Is Antarctica’s Fragile Ecosystem at Risk From Tourists? Destinations Pulse for March 31, 2016
Destination & Tourism Janeen Christoff March 31, 2016

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Was the Oman Oasis project fake? According to Oman’s minister of tourism, the project does not exist. The project was proposed at a press conference in April of last year and news reports discussed the proposal but an investigation has revealed it was never in the works.
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Iceland is so cool these days that some states (we are talking about you, Rhode Island) are “mistakenly” using footage of the island nation to promote themselves to tourists – despite looking nothing like the northern nation.
How will the hijacked EgyptAir flight impact Egyptian tourism? The tourism industry has been hit hard by a number of other incidents and travel to the country is on decline. Will this latest incident make the situation even worse?
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