Taiwan
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forbes.com
TAIPEI - Two decades after letting its people and companies go to China, Taiwan is opening itself to Chinese investors and visitors -- a move that could carry big economic dividends but also one fraug
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Beijing Olympics
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hostelbookers.com
Tourists heading off to the Olympic Games in Beijing, China next week have been urged to take additional funds in US dollars.
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Of dollars and euros
Here's a bright spot in the sad traveler's tale of the ever-weak dollar.
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Chinese tourists in taiwan
TAIPEI - Chinese tourists who just finished a historic trip to Taiwan, which normally bans them for security reasons, spent about T$40 million ($1.3 million), a perk for the island's sagging economy,
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LGBT Tourism
Major corporations and countries are vying to tap into the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender travel market --what experts are now calling a $65 billion industry.
And that $65 billion is an annual number and just in the United States.
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20% Off, That Is If You're An American Tourist
A bar in Venice that is renowned for hosting famous visitors in the past is helping out its modern American patrons with 20% discounts.
Harry's Bar near the famous St Mark's Square was a popular watering hole with Orson Welles, Truman Capote and, most famously, Ernest Hemingway.
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American Economic Woes Affect European Tourism
The dollar's sharp drop on currency markets, along with economic doldrums in the United States are taking their toll on American tourists and expatriates overseas. Even Paris has seen a 10 percent decline in its number-one foreign visitor.
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Israel
The Tourism and Travel Agents Association plans to price plane tickets and vacation packages in shekels rather than in US dollars, due to the greenback's instability. The change requires government approval.
There was sufficient support in the Knesset to pass the initiative, association chairman Kobi Karni said Monday in Eilat.
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