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Tours4Fun “Best of Summer” Travel Photo Contest Has Begun

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Get out your cameras travelers. The Tours4Fun “Best of Summer” Travel Photo Contest has officially begun and the competition will definitely be fierce this year. The submission period began on August 1st and voting will start September 1st. Only photos of landscapes will be accepted, so break out those digital cameras and catch that breathtaking shot of a sunset on the water or a panoramic view from a mountain top. Make your entry an original though, copies or manipulated images will be rejected.

Tours del Gran Cañón, Yellowstone Tours

Obama to Visit Yellowstone and Grand Canyon on Fee-Free Weekend

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President Obama and his family will be visiting two of America’s premier national parks during the fee-free weekend of August 15 and 16. On Saturday, they will take in the sights at Yellowstone National Park and on Sunday they’ll participate in a short Grand Canyon tour. The visits are part of the administration’s push to get Americans to take more of an interest in visiting our national parks. 

Tours del Gran Cañón, Washington D.C. Tours, Yellowstone Tours

Recession Brings about an Increase in “Staycations” Around the World

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The recession has created a new word in the travel industry. “Staycation” is a term being used to describe those vacations that are being taken within one’s home country instead of traveling abroad. With worldwide concerns over finances, violence, and swine flu outbreaks many are choosing to stay close to home this year. This has led to an increase in domestic tourism in the United States, Europe and Japan.

Tours de las Cataratas de Niagara

Top Five Plunges Over Niagara Falls

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August 4, 2009 – A Niagara man was prevented from jumping into the Niagara River just above the Canadian Horseshoe Falls tonight.

Police reported that he was mentally disturbed and had escaped from the Greater Niagara General Hospital. He was returned to the hospital for further evaluation under the Mental Health Act.

Washington D.C. Tours

Washington DC Tours Focus on August Historical Events

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Did you know that the first national income tax was introduced in Washington DC on August 5, 1861? It was originally initiated to fund the Civil War. This is just one of the many events and occurrences that have happened in the month of August in the US capital. Some of the nation’s most historically significant decisions and actions have taken place in the month of August and Washington DC tours and tour guides are focusing on them so tourists can better understand the history of this great city.

Consejos de Viaje

Top 10 Travel Taboos Around the World

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Most travelers would be worried about the local customs when they travel aboard. The following are the main travel taboos to help you travel without trouble.

1. Chopsticks

There are many stories about chopsticks. In Japan, whatever any reason, you can’t stick chopsticks into the rice bowl and then leave away, because it’s an omen of unlucky and it makes Japanese associate as gravestones. By the way, using one end which you put into your month to pick up food into your bowl is though as a rude behavior, you should use the other end. In China and other countries, it’s impolite to point to other people with chopsticks. 

Tours del Gran Cañón

Appeals Court Upholds Right to Use Motorized Rafts in Grand Canyon

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July 27, 2009 – The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, upholding an earlier judgment of the United States District Court, found in favor of the National Parks Service in the “River Runners for Wilderness” case. The suit was filed in March 2006 as a challenge to the NPS Colorado River Management Plan (CRMP), part of which allows the use of motorized rafts in the Grand Canyon. The original decision was rendered by Arizona District Judge David G. Campbell in November of 2007.

Viajes Turísticos

Top 10 Soul-Stirring Scenic Platforms

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Architects designed many high-spot scenic platforms, in order to let travelers view the spectacular and fascinating sceneries of the nature from high spots.

The following top 10 are definitely the superior masterpieces.

Top 1: Dachstein Skywalk, Austria

Dachstein Skywalk, known as “Balcony of the Alps”, is literally enthroned at 2.700m sea level, on the very top of the 250 m straight vertical falling rocks of the Hunerkogel. A 360-Degree panorama provides visitors with a view to Slovenia in the south and to the Czech Repulic in the North. The height above sea level of Dachstein Skywalk surpassed Niagara Falls and Iguazu Falls.

Yellowstone Tours

Yellowstone Makes the Top Five on National Parks List

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Recent numbers released by the National Parks service show Yellowstone tours as the fourth most popular of all the national parks tours with 2,870,295 people visiting there last year. The top three were Great Smoky Mountains (9,289,215), Grand Canyon (4,279,439) and Yosemite (3,242,644). Olympic National Park rounded out the top five with 2,749,197 visitors. There are a total of one hundred forty seven national parks in the United States, so most residents have one within driving distance of their home.

Tours Europeas

Europe a Wide Open Place for Tourists

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If you are wondering where you want to take your August vacation this year and you haven’t been to Europe yet you really should consider going. Europe is wide open and much safer than the media would have you believe. As a matter of fact, most European countries are going out of their way to attract American tourist dollars. Tourist bureaus have incentive packages available and hotels and travel agencies are offering some of the lowest rates ever for lodging and airfare.

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