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Outdoor recreation has larger economic impact than mining or agriculture

Get your selfie stick out. Kamila Kudelska, Wyoming Public Media: The new study by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis showed that outdoor recreation accounted for two percent of the entire U.S. economy in 2016. And Tara Highfill, a research economist at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, said two percent is […]

Tourist numbers in Europe returned to pre-Covid levels, with especially high demand from North American travellers

France 24 » As tourists have returned to Europe en masse, familiar stories of misbehaviour have come with them. A tourist from the UK said he was “unaware” of how old Rome’s Colosseum was when he was filmed carving his and his girlfriend’s names into the 2,000-year-old amphitheatre in July. Italy’s deputy prime minister in August branded a group […]

Mali drops French as an official language

With its new constitution, Mali has dropped French, which has been the country’s official language since 1960. Ironically, the constitution that demoted French as an official language, is written in French. The decision comes at a time of growing anti-France sentiments across West Africa due to its perceived military and political interference. Washington Post » […]

Kosovo takes ‘historic step’ towards joining Council of Europe

Euronews The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe “transmitted for opinion” Kosovo’s membership application to its Parliamentary Assembly, though it is unknown when this verdict will be delivered. The Council of Europe is an international organisation founded after World War II to protect human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. […]

Israel opens embassy in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Rina Bassist, Al-Monitor » Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen visited Turkmenistan on Thursday to inaugurate Israel’s embassy in Ashgabat, as the country considers opening an embassy in Israel. Cohen arrived to Turkmenistan Wednesday evening after a two-day visit to Azerbaijan, and was received at the Ashgabat airport by Turkmenistan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Berdyniyaz Myatiev. It […]

Top hiking trails in the Caribbean

The Caribbean is not widely known as a hiking destination, but Lonely Planet suggests these hiking trails if you want something more than lounging on the beach. Waitukubuli National Trail, Dominica Best long-distance hike » 185km (115 miles) each way Pico Turquino, Cuba Best trekking in Cuba » 22.5-25km (14-16 miles) round trip Mt Christoffel, Curaçao […]

Colombia launches a digital nomad visa

Euronews » “Colombia is thrilled to share with digital nomads the privilege of working from the second most biodiverse country in the world,” Carmen Caballero, President of ProColombia, part of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism said in a statement. “Bogotá, Medellín, Cartagena, Cali, the Coffee Landscape and other destinations offer a variety of […]

Spain, Morocco to open land border crossing next week after being closed for more than 2 years due to COVID-19 restrictions

Ashifa Kassam, Associated Press » The land borders between Morocco and Spain’s North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla will reopen next week, Spain said Thursday, after being closed for more than two years due to COVID-19 restrictions and tensions between the two countries. Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told reporters the reopening will start […]

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