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...joyful news,' he said, and related Hua's announcement. There were handshakes all around. The feelings of the man on the street may not have been as enthusiastic as Ho's, but most Chinese felt some satisfaction over the change. A Communist border guard near Hong Kong spotted a tourist's American passport, broke into a broad grin and exclaimed: 'We're friends...
Ever since Moses led the children of Israel out of the house of bondage, traffic between Egypt and the Promised Land has been relatively intense. It has been curbed during 30 years of hostilities, but one fruit of a Middle East peace agreement would be a surge in the tourist trade...
...action. Israel's Egged Bus Cooperative is preparing a Tel Aviv-Cairo trip for $6 one way. El Al hopes to start regular air service between the two cities. Shipping operators are planning a car-ferry service between Haifa or Ashdod and Port Said. To speed these plans, Israeli tourist officials have been trying to confer with their Egyptian counterparts at various international meetings...
Egypt's hotel shortage may cause a squeeze, but construction is now under way by many companies, including Hilton, Intercontinental and Marriott. On both sides of the Sinai, tourist officials foresee a bonanza as international travelers rush to visit both countries in a single trip. Says Fuad Shady, an official of the Nile Hilton: "We have the greatest tourist package in the world?the Holy Land combined with the world of the Pharaohs?and a great year-round climate...
...precious carpets. Their adventures take them in and out of jail cells, dungeons, buses, trucks and steamers and across the length and breadth of Poppyland. About the only peril they do not indulge in is erotica. However, Scotsman Ivor Drummond's dippy novel could also serve as a tourist's guide to Turkey. Caveat from Jenny re Istanbul; "Too many dead cats and too many live cockroaches...