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The economics of creating national monuments
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Mar 25, 2013
President Obama is expected to name five new national monuments on Monday. In addition to historical significance and land preservation, national monuments can boost local economies through tourism.
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Chinese province offers 'clean air tourism' to suffering urbanites
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Mar 13, 2013
China's southeastern province of Fujian enjoys some of China's cleanest air. Provincial officials have launched a 'clean air tourism' campaign to court Chinese who live in cities like Beijing, where pollution levels have been at record highs this year.
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A smaller crowd in Washington as Obama begins second term
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Jan 21, 2013
Four years after the largest presidential inauguration in history, President Obama's second term begins on a more subdued note.
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New York looks to reinvent city’s payphones
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Dec 6, 2012
In the cellphone era, what’s the value of a payphone? New York sees advertising and Internet hot spots as the future for its 11,000 payphones.
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China's biggest tourist destination looking forward to conclusion of party congress
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Nov 13, 2012
Closed tourist sites and enhanced security for China's historic leadership transition means less revenue for Beijing's thriving tourism industry.
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Ghost hunters fuel year-round business
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Oct 31, 2012
Promoting the paranormal is turning into big business as reality ghost-hunting shows have consumers hungering for a paranormal experience of their own.
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Nashville tries to capitalize on TV spotlight
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Oct 9, 2012
The new ABC drama "Nashville" is shot in and around the Tennessee city, and local tourism officials are basking in the TV spotlight.
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Dry year boosts fall foliage
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Oct 8, 2012
New England tourism could get a boost this fall foliage season because dry weather will mean brilliant reds and purples as leaves change color.
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Endeavour space shuttle finds home in Los Angeles
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Sep 20, 2012
The museum where the Space Shuttle Endeavour will retire is banking on it being a big attraction.
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Rare hantavirus hurts tourism around Yosemite
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Sep 11, 2012
The famous national park has eight cases of the rare pulmonary virus with three deaths so far -- and is alerting tens of thousands of summer visitors they may be at risk. Campsites were easy to get over the Labor Day weekend.
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