technology is able to confine. Yet technology can help. For decades, a sophisticated early-warning system has helped limit catastrophic damage from tsunamis...