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		<title>Authenticity, Giving Back, and the Awkward Case of Indigenous Tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Petrak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="127" src="http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Aupaluk-Dan3-300x127.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Authenticity, Giving Back, and the Awkward Case of Indigenous Tourism" title="Authenticity, Giving Back, and the Awkward Case of Indigenous Tourism" style="float:right;" />As tourism destinations and products become increasingly interchangeable, local aboriginal cultures have become a key differentiator to remain competitive. This raises many questions on how indigenous groups and the tourism industry can best work together for a greater good. By Daniel Kreuger, Puddle Jump Consulting Dan has been working as a senior advisor for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reduce Hunger, Visit Chiapas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Murray Bartholomew</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=10908</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="220" src="http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/atws2011-Murray-Bartholomew-1-300x220.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Reduce Hunger, Visit Chiapas" title="Reduce Hunger, Visit Chiapas" style="float:right;" />I’ve heard it said that our generation has the power to end starvation for the first time in history. One needn’t travel far away to understand that this goal will be no easy task. I’m here in Chiapas, a state in southern Mexico, and through our trip we have seen widespread poverty.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Live a Little&#8221; Campaign Aims to Lift Americans Out of Economic Gloom with Recreation Boom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ATN Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tough economic times have left their mark on the national psyche, creating a psychological depression, if not an economic one. Joe Robinson, author of the new book, DON’T MISS YOUR LIFE (Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-47012-1; November 2010), says we can shift out of gloom and doom with a resource our forebears used to get them through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Championing the Soul of Travel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Petrak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="223" src="http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Screen-shot-2010-08-17-at-11.27.32-AM-300x223.png" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Championing the Soul of Travel" title="Championing the Soul of Travel" style="float:right;" />“Meet us off the beaten path, at the confluence of journey and destination, where the heart of the traveler meets the soul of the place.”

So begins the story line of the 2010 catalog of our company, Off the Beaten Path, as it goes about describing our program and services for the prospective traveler.

It also begins my reflection on travel—where it is today, what its place is in the future of our planet, its peoples and its cultures, and, what is really meant by “heart” and “soul” regarding travel.]]></description>
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		<title>In This Economy, Industry Vets Concur: “Don’t worry about the wind; adjust the sails.”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are no two ways around it: It’s time to, “Adjust the Sails”. So says adventure travel professionals possessing decades of experience who have weathered the worst tempests to date who’ve recently borrowed from that now infamous Ted Turner quote. It’s been said that the two most important drivers of adventure travel business is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion &#8211; Social Media: Wake Up and Smell The Engagement!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Chris Noble of World Nomads has LEPT out in a big way with the ATTA before, during and now post 2008 Adventure Travel World Summit as a fresh voice, forward leaning, and truly tapping into innovative programs that can make a difference and that illustrate savvy marketing sense. I encourage you to read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon Offsets: Paying off Unsustainable Life Styles or Investing in Sustainability</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AdventureTravelNews welcomes opinion editorials &#8211; submit to editor@adventuretravel.biz Editor&#8217;s Note: ATTA offers a free Webinar on Carbon Offsets on May 15th&#8230;read more&#62;&#62; Michael Kaye, President &#38; CEO/Founder Costa Rica Expeditions May 12, 2008 In October 1980, a  couple of years after I started Costa Rica Expeditions, a reporter from The Tico Times, Costa Rica&#8217;s English [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon Credits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ATN Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carbon Credits By Gordy Petersen, Owner, San Juan Suites in Friday Harbor, Washington You may be a conflicted traveler. You love to jet off to exotic locations, kayak on pristine waters, hike in the old growth forests, and sail with the wind at your back. You love the freedom and benefits of living in this [...]]]></description>
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