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		<title>WHL Group Supports the Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ethan Gelber
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The Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC) is North America’s largest and only conference focusing on sustainability in the tourism industry. Scheduled for 8-10 September 2010, it is fittingly being held in Portland, Oregon (hosted by Travel Portland and Travel Oregon), a leading U.S. city that has been consistently rated &#8216;the most sustainable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Life with the Odula Family on Rusinga Island, Kenya</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sylvia Mohabir
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Fed up with the endless grey and drizzle of a London winter and the monotony of my office job, I decided it was time to finally make my African dream a reality. For some time, I had been entertaining thoughts of roaming the Kenyan savannah on a big-game safari, but I was also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Responsible Safari Company in Malawi Lives Up to its Name</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 08:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kate Ward and Natasha Robinson
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Malawi-based The Responsible Safari Company (TRSC) just got even more responsible. A partnership with the United Nations Millennium Villages Project (MVP) in the country&#8217;s southern Zomba District has created a unique ecotourism program that lets visitors experience firsthand how the UN&#8217;s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are being implemented in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Local Travel Opportunity in South Africa around the World Cup</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ethan Gelber
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The clock&#8217;s ticking. Every hour we move closer to 4pm South Africa time on 11 June 2010, when the World Cup 2010 kicks off in Johannesburg&#8217;s Soccer City Stadium. The anticipation is palpable, but so is the growing frustration and sometimes anger about the absurd room rates and out-of-focus travel opportunities in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PEPY Magic: Under an NGO Spell in Rural Cambodia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Laura Pepper
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I had no idea that a trip with PEPY would have such an impact on my life. Well, actually that&#8217;s a slight lie. The friend who had recommended the Cambodia-based NGO to me had warned that it would, but I didn&#8217;t quite believe it. After all, I had volunteered before, I had travelled [...]]]></description>
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