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03/10/2010
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World's largest travel fair opens in Berlin
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Berlin - The world's largest travel fair, the ITB in Berlin, opened its doors on Wednesday, with more than 11,000 exhibitors representing 187 countries. Popular tourist destinations such as Italy and Spain are present at the fair, alongside less comm...
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03/10/2010
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Cheated Filipino tourists receive free tours of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong - A group of Filipino visitors stranded in Hong Kong as victims of a travel package hoax were Wednesday given free tours around the city. Twenty-four Filipinos, most of them civil servants, were stranded at the city's international airport ...
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03/09/2010
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Taiwan issues travel warning for Thailand
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Taipei - Taiwan on Wednesday issued a travel warning for Thailand as anti-government protestors planned weekend demonstrations in and around Bangkok. The Foreign Ministry urged Taiwan travellers to cancel trips to Thailand unless they were necessary....
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03/09/2010
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PREVIEW: Berlin travel fair marks 'new decade of travel'
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Berlin - The world's biggest international travel show, the ITB in Berlin, celebrates a new decade of travel, as 11,000 exhibitors from 180 countries open their doors on Wednesday. A difficult year lies beh...
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03/09/2010
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Long-term visa holders to have free movement within EU borders
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Strasbourg - Long-term visa holders from a European Union country part of the bloc's Schengen area will be able to travel to other countries within the system from April 5, the European Parliament ruled on Tuesday, approving changes already agreed by...
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03/08/2010
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Rivers and waterfalls run dry in Laos; tourism affected
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Vientiane - Unusually low levels in Laos' waterways have put a stop to cruise-boat tourism on the Mekong River and dried up several waterfalls, media reports said Tuesday. The Mekong River - which starts in southern China's Yunnan province and winds ...
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03/08/2010
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Travel tips 9 March 2010
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Tallships take to the Great LakesToronto - The big North American lakes are the venue this summer for an international sailing regatta. The Great Lakes United Tall Ships Challenge starts on June 30 in Toronto in Canada and ends on August 30 with a fe...
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03/08/2010
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For another view of Australia, explore the rainforests and waterfalls
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Coffs Harbour, Australia - Red earth and the shimmering heat coming off the sandstone cliffs: This is a typical image of Australia. But down under can also be something quite different - for example, in the northern part of New South Wales. ...
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03/05/2010
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EU and Georgia ink open-skies deal
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Brussels - The European Union and Georgia on Friday inked an open-skies agreement which, when ratified, will lift legal restrictions on flights between their territories, in what officials expect to be a major boost for Georgia's economy. The EU is k...
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03/04/2010
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Rome airport experiments with body-scanner
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Rome - Rome's international airport on Thursday became the first in Italy to introduce a body-scanner machine for US-bound flights. The controversial security equipment will be in use for some six weeks on an experimental basis, officials at the Leon...
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