Travelography #109: Hawaii - Tourism Troubles in Paradise

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Three news stories from Hawaii this week, all oif which are related. First, Hawaii's travel arrivals dropped last year (2007) about 1.2% from the previous year (2006), mostly due to the economic crisis in the US mainland. This year is likely to be flat, as well.

Residents across the islands are complaining about the impacts of illegal vacation rentals on their communities. The second story talks about this issue on Kauai, which is trying to keep its rural character in the face of growing tourism pressures. The third story covers the same issue on Oahu, which banned vacation rentals many years ago.

Photo of rural northern Kauai (by Alan A. Lew).

All of today's stories come from eTurboNews.com.

NaPodPoMo - Travelography 2.0 - Daily Podcast Challenge - Week 4

For 29 November 2007- First Impressions of Oulu, Finland

Pretty slow internet connection here at the university, but with patience it works and I did get today's podcasts posted on Utterz. Sunrise was a 9:30 am this morning, well after the conference had started; sunset was at 2:30 pm. It is now 4pm and pitch dark outside. Seems like I should be getting ready for bed now -- probably the jetlag. At our downtown hotel, stores are be open until 9 pm and the snow-packed streets are busy with shoppers.

Additional postings about my trip and conference are at http://twitter.com/alew

For 27 November 2007 - Flying by Car to Phoenix - My morning flight was canceled, so I had to drive to Phoenix to make my connecting flight!

Travelography #87: Top 10 Travel Destinations: US, Food and Honeymoons

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Three recent Top 10 Lists

• Top 10 US Destinations
• Top 10 World Foodie Cities
• Top 10 Honeymoon Destinations ... and more

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• Man-made attractions trump Grand Canyon as top tourist draws
• Hungry? The best cities for foodies
• Italy No. 1 honeymoon spot
• Geography for Travelers - this site
• Travelography News on Twitter
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Travelography #65: Oasis Air Deals, MySpace Break, Voluntourism + Food Tours

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Hong Kong's Oasis Air will start trans-Pacific budget flights this summer. MySpace.com is hosting Spring Break parties in FL and TX. Volunteer tourism is boosting the economies of coastal Louisiana and Mississippi. And Food Tourism is emerging as one the hottest new niche travel markets.

Asia's discount airlines reach for the West

MySpace is Officially Taking Over the World

www.myspace.com/myspringbreak

Katrina 'voluntourists' make labor a vacation

Traveling to eat: Food tourism grows in USA

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