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Featured Site:
U.S. Department of State – Travel and Living Abroad Resources http://www.state.gov/travel/
Adventure Travel, General Travel and Tourism News & Resources:
All Africa – Travel & Tourism News http://allafrica.com/travel/
Asia Travel Tips/Latest News http://www.asiatraveltips.com/LatestTravelNews.htm
eTurbo News www.eturbonews.com
CNN Travel www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/
The (London) Times – Travel http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,10209,00.html
Los Angeles Times – Travel http://www.latimes.com/travel/?track=mainnav-travel
MSNBC Travel www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032123/?ta=y
New York Times – Travel http://travel.nytimes.com/pages/travel/index.html
Travel Daily News www.traveldailynews.com/
Travel Mole www.travelmole.com
Travel News Europe www.travelnewseurope.com
Travel Trade Gazette Middle East & African Edition www.ttgme.com/cy
Travel Weekly East www.travelweeklyeast.com
www.travelworldnews.com
Travel Trade Online www.traveltrade.com
USA Today – Travel http://www.usatoday.com/travel
U.S. Department of State http://usembassy.state.gov/
Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/travel/?nav%3Dleft&sub=new
Policy, Education and Associated Resources:
Institute for Policy Studies, Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development http://www.ips-dc.org/ecotourism/
Public Relations/Publicity:
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) http://www.prsa.org
Travel Writer/Journalist Resources:
North American Travel Journalists Association [NATJA] http://www.natja.org
Outdoor Writers Association of America http://owaa.org
Outdoor Writers Association of California (OWAC) http://www.owac.org
Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) http://www.satw.org
Travel, Outdoors & Tourism Industry Association Links:
American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) http://www.amga.com/
America Outdoors http://www.americaoutdoors.org
Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO) http://www.aito.co.uk
The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) http://www.abta.com
Association of Canadian Travel Agengies (ACTA) http://www.acta.ca
American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) http://www.affta.com
The American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) http://www.astanet.com
Archaeological Institute of America http://www.archaeological.org
CANAECO, the national Ecotourism Chamber of Costa Rica www.canaeco.org
CESD www.ecotourismcesd.org
CrossSphere [formerly known as the National Tour Association (NTA)] http://www.crosssphere.com
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) http://www.cruising.org
Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA) http://www.dema.org
European Tour Operators Association (ETOA) http://www.etoa.org
European Tourism Trade Fairs Association (ETTFA) http://www.ettfa.org
forum anders reisen (forum travel differently) of Germany www.forumandersreisen.de
Green Globe 21 http://www.greenglobe21.com/
International Air Transport Association (IATA) http://www.iata.org
International Council of Cruise Lines (ICCL) http://www.iccl.org
International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTW) http://www.ifwtwa.org/
International Galapagos Tour Operators Association (IGTOA) http://www.igtoa.org/
International Hotel and Restaurant Association http://www.ih-ra.com/
International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPTT) http://www.iipt.org/
International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) http://www.ishc.com
National Tourism Foundation (NTF) http://www.ntfonline.org/ntfonline/
Native Energy www.nativeenergy.com
The Nature and Ecotourism Accreditation Program (NEAP) of Ecotourism Australia www.ecotourism.org.au/neap
Outdoor Industry Association http://www.outdoorindustry.org
Pacific Asia Travel Association http://www.pata.org/
Rainforest Alliance www.rainforest-alliance.org/tourism
responsibletravel.com www.responsibletravel.com
Ski Tour Operators Association http://www.skitops.com
SnowSports Industries America http://www.snowsports.org
Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) http://www.sgma.com
Sustainable Travel International (STI) http://www.sustainabletravelinternational.org/
Swedish Ecotourism Association / Nature's Best www.naturensbasta.com
The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) http://www.ecotourism.org/
The Tour Operators' Initiative www.toinitiative.org
Tourism and Travel Research Institue http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ttri/
Travel Agents Association of New Zealand http://www.taanz.org.nz/
Travel Business Roundtable http://www.tbr.org/
Travel Industry Association http://www.tia.org
United States Tour Operators Association http://www.ustoa.com
World Economic Forum http://www.weforum.org/
World Tourism Directory http://www.worldtourismdirectory.com/
World Tourism Organization http://www.world-tourism.org/
World Travel and Tourism Council http://www.wttc.org/
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