Travelography #97 - Great Wall of Sand, 750 mi. Golf Course, and Cold War Tours

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Stories in today's podcast include: (1) Growing sand storms are eroding away the Great Wall of China; (2) Australia building 750 mile / 1200 km long golf course; (3) US National Park Service offering nuclear reactor tours in Washington State; and (4) New tour of life in a Communist town in Poland.

Main Story Links:

Sandstorms Are Eroding Great Wall, China Says

Australia will fund world's longest golf course

Nuclear reactor a tourist hot spot

Poland's showcase of communism becomes offbeat tourist draw Other Related Links:

Geography for Travelers (this website)

Travelography News on Twitter

NaPodPoMo (National Podcast Post Month)

Travelography 2.0 on Utterz.com

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G4T #17: Travel and Tourism In China

This week's podcast is focused exclusively on China, including all of the news items, and a discussion of the history of the Great Wall of China. [Click on the title above to download the podcast mp3 file.]

Special Thanks to Tek at the 3Minutes in Shanghai podcast, whose podcast on the China National Day 2005 "Golden Week" is included at the end of my podcast (it takes up the last 4 minutes of this week's 33 minute podcast).

Here are links to items mentioned on today's podcast:

* Satellite data reveals Beijing as air pollution capital of world - Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/waste/story/0,12188,1605147,00.html
* China's building boom becomes a frenzy - International Herald Tribune (New York Times)
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/10/18/news/boom.php
* China sees substantial increment in its tourism industry during National Day holidays - Travel News Wire
http://www.travelwirenews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000061/006106.htm
* China witnesses surge in tourism revnue, officials says - Travel News Wire
http://www.travelwirenews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000063/006366.htm
* Chinese airlines eye nonstop flights between China and Las Vegas - Travel News Wire
http://www.travelwirenews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000063/006329.htm
* Firm expects outbound Chinese tourists to top 115m - Travel News Wire
http://www.travelwirenews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000059/005919.htm
* Shanghai Living - photo archive for photographer Hu Yang
http://china.shanghartgallery.com/galleryarchive/archives/artist/name/huyang;jsessionid=418B9141949D5C13447A8014441C570D