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eTurboNews

03-28-2008

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Top headlines
 
 

US: An election without meaning

Eastern Mediterranean: A top pick for Australians

Britons keen on Egypt?s El Gouna

Tourism this week in Latin America


 
 
Today's media release
 
 

IMEX 08New, expanded education programme at IMEX 2008

When IMEX opens on April 22nd in Frankfurt, the award-winning trade show will offer visitors and exhibitors its largest ever professional education programme. With almost 60 different workshops, seminars and forums taking place over four days in English ? March 26, 2008
 
 
From the editor
 
  Will November 2008 bring a meaningful change to America? Will getting rid of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney without impeachment or indictment really make a difference? Will a 600 billion dollar war/defense budget be cut in half and used for desperately needed domestic spending? These are some the questions that Peter Phillips, a sociology professor at Sonoma State University and director of Project Censored, are raising. Click to today?s lead story to read Professor Phillips? viewpoint on what undoubtedly been a historical road to the November elections so far.

If you are in an area that is going through some tough times because of conflicts, please do share your experience with us. We would especially like to hear from tourism partners in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Tibet, Israel, Palestine and Sudan. Send your remarks to the email address: editor@eturbonews.com.

Thanks very much for reading today's edition. Be sure to share your thoughts on any of today?s stories by sending an email to the address: editor@eturbonews.com or by filling out our comment form at the end of each story. Have a great Thursday!

Sincerely,

Nelson Alcantara
Editor-in-Chief
 
 
eTN Stories of the Day
 
 
US Politics

US: An election without meaning

By Peter Phillips

Will November 2008 bring a meaningful change to America? Will getting rid of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney without impeachment or indictment really make a difference? Will a 600 billion dollar war/defense budget be cut in half and used for desperately needed domestic spending?

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Australia

Eastern Mediterranean: A top pick for Australians

By David Beirman

The media including the travel industry media, tends to have an almost obsessive focus on negative stories from the Eastern Med including the conflict between Israel and the Hamas dominated Gaza Strip and the internal problem in Lebanon. While these problems are very real there remains a lot of positive news.

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Britons

Britons keen on Egypt?s El Gouna

By eTN Staff writer

New figures just released have confirmed that El Gouna, the Red Sea?s premier leisure destination, remains a popular choice with traveling Brits.

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Latin America Tourism

Tourism this week in Latin America

By travelatlatinamerica.com

ARGENTINA
Foreign tourism increased by 9.7 percent in January
The number of foreign tourists who entered the country increased by 9.7 percent in January, with 259,265 tourists arriving and 112,034 leaving the country. The total movement of tourists involved 10.2 percent more people than in January of 2007. The average stay was 16.9 ... read more

 

 
 
Scanned: Noncitizen visitors at JFK International Airport are now required to scan 10 fingers. DHS officials said the procedure should result in adding some 23 million additional fingerprints annually to their files.
Entering US

More extensive tourist fingerprinting comes to U.S. ports

New York - Fourteen small white boxes with green glowing screens were installed this week at customs booths around John F. Kennedy International Airport here.

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Space Tourism Is New. Competition Is Old.

2-seat rocket planned for space tourism

LOS ANGELES - A California aerospace company plans to enter the space tourism industry with a two-seat rocket ship capable of suborbital flights to altitudes more than 37 miles above the Earth.

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