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Galapagos Entrance Fee Doubled: Protection and Tourism Control

09/25/08 23:31

Though tourism plays a big role in the economic progress of a country through the incoming taxes and and revenues derived from the tourists to a particular "hot spot", it not always beneficial to the protection and preservation of a that place. This holds true with the Galapagos Islands, as a high demand of tourists are expected to arrive at the country because of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin, who theorized his theory of evolution after he visited the Galapagos. For more details and other reliable news you can visit the permalink here.

News: Galapagos entry fees to double

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Stories of Quito

It always feels good to hear good stories about a certain place straight from those expats themselves rather from those travel agencies whose goal is to get you a trip. At least you are assured (to a certain degree) that a place is as good as what you thought it to be.

Let us have a look at the real Quito by reading this blog post by an expat in the city.

News: From Quito with love

The Memorable South American Ride

South America is one of the best tourist destination on the globe. It offers many historical and breath-taking sceneries with a perfect blend of the city life and nature rolled into one country. There are many ways of enjoying the country and one of this is by acquiring bus tour services. One tourist had a memorable experience via the "Rosita" tourist bus and this is what you can read in his travel log here.

News: Seeing South America in a big yellow bus is a blast

Ecuador's Banana Conflict

Ecuador, the world's leading banana exporter is now facing an economical battle against the World Trade Organization and the European Union. The battle concerns about Ecuador, imposing trade and exportation of banana to the European Union. The European Union strongly disagrees with Ecuador's monopoly on the fruit and will appeal to the WTO ruling against it. Details of the news and more can be read here.

News: Freshinfo | Registration & Accounts

IHG enters Ecuador

The world's largest hotel group in terms of number of rooms has finally entered the Ecuadorian market.

IHG, through its Latin American arm, announced that its 12-storey Holiday Inn Express hotel in the capital of Ecuador, Quito, has finally opened. This marks the group entry to the Ecuadorian market.

The hotel will be managed by local hotel operator Plushotel S.A. through a license agreement between the two parties. Find out more information about this recent development here in this news website.

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