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Here’s a big resource-rich country, which was a basket case before it even became a country and has pretty much stayed that way. It seemed worth a visit even if it was on all the “don’t go” lists, writes Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet

Forget Oprah — she was so 2010 — the big buzz word in tourism is now gamblers. The bigger the better. And the big high rollers are in Asia. James Packer and other Australia casino operators want a piece.

Tourism is the third biggest export earner for Greece, but this year has been, well almost, a catastrophe, writes Crikey reader Tony Barrell.

Tourism leaders are meeting in Brisbane to discuss the future of eco-tourism. Exposing the rorts in promoting eco-friendly destinations would be a better start, writes Tom Neal Tacker.

A stereotypical approach to enticing visitors to Australia by hauling in the usual suspects such as a roll call of hoary Aussie icons and a few cultural moments has run its race, writes Tom Neal Tacker.

A clever use of Google maps, showing a colour coded world map with the top tourist hot spots. Hot tip: if you want to avoid the crowds, skip everywhere in Western Europe.

Australia’s latest tourism campaign is all about you. And the crowd-sourced photos you’re making freely available. What rights do you give up in return for helping promote Australia? Elizabeth Redman asks the experts.

Peter Garrett was the heroic rock star, the environmental warrior. Now he launches the tourism master plan for the Kakadu National Park. When did Garrett become the hapless travelling salesman flogging Brand Australia? asks Elizabeth Farrelly.

The New York Times’ take on how to kill 36 hours in the Harbour City: climb the bridge, eat at Rockpool, swim at Manly and stay at the Park Hyatt. Yawn.

One of the most confronting things about travelling in a developing country like India is the poverty that gets up in your face asking for change. But should you support a begging culture? asks Scott Bridges.

Why do some tourists go on holiday to foreign locations and then turn into total ars*holes when things are different than they are at home? Scott Bridges feels ashamed on behalf of The Rest Of The World.

Cruise company Royal Caribbean has come under some heavy scrutiny for continuing to take tourists to Haiti after last week’s earthquake. But could their tourist dollars be exactly what the impoverished nation needs in its darkest hour?

In Tunisia, wedged between Algeria and Libya on Africa’s Mediterranean coast, President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali’s heavily Photoshopped image is everywhere, writes Grant Doyle.

A bill is being proposed to let US citizens to travel to Cuba. But would American tourists help bring democracy and much needed tourist dollars to Cuban citizens or would it be just the Cuban government that benefits?

Five years after the tsunami devastated Banda Aceh, Indonesia, grief tourism is beginning. A new commemorative museum has opened and washed up boats are serving as tourist attractions.

An increase in mosquitoes, thanks to rising tourism, may be putting the unique animals of the Galápagos Islands at risk of extinction. Further evidence of natural selection?

The Eiffel Tower isn’t enough. Smile ambassadors have been hired to promote Paris and prove it’s not full of snooty Frenchmen, in light of dropping tourist numbers.