Word: travel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...potent symbols of the new--and old--South Africa: a 30-minute cruise away from its Waterfront lies Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent most of his 27 years of imprisonment. It is now a museum and national monument. In the nearby hinterland, the Mediterranean-style wine lands provide travelers with more evidence of change: a growing number of wineries are run by workers descended from former slaves. Such black entrepreneurship is a beacon for the travel industry and the economy. "We can benefit by using our own culture for tourism," says Paula Gumede, who runs an agency that takes...
...years ago, the travel industry was about to cash in on a once-in-a-lifetime--make that once-in-a-millennium--event. The most hyped party in world history was fast approaching, and well-heeled globe-trotters were starting to look for special kicks with their New Year's 2000 champagne. As long as computer bugs didn't spoil the picnic, tour operators were bound to make a bundle...
...funny thing happened: while affluent travelers are plunking down large sums for lavish trips to faraway places, ordinary consumers have begun to balk. The millennium may not be such a travel gold mine after...
This is not to say that excess is unavailable. Goodwood Travel in Canterbury, England, promises to "rekindle memories of the Imperial days of the Tsars" with a five-day, $5,520 trip from London to St. Petersburg capped by a New Year's Eve Millennium Tsar's Ball (19th century costumes not included) at the gilded Great Hall in the Pushkin Palace...
...demand is for the exotic "with the minimum of hassle," in the words of Richard Hefler, senior vice president for sales and marketing at INTRAV, a St. Louis, Mo., travel packager. The company will have a Concorde supersonic jetliner scoop up 96 passengers in New York City and Las Vegas on Dec. 24 for a round-the-world trip. Rather than stuff passengers into a tour bus to take them to the Taj Mahal, INTRAV has chartered a jet that will get them to the palace in the early morning and back to a four-star hotel in Delhi...