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‘Freedom to Travel’: How will an ease on Cuba travel restrictions affect the industry?
With a potentially imminent easement of travel restrictions by the Obama Administration, travelers may once again have the opportunity to immerse themselves in Cuban culture.
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Living a ‘Low Density Lifestyle’ – according to Ed Begley, Jr.
Actor, celebrity environmentalist and leading sustainable living expert Ed Begley, Jr. speaks out on green, healthy living, the environment and politics.
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Online local travel network is the ‘Best Travel Startup of the Year’
Urban Adventures has been awarded the Web Innovation Award for Best Travel Startup of the Year at the 2010 Travel Distribution Summit Asia in Singapore.
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Think outside the box to fund cultural tourism
Travel site ontheglobe.com has recently launched a corporate outreach program in an effort to support and promote cultural travel throughout the globe, with special attention to developing and post-conflict nations.
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Eco tours in Yellowstone and Australia help raise environmental awareness
America’s Schools Program and Sustainable Travel International have partnered to offer eco-friendly trips to raise awareness within the travel industry for local economic development and the natural and socio-cultural environments.
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Sol Meliá becomes the world’s first Biosphere Hotel Company
Over a year since its Board of Directors approved its corporate Global Sustainability Policy, hotel brand Sol Meliá has successfully concluded a certification process which has verified all of the company’s processes and business units on the basis of the criteria which define Responsible Tourism.
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Return to Sacred Places in Taos, New Mexico
The locals say that you never need a map to find sacred places in Taos. They’re simply everywhere; on well-traveled roads to the historic Taos Pueblo, along a winding alley to an art gallery, in a colorful shrine tucked into an adobe wall, and in the sound of the river as it winds down a mountain canyon.
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Ecotourism finds funding in African nation of Namibia
Namibia has been chosen as the first US-based Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) client to receive a $70 million ecotourism grant in an effort to establish the nation as one of Africa’s leading tourism economies within ten years.
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Traveling green for 2010
The new year’s top ten travel and vacation destinations show how travelers want to go green, get active and find adventure.
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The Bodhi Tree Foundation launches to protect the world through travel
Founded by travel industry veteran Jena Gardner, The Bodhi Tree Foundation aims to unite travelers to protect places, help people, and preserve cultures.
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‘Unveiled Jordan’: Jordan tourism rebrands for cultural awareness, art, adventure and sustainability
With the Jordan Tourism Board now an official sponsor of the 2009 Adventure World Summit, a huge spotlight is on the country’s unique and magnificent travel destinations.
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Understanding Philanthropic Travel
“Ultimately conservation is about people. If you don’t have sustainable development around these (wildlife) parks, then people will have no interest in them, and the parks will not survive.” -Nelson Mandela
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Sustainable tourism as an instrument of peace – building the ‘bridges of understanding’
In a recent visit to the UNWTO headquarters, President Sleiman of the Lebanese Republic highlighted the importance of sustainable tourism as an “instrument of peace and understanding.”
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Jeep adventure tours help humanity in India
Participants explore remote desert villages in the stunning, geographically-unique region known as the Little Rann of The Kutch – traveling each day to different villages to distribute school supplies and provide medicine and critical health care for needy villagers.
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From Relief to Self-Reliance: Grassroots tourism project recognized by BBC World Challenge
Andaman Discoveries has been nominated as a finalist in the BBC World Challenge 2009, in recognition of its contribution to community development in Southern Thailand – supporting eight villages to achieve sustainable development on their own terms.
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Giant sea turtles swimming up to safe haven in Panama 
New adventure travel site launches to help “Book the Adventure of a Lifetime” 
San Francisco welcomes new shark exhibit in name of conservation 
Boeing helps Haiti rebuild, schools are top priority 
Sustainable hotel brand Adoba helps ‘Move America Forward’ with William Shatner 
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