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Tourism
Tourism HISTORY THE TOURIST INDUSTRY SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO TOURISM THE FUTURE OF TOURISM BIBLIOGRAPHY Tourism is a complex phenomenon that can be conceptualized on several levels. It can be considered demographically, as the flow of temporary leisure migration across international... Read more |
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Cultural Tourism
Cultural Tourism BIBLIOGRAPHY Cultural tourism is a type of special interest tourism involving leisure travel for the purpose of viewing or experiencing the distinctive character of a place, its peoples, and its products or productions. A wide range of destinations and cultural activities fall... Read more |
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Orlando
Orlando , city (1990 pop. 164,693), seat of Orange co., central Fla., in a lake region; inc. 1875. In a citrus fruit and farm area, it is one of the world's most visited vacation spots. Orlando's economy focuses on aerospace and electronics, but tourism brings in the largest revenues. Located 15 mi... Read more |
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Waikiki
Waikiki , famous beach and resort center SE of Honolulu on SE Oahu island, Hawaii. Tourism is the economic mainstay; Waikiki is known the world over for its beach and recreational facilities, especially surfing. Luxury hotels are abundant. Waikiki has a zoo, an aquarium, exotic flora, and excellent... Read more |
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Paris
Paris , city (1999 pop. 2,115,757; metropolitan area est. pop. 11,000,000), N central France, capital of the country, on the Seine River. It is the commercial and industrial focus of France and a cultural and intellectual center of international renown. The city possesses an indefinable unity of... Read more |
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Acapulco
Acapulco , city (1990 pop. 515,374), Guerrero state, S Mexico. A fashionable resort since the 1920s, it is known for its lavish hotels, deep-sea fishing, and skin diving. Its natural harbor, surrounded by cliffs and promontories, was a base for Spanish exploration of the Pacific and was key in trade... Read more |
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Hotels
Hotels For the general public, the concept of space tourism continues to be an exciting dream. The first stage of space tourism would consist of very simple low-Earth orbit treks: tourists would orbit Earth several times on a spaceship and then return to the planet in a... Read more |
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Grand Tour
GRAND TOUR GRAND TOUR. Protracted travel for pleasure was scarcely unknown in classical and medieval times, but it developed greatly in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, becoming part of the ideal education and image of the social elite as well as an important source of... Read more |
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Fairbanks
Fairbanks city (1990 pop. 30,843), Fairbanks North Star Borough, E central Alaska, on the Chena River near its confluence with the Tanana; inc. 1903. Fairbanks is the only sizable urban center in the vast Alaskan interior. Government, mining, tourism, oil pipeline services, and lumbering are... Read more |
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Barbados
Barbados , island state (2005 est. pop. 279,300), 166 sq mi (430 sq km), in the West Indies. The capital and largest city is Bridgetown . Land, People, and Economy The island, E of St. Vincent, in the Windward Islands, is the easternmost of the Caribbean islands. It is low and rises gradually... Read more |
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WAXMAN POETIC.(Chef Jonathan Waxman opens his restaurant, Washington Park in...
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RETURN ENGAGEMENTS; THREE ACCLAIMED CHEFS AND ONE NIGHTLIFE GURU COME BACK...
...sensibility with its New York...timeless hotel lounge with...ago, the chef changed the...he and his partners opened the critically acclaimed Simon Kitchen...throughout the restaurant that not...popular Grace ... |
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Celebrated Chefs and Renowned Restaurateurs in Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino...
...critically acclaimed chefs Wolfgang...of 15 new restaurants at the resort when it opens in March...New York restaurant of the same...with his partner and wife...Hills) for its "world cuisine...dramatic new ... |
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Celebrated Chefs And Renowned Restaurateurs In Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino...
...critically acclaimed chefs Wolfgang...of 15 new restaurants at the resort when it opens in March...New York restaurant of the same...with his partner and wife...Hills) for its "world cuisine...dramatic new ... |
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Acclaimed Chef Creates Organic Magic At Bardessono, Napa Valley's Greenest...
...As executive chef for Napa Valley...newest luxury hotel, Sean O...Mina's 14 restaurants has written...watercress and its natural juices...Bardessono partners with some of...farmers and restaurant kitchens...collaborate with ... |
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New JW Marriott Hotel Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE Opens.
...welcomed its first guests...MacFarlane Partners. Located...facilities. On its first day...Marriott Hotel Los Angeles...Marriott Hotel Los Angeles...These elegant hotels cater to...everything from ... |
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Dream Downtown Opens in Manhattan.
...Vikram Chatwal Hotels, a collection...leading design partner Frank Fusaro, the hotel offers 316...a lobby restaurant and VIP penthouse...internationally acclaimed Dr./Chef Miguel Sanchez...including its ... |
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Borgata Opens Atlantic City's First Boutique Lifestyle Hotel.
...signature hotel by Borgata...renowned Chef Geoffrey Zakarian of the acclaimed Country and Town restaurants in New York...personality all its own. Bill...with our partners at MGM MIRAGE...Gaming at its ... |
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Top chef Chris brings culinary skills to town; Taste Test As Marshalls opens...
...s loftiest restaurant and open his...considered. The chef, who was the...kitchens in the acclaimed Panoramic restaurant, is now sharing...town's new restaurant. And what...gone, and in its place is a...a boutique ... |
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Now Open: The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa Inspires Personal Renewal for...
...Sustainable Hotel Opens with Unique...resort, opens today. The...tubs. The hotel's 4,000...celebrate its grand opening...Anakiri. Restaurant Avondale, led by acclaimed chef Thomas ... |