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6) Colorado Tourism Office: agreed upon procedures report, fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
Author
Publisher
BKD
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The first sign of trouble is a Shriner's fez washed up on a Miami beach. The next is a suitcase containing the almost-legless body of the local chamber of commerce president found floating in a canal. . . . The locals are desperate to keep the murders under wraps and the tourist money flowing. But it will take a reporter-turned-private eye to make sense of a caper that mixes football players, politicians, and one very hungry crocodile in this classic...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go into outer space? Soon you might be able to find out! For years, only trained astronauts were allowed to travel through space, but now lots of companies are creating spacecraft that will allow regular people to experience space for themselves. World View Enterprises wants to take people to near space using a helium balloon. And Virgin Galactic has already sold hundreds of tickets for a ride on its...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
By captivating millions during his six-year, fifty-country tenure as the New York Times's "Frugal Traveler," Seth Kugel has become one of our most internationally beloved travel writers. While his famously unassuming journeys around the globe have forged a signature philosophy of whimsy and practicality, they have also revealed the seemingly infinite booby traps of on-the-grid tourism. In a book with widespread cultural reverberations, Kugel takes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Travel and tourism changed drastically with the introduction of air travel and increased safety with other modes of transportation. Economically, tourism is a good thing, but can it be bad for the environment. This book takes a look at some popular travel destinations and the effects the increased travel and tourism has on them.
18) Space tourism
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Describes the training and activities of past space tourists and explores how companies may take tourists to space in the future"--Provided by publisher.
19) Willing: a novel
Author
Publisher
Publishers Group UK [distributor]
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Thirty-seven-year-old freelance writer Avery Jankowsky is devastated when his girlfriend, Deirdre, confesses that she has been having an affair. Beside himself with jealousy and grief, Avery accepts his uncle Ezra's advice-and his tickets to an all-expenses-paid international sex tour. Sensing a white-hot book idea (and a chance to get back at faithless Deirdre), Avery joins a group of mostly wealthy and accomplished travelers on a mad Nordic whirl,...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2022.
Language
English
Description
Grab your passport and get ready to explore 100 cities around the world. This informative travel guide--the next in National Geographic's blockbuster 5,000 Ideas series--takes you from skyscraper-filled concrete jungles to coastal urban oases. You'll find hot tips for the best sights, bites, museums, and more for each location, as well as practical planning advice for when to go and what to expect when you arrive. And there's something in these pages...