Word: tourists
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Jamie L. Bartholomew, a first-year at HLS, said she was intersted in applying. “Studying abroad enables you to immerse yourself in a different culture in a way that is impossible as a tourist,” she wrote in an e-mail...
...players kept daily journals to record everything they saw and experienced, including last summer’s record-breaking heat wave and long bus rides from the hotel to the games. They learned how not to get pick-pocketed as they visited laundry list of tourist havens, including the Eiffel Tower, the Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Louvre...
...lunchtime in Qiandaohu, a tiny fishing and tourist town deep in China's coastal Zhejiang province. While visitors are off exploring the famous local lake and its 1,000 green islands, residents hang out at the new KFC?the only fast-food restaurant in a place better known for its freshwater shrimp and fish. Hu Hongyi, a 30-year-old accountant, brings his wife and 10-month-old son to the eatery every three or four days. "I like the flavors and it's reasonably priced," he says. Local high school student Wang Hongting, another KFC habitu?, says, "The food...
Hong Kong's restaurateurs would rather draw a veil over the past 12 months. The effects of SARS on the domestic and tourist markets saw many a steel shutter come down for good. Hundreds of staff were laid off (or worked unpaid). And at the height of the outbreak, going out for a meal was like visiting a clinic: a sober experience of sterile swabs and face masks. The arrival of an international culinary superstar and the continuing emergence of local ones are therefore a much needed boost for the city's recovering dining scene...
...grimy, working-class town in southwest Belgium, was big in the Industrial Revolution. Its mines once churned out 10 million tons of coal a year. All that's left of that heyday are 62 slag heaps. Even covered in grass, they're not what you'd call a tourist attraction. Yet approximately 2 million people a year come to this forgettable place - thanks to a revolution in Europe's airline industry. In 2000, Irish discount flyer Ryanair agreed to make an international hub of Charleroi's airport, when the town shaved standard landing charges from...