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The Travel & Tourism Game

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Travel Association, 2.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 can be attributed to travel and tourism. Total domestic and international inbound traveler spending in the U.S. million directly in the travel industry and 6.8 Domestic travel spending directly supported 7.7 By the BF Staff.

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More than a million travellers visit the Maldives each year. Here’s what they don’t see

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There are not too many airports in the world where you can walk outside the terminal at 10pm, cross the road and board a speedboat, a la James Bond. Our hotel is surrounded by pastel houses – blue, pink, green – with hand-drawn carts parked on the sandy street in front of some of them. While more than 1.5 TO THE ISLAND.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: A Green.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Kelly Hart has been involved with green building concepts for much of his life. Green Electrical Contracting. Super-Insulated Houses. Green Guidelines and Certification for your Home. A Green Infrastructure Unlocks Several Successful Environmental Initiatives.

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Location Focus: Illinois – Trying to Make Headway in Every Way

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It is administered by the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) and offers $7,500 in down-payment assistance with an interest rate as low as 3.75 In addition to driving the housing market, first-time homebuyers also invest in furnishings, appliances and home goods. Quinn launched the Welcome Home Illinois program in April.

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Train travel in Europe: 10 of the best slow train journeys

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Was it the swimming, the sunshine, the beach or – and I would have put my house on this – eating ice cream every day? Growing public awareness of air travel’s environmental cost is clearly a factor, but more important is the extent of Europe’s rail network. “The sleeper train,” said the oldest.

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Kengo Kuma, the architect behind Tokyo’s new and controversial Olympic National Stadium

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Kengo Kuma is Japan’s architect of the moment and his building housing SunnyHills – the Tokyo home of a revered Taiwanese tropical fruit cake – could easily be mistaken for the headquarters of the Japanese chapter of the Pick Up Sticks Society. THE BAMBOO WALL HOUSE, COMMUNE BY THE GREAT WALL, CHINA. TRIP NOTES.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Indiana — More And More Roads Are Leading To “The Crossroads Of America”

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Recently you may have heard that Indianapolis International Airport is offering daily nonstop flights to both Los Angeles and San Francisco. This development is fantastic news for West Coast travelers coming to Indiana, as well as nonstop connectivity for Hoosiers to L.A. By Dominique Cantelme. From the September/October 2013 issue.

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