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"I start making a list of fruit tourism destinations, such as Bologna's Garden of Lost Fruit, Yamanashi's postmodern glass-and-steel Fruit Museum, and an island in the Nile river called Gazirat al-Mauz ("Banana Island"), where visitors can sample myriad bananas. I tell my editor that it looks like the best place to go hunting for fruits is Malaysia. "We're not going to send you to Malaysia," she says, rolling her eyes. They will, however, send me to Hawaii..." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Tourism is now one of two main businesses in this town of ninety thousand residents and more than four hundred hotels. The other main business is medicine. Between them, Shasta Regional Medical Center and Mercy Medical Center employ more than two thousand people, and generate nearly one hundred million dollars a year in revenue. Dr. Patrick Campbell arrived in Redding with his wife and two children in 1993, less than two years out from his internship and residency at the University of California, Davis." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Department of tourism Sciences at University of the Ryukyus. For 20 years he had studied residents of the Okinawan village of Ogimi and compared it to places in the Akita and Aomori prefectures in northern Japan. Every year he updated his survey of centenarians in Okinawa and found that Okinawans suffer significantly fewer strokes. He believed that it was related to diet, specifically the eating of less salt and more pork. "Okinawa people are able to grow vegetables in gardens all year long," he said, referring to the island's comparatively tropical climate. " - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"The Club got off to a slow start as its first General Secretary worked in tourism and did not devote sufficient time to Club activities. It was only in 1995 that real work began. By the following year preparations for the first conferences were well in hand, some two dozen world-famous personalities had joined the Club as Honorary Members, and the Club published the Manifesto on Planetary Consciousness. This document states the fundamental objectives and enduring mission of the Club of Budapest and deserves to be reproduced in full, as it is in the following chapter." - Ervin Laszlo, Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World (Get the book.)

"We then visit a vacant lot Love bills as a fruit tourism destination under construction. It belongs to Carey Lindenbaum, a sinewy Californian lawyer who moved here to grow fruits. "It'll be a B&B with all sorts of organic tropical fruit that you can pick yourself," says Lindenbaum, pointing at a weedy, rocky patch of land. Nestled between the limbs of a nearby tree is her home, a small wooden tree house. As she describes the future orchard, her pet donkey keeps pushing me away with its nose. "She's really jealous and possessive," says Lindenbaum. "She likes to invade personal space." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"In fact, for many countries, tourism is among the top three sources of foreign exchange. Though tourism has long been popular, the industry continues to expand at a breakneck pace. In just the past ten years, the distance flown by international passengers each year has increased by 60 percent; this despite temporary setbacks from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the Iraq war, outbreaks of terrorism, soaring oil prices, and economic slowdowns." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Still, planting the tree is a wonderful experience—and also a prime fruit tourism activity. A lychee tree named Adam is growing on that farm at this very moment. En route to our next destination, Love talks about the dozens of enthusiasts he knows who travel around the world looking for fruit. The idea of a community of amateurs trekking across the globe and into rain forests to find rare fruits fascinates me. We keep passing fruit trees lining the sides of the roads. " - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.) "Although I hadn't been able to interview him for my Hawaiian article about fruit tourism, shortly after his profile appeared in The New Yorker, a peculiar sequence of events led to a reconnection with the Fruit Detective. While I was in New York editing some footage Kurt Ossenfort and I had shot of Miami's Rare Fruit Council International, my girlfriend, Liane, was in Los Angeles for a screen test. She ended up going to dinner with Ossenfort's former roommate, Allan Moyle, the director of a film Liane had starred in. Moyle brought along his friend, David Karp." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Most indigenous groups are trying to create respectful tourism to bring economic benefits that honor the culture," I volunteered. "Not here." We arrived at the large cleared field that surrounded Nabusimake at dusk. The town was a collection of thirty-six stone buildings with thatch roofs. This far up in the mountains there was no electricity, so the close cluster of thatched huts took on the appearance of a herd of woolly mammoths in the dying light. The whole town was surrounded by a waist-high stone wall that created more of a psychic than a physical barrier to entry." - Dean Cycon, Javatrekker: Dispatches From the World of Fair Trade Coffee (Get the book.) "We wanted to do it differently than the usual grab-and-go treasure hunters, so we offered to set up a conservation facility, help establish a maritime museum, and work with the government to create tourism off the project. Jobs and money into the economy, respect for cultural heritage. The room of ministers sat silent. We took a coffee break. I asked the Bahamian lawyer who was with me what the problem was—the four ministers sat attentively throughout the meeting, but they didn't seem excited. "They are waiting." "For what?" - Dean Cycon, Javatrekker: Dispatches From the World of Fair Trade Coffee (Get the book.)

"People today in Costa Rica make a living out of positive forest-related activities that aid in the health of the environment and economy—and that is what is unique about the nation. tourism rivals bananas as the country's number one industry and will probably surpass agriculture, Rodriguez told me." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.) "These were for the much touted gondola rides that were as much a part of the Costa Rican tourism business as the para-sailing boats of Alcapulco, Mexico. I noticed stately, oversized brick and stucco homes with massive lawns that stood out on the tops of the ridges like taxidermied deer. They did not seem to fit and were probably homes for the foreigners who had decided to come to Costa Rica to retire in earthly Eden. The road changed from asphalt to dirt. With all the rain, the road was barely passable. We rocked and rolled our way down miles of jolting road." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"This is accomplished through the Big Pharma / FDA conspiracy that: Violates free-market economics by attempting to ban cost-effective online pharmacies, prescription drug sales from Canada, drug tourism to Mexico, etc. Creates obstacles for the introduction of generic drugs that would compete with brand-name drug sales. For example, the FDA now supports charging generic drug companies to conduct safety reviews on chemicals that have already been approved by the FDA and are currently sold under brand names." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Asthma attacks soared, and tourists were holing up in their hotels or seeking refuge in air-conditioned shopping malls at one of the busiest times for the country's tourism industry. Talk about the right climate for world terrorism. My Lord, what do you want youths to do when their city is being choked off and they blame it on stupid, mindless American consumerism, buying cheap wood for what? Their McMansions?" - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"She tried to find something suitable nearby, but the valley had lost many of its farms to tourism and second-home owners and land prices had gone up as a result. So we kept looking, and looking. The children complained of spending so much time riding around the state. They wanted to be home playing with their friends. "Why can't we find a place in Warren?" they groaned. The plane hit a small amount of turbulence, and I was jolted back to reality. A few months prior, the Belgian Embassy had put us in contact with their sheep expert, Dr. Bernard Carton." - Linda Faillace, Mad Sheep: The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm (Get the book.)

"Whatever the reason, their contributions of time, talent, and treasure are changing the face of tourism. zc Don't Our Dollars Help? mmmm When we go on vacation, we spend a lot of money—on transportation, lodging, food, entertainment, and souvenirs, for starters. As anyone who has planned a trip knows, these costs add up. And although we'd like to think that the bulk of our hard-earned money is going to support our destination's local economy, the reality is that much of it never reaches the community we are visiting." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "Right now, that's still difficult, but the proposed Sustainable tourism Stewardship Council would accredit the certification programs, enabling us to expect the same standards from participating certification programs around the world. The most important thing we can do at this point is to ask questions: ask about a hotel's environmental policies; ask tour operators about their involvement with the local community. By being active tourists, we can make businesses understand that we want to be responsible tourists. zc Learning Journeys mmmm Travel as education is a time-honored tradition." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "Unfortunately, development plans often involve destroying mangroves—for the sake of coastal tourism, say, or of farming shrimp for export to richer nations. But people live better with mangroves than without them, a fact that will likely become all too clear the next time a big storm hits and weakened forests have less resistance. Mangroves have had a high rate of success in restoration projects, since they are easy to access from the coast for management and care, and generally exist in a self-sustaining environment (provided that coastal conditions don't reach extremes)." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"The capital of many a dead civilization lives off tourism. Did soil degradation destroy these early civilizations? Not directly. But time and again it left societies increasingly vulnerable to hostile neighbors, internal sociopolitical disruption, and harsh winters or droughts. Although societies dating back to ancient Mesopotamia damaged their environments, dreams of returning to a lost ethic of land stewardship still underpin modern environmental rhetoric." - David R. Montgomery, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"Summer tourism adds another million visitors, making this the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo. But in the four-degree world, with global sea levels half a metre or more above current levels, Alexandria's long lifespan will be drawing to a close. Even in today's climate, a substantial part of the city lies below sea level, and by the latter part of this century a terminal inundation will have begun. A study conducted by scientists at the city's university suggested that by 2050 a rise in sea levels of 50 centimetres would displace 1.5 million people and cause $35 billion of damage." - Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.) "Though diamonds are the mainstay of the economy (along with tourism), cattle are central to agricultural and cultural life. Owning ten thousand head of cattle would impress Botswanans far more than the possession of a posh condominium on New York's Fifth Avenue. But sadly for Botswana, the long-range forecast shows very little rain. By the time global warming reaches three degrees, drought will have already become perennial in both this country and much of the rest of southern Africa." - Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.)

"The town revived in the mid-twentieth century, when it became a mecca for fishermen, hikers, and skiers headed for nearby Shasta and Trinity lakes, Lassen Volcanic National Park, and snowcapped Mount Shasta. tourism is now one of two main businesses in this town of ninety thousand residents and more than four hundred hotels. The other main business is medicine. Between them, Shasta Regional Medical Center and Mercy Medical Center employ more than two thousand people, and generate nearly one hundred million dollars a year in revenue. Dr." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Carlson Hotels Worldwide said it was a member of the International tourism Partnership (ITP) and had agreed to voluntarily follow the International Hotels Environmental Initiative. The ITP has even published guiding principles—with the strong support of the Marriott, Hilton, and Starwood (Sheraton) groups—on how to build more properties without causing damage to the environment, by using green technologies.1 It was a nice room and there were no crabs or dust mites in the sheets, so I could not complain from the comfort or friendliness standpoint, and that was important." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Drug tourism in the Amazon. Anthropology of Consciousness 5 (1): 16-19. -. 1995. Drug tourism in the Amazon. Yearbook for Ethnomedicine and the Study of Consciousness 3 (1994): 307-14. Berlin: VWB. -. 1996. Commentary on "human psychopharmacology of hoasca": A medical anthropology perspective. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 181 (2): 95-98. Fericgla, Josep Ma. 1994. Eos Jibaros, cazadores de suental. Barcelona: Integral. -. 1996a. Ayahuasca patented! Eleusis 5:19-20. -. 1996b. Theory and applications of ayahuasca-generated imagery. Eleusis 5:3-18. Fischer-Fackelmann, Ruth." - Christian Ratsch, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Get the book.)

"The island was growing rich from tourism and exports to the United States. According to one source, Cuba "ranked first in Latin America in national income invested in education, and its literacy rate was 80 percent. In 1958, Cuba had even more female college graduates (to scale) than the United States."6 In terms of literacy, daily nutrition, and access to mass media, Cuba was a leader in Latin America—though, admittedly, this was not always saying a lot—and was crowding the heels of some developed, Western countries.7 Of course, not everyone benefited equally." - William Bonner, Lila Rajiva, Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics (Agora Series) (Get the book.)

"The potential harm could easily go beyond our agricultural industries to also impair travel and tourism and the reputation of the Vermont brand that is so important to our economic future. "The Faillaces put heart and soul into this project to promote agricultural diversity and value-added agriculture in Vermont, and we commend and admire their vision. Our hearts go out to these families for the hardship that resolving this will entail and for the emotional investment they have made in these flocks." - Linda Faillace, Mad Sheep: The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm (Get the book.)

"Revolution tourism. I bought one to support the cause. Finally, the old man returned and said we could go to the regional headquarters down the road for our interview. We walked down the road as far as the school. We looked around for the regional headquarters and walked back. "Lo siento mucho, I'm very sorry," I said humbly, "but we can't find it." The man walked us to a one-room building with a brightly painted door. The painting was a giant ear of corn. Each kernel was a masked Zapatista." - Dean Cycon, Javatrekker: Dispatches From the World of Fair Trade Coffee (Get the book.)

"Only now, in very different circumstances, are the activities requiring technique, know-how, and imagination beginning to flourish again in England: tourism, design, the media, financial services without the dominance of the City of London." - Henry Hobhouse, Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind (Get the book.)

"Freedom from hurricanes, along with zero air-conditioning costs and rapid mainland access, has brought a year-round tourism and business boom. Thousands of mainlanders have come with virtual offices in tow. The economy has transformed from tourism to a worldwide business hub, offering everything from video effects to genetic medicine to bridge engineering. With this has come funding to educate every child, because thousands of professionals need skilled workers, and the government has insisted on local training to get away from the two-tiered economy that plagued the Caribbean for centuries." - Douglas Mulhall, Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World (Get the book.) "Like every Caribbean island, it used to depend on tourism for survival, which was a mixed blessing. tourism enriched some, left many local residents poor, entertained millions of visitors annually, and made for an increasingly urbanized landscape, with concrete houses dug into volcanic hillsides. Coral reefs in the national park had suffered from cruise ship and charter boat effluent. Every decade or so, the economy took a beating when a hurricane put the whole place out of commission. In short, it was an economic roller coaster ride in Eden. Nor was Saint Thomas alone." - Douglas Mulhall, Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World (Get the book.)

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