Friday, October 12, 2012

Occupation Tourism

A Guided Tour of the West Bank with a Political Message - NYTimes.com: "MOUNT GERIZIM, West Bank — Last week, with family in tow, I took the day off to go on an organized tour of the West Bank. The trip started in Peduel, a Jewish settlement half an hour from central Tel Aviv. It’s a scenic spot. Ariel Sharon used to call it “the balcony of Israel”: located on top of a mountain in the Samaria region, Peduel reveals below the big cities of Israel that lie near the Mediterranean shore."
New York Times (blog)

Egg Maps and Green Routes Create Vegetable Tourism in the ...
By Petz Scholtus
... Edible Todmorden. The Incredible Edible town called Todmorden in the north of England is a model for sustainable living based on the local food movement. Christine posted about Edible Incredible before but I would like to tell you about their Egg Map, as well as their Green Route Map which promotes Vegetable Tourism! ... Walking the High Line's Uncompleted Third Section. A couple times each year the as yet uncompleted third section of New ... by Mat McDermott in Travel ...
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Tourism to the UK fell during Olympics, official figures show
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Traveling well without a trust fund
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Global Entry Reciprocity: Creating a Trusted Travel Superhighway
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