Famous rapper and Tamil Tiger daughter MIA is very angry at the New York Times for listing Sri Lanka as the top destination to go on vacation in 2010.
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johnpi
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Egypt’s ‘marriage (sex) tourism’ problem:
The marriages last any amount of time, from a couple of hours to years. Often they are simply a pretext for the man to have sex with the girl legally, while sometimes the man will take the girl back to his country, where they often serve as maids to other wives.
Last week, Moushira Khattab, the new minister of family and population, launched a campaign against underage marriages to Arab tourists in the villages of Cairo’s 6th of October Province, about 40 kilometres south of the city, known for their high levels of poverty and unemployment and where marriage tourism is rife.
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thabet
Gangs from North Africa, the Balkans and the Caucasus have been blamed for muggings and assaults of tourists from the Gulf states who are seen as rich pickings:
(Via Islam in Europe.)
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johnpi
Arab investors to build ‘Arab cities’ in Malaysia.
Malacca chief minister Mohamad Ali Rustam reportedly said the project, due for completion by 2012, will attract more Middle Eastern tourists and give locals a chance to experience Arabic culture.
Arab tourists spend on average 10 times more than other tourists, according to recent reports on Malaysian tourism that showed an increasing number of Muslim Middle Eastern tourists are seeking “halal tourism” in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei while avoiding the U.S. and Europe because of post Sept. 11, 2001 stereotyping and racial profiling.
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Travel operators in the Middle East are being encouraged to boost ‘religious tourism’.
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muse
A call for Muslims to better understand the struggle of Native Hawaiians. There are 45 tourists for every person of Hawaiian heritage on the islands. That’s incredible. But seems about right from what I remember from my visit.
Haunani-Kay Trask’s From a Native Daughter: Colonialism & Sovereignty in Hawai’ describes tourism as “cultural prostitution.” What do you guys think about that? I think its a harsh description, but accurate. I remember feeling suffocated by the tourist culture in Luxor, Egypt, making it my least favorite place there.
