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...opens this radical experiment in minimalist extremes in the middle of a ferocious rainstorm; the night before it is scheduled to be closed, a grand old Taipei theater is showing the landmark 1966 kung fu film Dragon Inn to a scattered handful of ghostlike characters, including a young Japanese tourist (Mitamura Kiyonobu) apparently cruising for gay men. The crippled, young ticket taker (Chen Shiang-chyi) stalks the venue in search of the mysterious projectionist (Lee Kang-sheng)?perhaps she's in love with him, or maybe he just forgot to return her Jay Chou CD. Narrative details aren't Tsai...
...flock to Thailand's beach resorts, dealing a body blow to the country's chief source of foreign currency, its $7 billion-a-year tourism industry. Ominously, one Islamic separatist group that had been quiet for decades, the Pattani United Liberation Organization (P.U.L.O.), published a warning to foreign tourists on its website within 24 hours of the killings. The message, addressed to "Dear People of the World," said: "Persons who plan to visit Thailand NOW are warned not to travel to Pattani ... Pattani people are not responsible for what happens to you after this warning." The notice pointedly includes...
...protective gear as well as instructors' guidance from the ground. To learn more about paragliding, visit the website of the Swiss paragliding association, www.shv-net.ch (in French and German), or its British counterpart at www.bhpa.co.uk. You can also find contact details for certified venues and instructors from the local tourist board in practically any alpine town...
...reassuringly point out that the bureau's file of 112,500,000 fingerprints is used to identify amnesia victims and mangled corpses as well as such underworld characters as Airbrake Smith and Rooster Face Fannie. But what no tourist will see is the bureau's investigative file covering thousands of ordinary U.S. citizens. It was the existence of those files--important strands in the nation's gigantic net to catch a few disloyal citizens--which gave even the most ardent admirer of the FBI a slightly uneasy feeling. It was not that very many people objected to flushing out Communists...
...traveler's map. The number of foreign visitors to India last year rose 16.5%, to 2.75 million, and the World Travel & Tourism Council predicts India's tourism industry will grow by 7.9% over the next decade, to $28.4 billion, or 4.8% of GDP. India's normally lackadaisical tourist authority has helped refine the allure with an advertising campaign featuring a stunning series of photographs of attractions ranging from Himalayan peaks to deserted, pristine beaches to Ayurvedic massages--all accompanied by the slogan "Incredible India." The tourism industry is experiencing its "best year ever," says G.P. Francis, general manager...