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Could Chile See a Tourism Bump Thanks to its Rescued Miners?

by Eva Holland | 10.18.10 | 11:52 AM ET

Arthur Frommer thinks so. CNN’s Business 360 blogger agrees:

It would be difficult to put a price on how much the good news exposure will be a boost to Chilean business abroad, tourism at home or even the numbers who will choose a Chilean red over an Australian or French vintage on their way home tonight.

USA Today’s Laura Bly notes that an underground museum may be in the works at the rescue site.

Interview with Michael Scott Moore: ‘Sweetness and Blood’

by Jim Benning | 09.08.10 | 12:32 PM ET

Jim Benning talks with the author of a new travel book about the spread of surfing around the globe

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World Travel Watch: Chile Earthquake Aftermath, Rallies in Bangkok and More

by Larry Habegger | 03.03.10 | 11:01 AM ET

Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news

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Interview With Nicholas Gill: Life in Chaitén, Chile, a Year After the Eruption

by Michael Yessis | 05.29.09 | 10:43 AM ET

Michael Yessis talks to the Frommer's Chile contributor about Chaitén's fate

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Chaitén, Chile: Life After the Eruption

by Nicholas Gill | 05.29.09 | 10:39 AM ET

A year after a volcano began ravaging the Patagonian town, Nicholas Gill looks back at the destruction

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Eight Great Stories on the Travel Writing Life

by World Hum | 04.30.09 | 4:01 PM ET

To mark our eighth anniversary, we've collected eight favorite stories from our archives that explore the wanderlust-inspired literary life

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Please Don’t Hack the Earlobes Off Easter Island’s Big Stone Heads

by Jim Benning | 06.30.08 | 12:46 PM ET

Seriously. Archaeologists and others are worried that surging tourism on Easter Island is bad news for the island’s iconic Moais. We noted that, in March, a Finnish tourist cut an earlobe off one head. It turns out that’s but one of many threats to the big stone heads. “More tourism, more deterioration. More visitors, more loss,” an archaeologist tells the AP.

Arthur Frommer on ‘Touristic Vandalism’

by Eva Holland | 06.09.08 | 12:17 PM ET

In March, we heard about the Finnish tourist who chipped an earlobe off one of Easter Island’s moai. Then, two weeks ago, mystery vandals took a hammer and screwdriver to Stonehenge. Vandalism at major cultural sites is nothing new, but with these recent incidents, it’s had a higher profile lately. In this Globe and Mail story, Arthur Frommer offers a possible solution:

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In Patagonia, In Patagonia

by Tim Patterson | 05.09.08 | 10:00 AM ET

Tim Patterson packs his fleece and long underwear, and enters the Twilight Zone where corporate branding meets the multilayered reality of place.

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Year Off to a Rocky Start for Travelers

by Jim Benning | 01.02.08 | 10:57 AM ET

Where the Roads Diverged

by Catherine Watson | 10.08.07 | 12:23 PM ET

After searching all her life, Catherine Watson felt she'd found home on Easter Island. Then she heard a whisper in her ear: Be careful what you wish for.

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Peru, Chile Clash Over New Map’s Borders

by Michael Yessis | 08.15.07 | 10:19 AM ET

Anyone else got an issue with Chile’s borders? Last year we noted that Argentina produced a tourist map claiming a disputed area with Chile. Now Peru has published a map in its official newspaper, El Peruano, that encroaches on what Chile believes is its “fishing-rich portion of the Pacific Ocean,” reports the AP. The dispute, according to the story, stems “from a war fought more than 120 years ago.” That would be the War of the Pacific, in which Chile captured, among other things, Bolivia’s former coastline. It’s becoming a big issue. Chile has already summoned its ambassador from Peru, and Peru has plans to bring the issue to The Hague’s International Court of Justice.

Four Tiki Books: James Teitelbaum’s Picks

by Jim Benning | 08.03.07 | 10:43 AM ET