Baghdad Plans Ferris Wheel To Boost Tourism (NPR)
Iraq's tourism board aims to promote Baghdad as a fun place to be. There are already plans for a six-star hotel on the Tigris River, golf courses — and now a Ferris wheel. It's inviting proposals for the "Baghdad Eye," which it wants to be taller than the largest Ferris wheel in Europe, the London Eye.
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Olympics: London tourism body attacked over murderer portrait in promo (AFP via Yahoo! News)
London kicked off its preparations for the 2012 Olympics amid controversy Sunday as its tourism body came under fire for featuring a painting of a murderer in a promotional film screened in Beijing.
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London ex-mayor Livingstone meets Venezuela's Chavez (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The leftwing former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, on Wednesday met with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas and agreed to continue to act as an advisor on municipal matters.
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Government should up spending on tourism (Scoop.co.nz)
Air New Zealand is calling on the government to increase its commitment to tourism in the face of softening global demand and travellers’ growing environmental consciousness.
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