World Tourism Day – The Globalist’s Top 15 Features
Some insights on travel from China to Mexico, Peru to Morocco, Sri Lanka to Poland.
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- Shooting Iraq — With a Camera
By The Globalist | How has Iraq changed since 13th-century explorer Marco Polo’s journey there?
- African Winter: The Tourism Dimension
By Guy Pfeffermann | What are the mainstays — and surprises — of a trip through the African wilderness?
- Ecotourism in Yunnan
By Lila Buckley | What adventures await our author as she leaves congested Beijing for the fresh air and mountains of Yunnan?
- A Tourist in Morocco
By Bernard Wasow | A first-hand account of the thrills — and frustrations — of visiting Morocco.
- An American in Poland, Anno 1983: On the Road
By Terri Langston | What were the impressions during a trip to Poland of students who were members of the Protestant student community in Bonn, Germany, in April 1983?
- Cruising the Caribbean
By Alexei Bayer | How much has first-class sea travel changed in the past century?
- Peru: Beyond Llamas and Machu Picchu
By Tim Harcourt | Can Peru once again prove skeptics wrong and succeed in the world economy?
- Dateline Sri Lanka: Tourism and Peacebuilding
By Elizabeth Becker | How is tourism playing a key role in helping Sri Lanka rebuild from its civil war?
- After the Real Cancún
By Lawrence Herzog | Is Mexico’s booming tourism industry a main revenue source for its economy?
- Trekking Through China
By Subbiah Lakshmanan | How has development progressed in coastal versus inland China?
- Ethiopia: Land of Edible Napkins
By Guy Pfeffermann | Ethiopia has an amazing ability to get things done, quite unusual in low-income countries.
- Global Travel Champion
By The Globalist | Which nation spends the most on international tourism?
- Visiting India? Battling a Kafkaesque Bureaucracy
By Stephan Richter | Reflections on the amazing difficulties of obtaining a visa to India.
- Traveling Across the EU on a BMW
By Ashutosh Sheshabalaya | How does Europe look through the eyes of an Indian motorcyclist?
- China Takes a Vacation
By Nathan Richter | How China is creating an infrastructure for a new consumption boom.
