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Ravaged by desertification and poverty, the Central Asian city of Nukus is hardly on the tourist trail. Most people have never even heard of it or of Karakalpakstan, the autonomous republic of which Nukus is the capital. Reaching the city involves a knuckle-whitening three-hour flight in a Soviet-era aircraft - or a 40-hour drive across the steppes - from the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. But when you finally arrive at Nukus, there are two surreal sights to behold. The first is the dried-up bed of the Aral Sea - once the world's fourth-largest lake...
Heady projections about the future of China's travel industry help explain this building frenzy. Already the world's fourth most popular tourist destination, the country is expected to move into second position within a decade, according to the World Tourism Association. By 2020, China is forecast to overtake the U.S. as the world's most visited country, pulling in some 130 million travelers a year. China's burgeoning domestic tourism market is also critical in the calculations of hotel companies. By 2010, it's anticipated that the number of homegrown tourists will soar from 1.2 billion to about...
Tired of lugging around those clunky, fact-packed travel guides that practically scream, "Look at me! I'm a tourist"? For the discreet visitor who prefers to blend in, there's a new breed of small, specialized and often offbeat urban guides designed to show you how to shop, eat and look like a hip native...
...ultra-stylish Wallpaper City Guides brazenly skip the well-trod tourist spots to instead focus on what interests the authors: iconic architecture, hot shopping venues, glamorous hotels and the hippest clubs and restaurants in 20 design-conscious cities. The Paris guide won't help you locate the Eiffel Tower, but it will show you how to find a dozen of Le Corbusier's architectural gems...
...e.guides also make short work of tourist spots, focusing instead on how to live like a native in busy capitals like Paris, London and New York City. The printed editions list everything from the chicest restaurant to the best bookshop. They also provide a password that lets you log on to a frequently updated website so you don't have to worry about getting there to find your spot closed. Or worse, no longer cool...