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		<title>PURAVERA S.L.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PURAVERA&#8216;s mission focuses on the Sustainable Development of the Region of Comarca de la Vera (Caceres-Spain), mainly through the promotion of responsible rural tourism projects and local business support to increase employment in the area. The ultimate goal is to position the region of La Vera as a Responsible Rural Tourism destination. The region of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Ship Expedition Cruise Company Ecoventura Raises $12,000 to Help the World Wildlife Fund Combat Illegal Fishing in the Galapagos</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Give Back to the Galapagos Promotion Ends in Success New Discount Incentives Offered on Select Cruise Dates MIAMI – The visionary, small-ship travel company Ecoventura announced that a recent promotion has raised $12,000 to help fund, among other things, a satellite vessel monitoring system to combat illegal commercial fishing operating clandestinely in protected Galapagos waters. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One out of every 16 Americans works in travel and tourism related industries</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ATN Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the U.S. Department of Commerce/Office of Travel &#038; Tourism Industries: One out of every 16 Americans works, either directly or indirectly, in travel and tourism related industries. In 2009, the U.S. travel and tourism industry generated nearly $1.3 trillion in economic output, supported 8.2 million American jobs and accounted for 24 percent of all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outdoor Industry Companies Invited to Test Beta Version of Industry-Wide Environmental Assessment Tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOULDER, COLO.–The Outdoor Industry Association’s Eco Working Group will hold informational sessions during Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City, UT to introduce brands, designers and suppliers to the Beta Phase 1 version of the outdoor industry’s Eco Index and encourage participation in its pilot testing program this fall. The Eco Index pilot program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Committee Passes Bill Securing Funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ATN Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boulder, CO— Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) joined recreation and conservation organizations from across the country in thanking the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee for passing legislation today that will provide dedicated funding for land conservation and outdoor recreation. Under the leadership of Chairman Nick Rahall (D-WV), the committee approved the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel and Tourism Spending in the U.S. Turns Up in First Quarter 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Murray Bartholomew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis Real spending on travel and tourism increased at an annual rate of 3.9 percent in 2010:1, following a decrease of 1.5 percent (revised) in 2009:4. By comparison, real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 3.0 percent (second estimate) in 2010:1 after increasing 5.6 percent in 2009:4. Travel and tourism prices increased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zipline / Canopy Tour Industry Advances to 24-Hour Reservation Capability</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY – Zipline and canopy tour operations, the fastest growing segment of the adventure travel world, are expected to increase by 41 percent this summer for a total of 120 operations in the US and Canada, according to ZiplineNirvana. With newcomers to the playing field popping up exponentially, Resmark Systems is becoming the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ZORB® Launches new product – the ZURF</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rotorua, NZ &#8211; ZORB Limited, the New Zealand adventure tourism operator that provides the ZORB experience in New Zealand and overseas, has launched its latest product – the ZURF. After a number of years of fine-tuning the design, ZORB is happy to announce the launch of its latest product, the ZURF – cousin of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journey Mexico Leads the Way with Cultural Travel in Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Murray Bartholomew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A longtime champion of Mexico’s off-the-beaten-path cultural and natural wonders, Journey Mexico is excited to assist Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism with the promotion of Mexico as more than just a “Sun and Sand” destination. JM President, Zachary Rabinor, and Director of Operations, Matteo Luthi, were recently invited by Mexico’s President, Felipe Calderon, to his home, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Butterfield &amp; Robinson Selects Peak 15 Tour Operator Software</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ATN Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO, CA—PEAK 15 Systems announced today that internationally renowned travel company Butterfield &#38; Robinson (B&#38;R) has selected the PEAK 15 tour operator software system as its next generation platform. “We looked at numerous alternatives,” said Erik Blachford, CEO of B&#38;R, “and it became obvious that PEAK 15 was the best solution for us.” Blachford—former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Adventure Travel and Outdoor Recreation Industry Partnerships Yield Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Adventure Travel Trade Association continues to bridge the gap between outdoor and adventure travel industries by fostering three more successful partnerships between outdoor gear manufacturers and adventure destinations. By Nicole Petrak, Assistant Editor, AdventureTravelNews A meeting facilitated by ATTA at the 2009 Adventure Travel World Summit in Quebec has resulted in an in-store and online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation Award: Best Practice Examples in Sustainable Tourism Innovation Wanted</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ATN Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Ecotourism Society’s New Award Recognizes Innovation Leaders Uniting Conservation, Communities and Sustainable Travel WASHINGTON – The International Ecotourism Society (TIES), as part of a series of initiatives commemorating the 20th anniversary of the founding of the world’s oldest and largest association dedicated to promoting ecotourism, has launched the annual Innovation Leadership in Sustainable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on the Situation in Kampala, Uganda</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ATN Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update as reported by ATTA Member Jane Behrend, Director of International Sales for Volcanoes Safaris North America: &#8220;There have been media reports relating to explosions at public places in Kampala, the capital of Uganda on Sunday 11 July, where a number of people are reported to have died. The government is investigating this incident and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Expeditions Honored in Travel + Leisure&#8217;s &#8220;World&#8217;s Best&#8221; Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alabama-Based Company Named To List Of Top Tour Operators &#38; Safari Outfitters Every Year Since 2004 HELENA, Ala. – The readers of Travel + Leisure chose nature travel experts International Expeditions as one of the “Top 10 Tour Operators &#38; Safari Outfitters” in the magazine’s 2010 World’s Best Awards survey. This is the seventh consecutive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>J. Arnold Executive Search</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Travel &#38; Tourism Talent Specialist Janet Arnold, Owner janet@jarnoldsearch.com office: 512-342-1996 Looking for the best and brightest people to enhance your team? Interested in evaluating career options? Janet Arnold brings twenty years of experience in executive search in the travel/tourism sector, with an established reputation for identifying talent and accelerating career paths. Her client [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge (SFEL)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge (SFEL) (registered under Ethiopian business license no: EIA-0L /2358/08) is a socially-oriented Eco-Tourism project in Konso, South Ethiopia, which integrates an Eco-Lodge, model Permaculture farm and gardens, an organic restaurant, a PC design training facility and runs a program of trekking and community based cultural activities. Strawberry Fields has cozy, local-style [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enchanted Expeditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We at Enchanted Expeditions are proudly into our fourth decade of operating high quality tours in the Galapagos Islands and throughout mainland Ecuador. As a result of our experience, coupled with our in-depth knowledge and special expertise in the field, we have been able to nurture an intimate and trusting relationship with the people of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Adventure Consultants Adds New 9-Day Highlights of Egypt Tour To Extensive Portfolio of Cultural Safaris</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Offers Ten Savvy Travel Tips on Vacations to Egypt DENVER, CO – Africa Adventure Consultants announces the addition of Egypt to its already extensive portfolio of special interest safari programs in East, Southern and now Northern Africa. “We’ve been designing custom tours to Egypt on request for years but from the interest we’ve seen we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Continental Airlines Announces New Daily Service From New York Hub To Cairo, Egypt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today announced plans to launch nonstop flights between Newark Liberty and Cairo, Egypt, beginning May 18, 2011, subject to government approval. Cairo, the largest city in Africa and the Middle East, will be the 72nd international destination that Continental serves from its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gap Adventures founder to serve as keynote speaker at Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bruce Poon Tip to address ecotourism, travel sustainability trends at three-day summit Toronto &#8211; Gap Adventures founder Bruce Poon Tip will share his intriguing and visionary insights on ecotourism and sustainability trends when he takes to the stage at the Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2010 (ESTC), in Portland, Oregon, between September 8 and 10. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bike and Hike Specialist Ciclismo Classico Joins Trusted Adventures</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel Alliance Now Serves Nine Distinguished Tour Companies Coeur d&#8217;Alene, Idaho &#8211; Trusted Adventures, an alliance of award-winning travel companies, has added Ciclismo Classico as its newest member. This brings the total to nine independent tour companies now represented by Trusted Adventures. Lauren Hefferon, director and founder of the bicycle and hiking specialist Ciclismo Classico [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save the Serengeti: An ATTA Call to Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[~ A major highway, an international airport, power struggles, development, and human welfare issues &#8211; critical challenges now threaten the very fabric and survival of the Serengeti National Park as we know it. Never before in its history has the world&#8217;s greatest wildlife heritage faced such an uncertain future. ~ Source: SaveTheSerengeti.org On June 21, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JITOA Takes Part in Promoting Um-Al Rassas Archeological Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of The Jordan Inbound Tour Operators Association (JITOA) members participated in a Familiarization (FAM) trip to Um-Al Rassas Ruins located south of Madaba governorate, on Saturday 19th June 2010, to learn about the recent developments carried out by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in cooperation with the Department of Antiquities and funded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USTOA Members See Up Tick in 2010 Vacation Bookings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Murray Bartholomew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surpass Expectations for Domestic and International Travel Decline in &#8220;Staycations&#8221; Reported 90% say business is up since beginning of year 96% say international travel is up 66% see domestic travel bookings up nearly 80% say staycations are waning nearly 60% say dollar’s value affecting international travel The U.S. Tour Operators Association reports that 2010 business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Chris Dodd Backs Peru&#8217;s Claim to Artifacts Taken by Yale University</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to WNPR&#8217;s Diane Orson&#8217; June 7th report featured at www.yourpublicmedia.org and since picked up by the Associated Press, &#8220;Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd was in Latin America last week, speaking with leaders in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru about US relations and the global economic crisis. &#8220;In an interview published online Sunday on the website Peru.com, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cyclone Phet Affects Tourism in Oman &amp; Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to international media outlets, Oman and Pakistan have been hit by a deadly Cyclone, dubbed &#8220;Phet&#8221;, which has left  two dozen dead in its wake. The ATTA will continue to receive updates from its contacts there as the situation hopefully improves. June 6 &#8211; From Eihab Travels: Dear Colleagues, friends, Oman was hit by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Invasive algae threatens Patagonia biodiversity and tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An invasive algae species previously found in parts of New Zealand and North America has been discovered in Futaleufu River, in Chile’s Patagonia Region. Didymosphenia, which looks like paper waste or toilet paper in the water, can have deleriotous effects on the local ecosystem if left untreated because it kills bottom-dwelling insects in the water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore and South Korea partner to increase tourism traffic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via GOVMONITOR South Korea and Singapore have initiated a partnership to increase inbound and outbound tourism between them. A delegation of tourism interests from both countries say they will continue to work in tandem to promote increased traffic as well as facilitate cooperation between travel agencies, ground operators and attractions in each destination, as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazilian Adventure Tourism Association Matures, Contributes to Growth in Segment, Advances Professionalism in Sustainability &amp; Safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABETA aspires to bring together nature and adventure tourism companies, accomplish qualification, and establish new jobs and foreign capital. ABETA (Brazilian Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Trade Association), which has grown to 282 members in 24 Brazilian states and 19 regional commissions and has established itself as one of the Adventure Travel Trade Association’s (ATTA) most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JITOA adopts Jerash Archeological Site for Greener Jerash</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jordan Inbound Tour Operators Association (JITOA) announces the launch of Jerash Adoption Program 2010-2011 on the World Environment Day, 5th of June 2010; under the second phase of JITOA “Don’t mess with Nature” the national tourism environmental initiative. The initiative committee decided to adopt Jerash Archeological site for one year being one of the [...]]]></description>
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