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Clean Me, Green Me, Fiji Me

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

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Fiji sets world mark becoming first country to implement a national low carbon travel and tourism sector initiative.

Report from PATAMART

Friday, September 25th, 2009

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Europe is making it harder for visitors from Emerging Markets (ChIndia) to get visas, whilst AsiaPacific destinations are making it easier. Left: Samoa’s Dwayne Bently (left) and Vanuatu’s Alan sign the Pacific delegation into PATAMART in Hangzhou. Right: Papua New Guinea’s Alice Kuaningi talks with an Italian travel agent at the Pacific Village at PATAMART.

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Report from Shanghai

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

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“Like Beijing the year before the Olympics”. That’s how Shanghainese describe their city at the moment, as it undergoes an infrastructure transformation in preparation for the World Expo 2010.

Left: Qing Dynasty architecture contrasts with China’s tallest building. Right: Expo mascot Haibao. (more…)

Report from Beijing

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

China Travel Service (Beijing) GM Outbound Xu WeiIt’s only been 3 years since I was last in China’s capital. But that didn’t stop my jaw from dropping as I fly across the sparkling city nightscape and into the new Beijing Airport terminal. Left: China Travel Service (Beijing) GM Outbond Xu Wei. Right: China Youth Travel Service Executive GM Simon Sun with friend Jackie Chan.

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