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New Yorkers Call on Gov. Cuomo to Protect Thriving Tourism Industry from Fracking

2013-05-08 23:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Outside the summit, New York state residents handed out literature to participants. On the day of Governor Cuomos tourism summit, New York bed-and-breakfasts, wineries and other tourism-related businesses highlighted frackings incompatibility with upstate tourism and called on the governor to protect the states tourism industry by banning fracking. New Yorkers Against Fracking also announced a radio ad running in Albany, emphasizing the risks that fracking poses to the states rural tourism...

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Budget Airline Ryanair Has Figured Out How To Save Greece's Tourism Industry

2013-05-01 18:34:18| Airlines - Topix.net

Ryanair made a bold proposal this week when it claimed increased routes flown by a European low-cost carrier could revive Greece's stagnant tourism industry.

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VIDEO: Will bird flu fears hit Taiwan tourism?

2013-04-30 03:17:56| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

China is heading for the Golden Week holiday, which typically gives Taiwanese tourism a boost - but an outbreak of bird flu threatens to disrupt the flow.

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Green tourism: Reducing the carbon footprint of holidaymakers

2013-04-17 17:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Each year our desire to get away from it all contributes to around 5% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. Ignoring the impact of tourism on the environment would be equivalent to ignoring the carbon emissions of a developed industrialised nation. This is why Dr Janet Dickinson and Dr Viachaslau Filimonau from Bournemouth University's School of Tourism are working on ways to reduce the carbon footprint of holidaymakers. Rather than developing punitive taxes or penalties, the research is...

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