Word: tourists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sales of American Express vacations in Europe are up 70% over last year, suggesting the possibility that 1987 may come close to matching the record travel year of 1985, when 6.5 million Americans spent $6 billion on European travel. Says Helmut Klee, deputy director general of the Swiss National Tourist Office: "Two months ago, we would have hardly dared to , predict such a spectacular turnaround...
FOOTNOTE: *The only known videotape of Rust's approach and landing, shot by an unidentified British tourist, was obtained by NBC News, which bought worldwide distribution rights. The Soviets have made no attempt to obtain the tape, and it was not until last week that Soviet print media began admitting that the plane had made it all the way to Red Square...
Unlike guide books, "Artwalks" allows tourists to view the sights without having to raise and lower their heads, Markow said. The cassettes also allow the tourist to advance at his own pace. "You can turn off the tape and stop in the middle if there's something you wnat to investigate," Markow said...
...project comes amid a squabble over just where the daffodils originally bloomed. While tradition places them near Wordsworth's Lake District home in northwest England, a Yorkshire tourist board insists that the immortalized flowers actually grew some 85 miles away. That argument, however, has not taken root among Lake District officials, or at the National Trust...
...They were even given a quick tour late one night of the White House grounds and the standard tourist tour of the White House," Secord said, adding that North was their guide. He said the Secret Service was aware of the Iranians' presence...