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...stop Tito's trip since January. That's when the Russian Space Agency informed NASA that Tito would be aboard the April taxi mission scheduled to replace a Soyuz rescue vehicle now on orbit at the space station with a fresh one. NASA officials claimed that an untrained tourist would present a danger aboard the space station. They were also anxious about the precedent of one of the station partners' launching a unilateral commercial venture. But the cash-strapped Russians insisted. Eventually, the fight involved the other 14 countries who are partners in the space station. To space experts...
Despite the stock market downturn that has economists warning of a recession, most shop owners say that their sales have remained intact due to the Square's student and tourist-based clientele...
...even the most inveterate nomads, like Bilana Raeva, a 27-year-old Bulgarian who just completed an internship with the European Commission in Brussels, profess a desire to return home someday. "I feel at home everywhere, but when I go back to Bulgaria now, I feel like a tourist," says Raeva, who has already lived in Poland, the Netherlands and Spain. "But of course I'd like to go back. I want my kids to grow up in my country...
Such enthusiastic word of mouth has helped give the local tourist industry growth figures that a lot of FORTUNE 500 companies would envy: more than 53,000 Americans visited in 2000, up 20% from the year before, and the U.S. is now Iceland's No. 1 tourist market. Tourism generates 13.6% of Iceland's foreign earnings, making it the second biggest industry after fishing...
...does not exactly offer world-class attractions. Its main shopping street has more Chinese restaurants than chic boutiques, and everything is expensive (a beer in a club costs about $7). "We are not a country that offers high-class tourism," admits Oddny Oladottir of the Iceland Tourist Board. "But for people interested in nature and geology, you can see a lot of things in a small area...