Monday, November 05, 2007

Travelograpy #96:Cruise Rapes and Pollution, and What Loch Ness Monster?

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Today's Stories:
- Sexual assaults on North American cruise ships are much higher than in US overall.
- The US EPA is sued for not regulating air pollution from ocean ships, including cruise lines.
- Tourists are cancel their trips as Iceland resume whaling.
- Shy Loch Ness Monster has Scotland's tourism industry worried.

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2 comments:

Craig said...

Whaling is certainly something that makes me really angry.

Traditional rights? Sure - fish in traditional ways: I want to see canoes and harpoons without electronics or tempered steel.

And I was going to visit Iceland next year too...

Alan A. Lew said...

Greenpeace is trying to use the promise of tourism to change the whale hunting policy of Iceland. You can sign their petition here: http://activism.greenpeace.org/iceland/