Topic: Travel, Tourism

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: High hopes for fast ferry

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 02:20 AM

	Officials from the new Lake Express car-passenger ferry say thousands of tickets were pre-sold. The vessel is expected to boost tourism and economic development in Muskegon and the state's southwestern region by making it easier for residents of Wisconsin and neighboring states to explore "Michigan's West Coast." Read full article: 'High hopes for fast ferry'

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Articles: The 31-year-old actor outlasted a field of 90 players to capture the Commerce Ca

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 02:18 AM

	On June 26, when dignitaries from France, Canada and the United States set foot on the 6.5-acre (2.6-hectare) grassy outcropping, it will look much as it did when Pierre Dugua, Samuel Champlain and 77 other men arrived 400 years ago to carve out the first French settlement in the New World. Read full article: 'The 31-year-old actor outlasted a field of 90 players to capture the Commerce Ca'

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Articles: Smithsonian boasts mini art

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 03:21 AM

	With a magnifying glass, a viewer can make out individual blossoms on Mimi Hegler's "Hydrangeas," a 3-by-4-inch painting that is among 1,122 tiny artworks on view at the Smithsonian Institution's Ripley Center International Gallery. Read full article: 'Smithsonian boasts mini art'

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Articles: A century after its creation, the Catskill Park offers a wilderness experience a

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 03:19 AM

	They were the Medici family, the "Masters of Florence" who made their city the European center of art and culture and helped usher in the Renaissance. Read full article: 'A century after its creation, the Catskill Park offers a wilderness experience a'

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Articles: Catskill Park celebrates 100 years

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 03:18 AM

	A heavy haze blankets the valleys. Neighboring Catskill peaks poke through, looking green and gauzy. Nothing but trees are visible all around. Yet a spry hiker with a car at the trailhead could be ordering a cup of coffee within 90 minutes. Read full article: 'Catskill Park celebrates 100 years'

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Articles: Connecticut aims to draw summer visitors

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 03:15 AM

	To keep things interesting and to lure people for a return visit, the region's family and gambling attractions -- Mystic Seaport, Mystic Aquarium, Mohegan Sun, Foxwoods and others -- are adding fresh programs and facilities. Read full article: 'Connecticut aims to draw summer visitors'

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Articles: Virginia: Shore town's charm attracting artists, tourists

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 03:13 AM

Major tourist development has largely skipped over the Eastern Shore and its low-lying, marshy string of barrier islands, leaving the remote peninsula thinly populated and much as it might have been two centuries ago. Farmers continue to till the sandy earth for soybeans, tomatoes and green beans, while watermen trawl the Chesapeake Bay for crabs and fish, as they have for generations.

Read full article: 'Virginia: Shore town's charm attracting artists, tourists'

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Articles: It's all downhill from here

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 - 04:03 AM

	THE Belgian trekker wears a T-shirt emblazoned with kitsch zebra caricatures, bought at the market. Read full article: 'It's all downhill from here'

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Articles: Hit the road

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 - 04:01 AM

	From Birdsville to Oodnadatta and across Nullarbor, there are many ways to experience this vast land by road Read full article: 'Hit the road'

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Articles: Where the warrior rests

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 - 03:58 AM

	The first thing you notice about the Rainbow Warrior is just how colourful it is – which is quite apt, when you think about it. Read full article: 'Where the warrior rests'

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