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Tourism at a Tipping Point: How the World—and India—Are Grappling with Over-Tourism
ETTravelWorld.com
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July 15, 2025
Image credit - iStock-2059000948 In 2024 alone, Europe welcomed over 747 million international visitors, according to the UN World Tourism Barometer. Southern and Western Europe accounted for the lion’s share—over 70%—highlighting the intense...
The Sarvato, Jaipur joins the Relais & Chateaux family
ETHospitalityWorld.com
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July 15, 2025
For nearly three centuries, the City Palace complex has stood at the heart of the ‘Pink City’: Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. The Palace, which continues to be the residence of the Royal Family of Jaipur, including king Sawai Padmanabh Singh,...
Should you boycott the US? The 20 biggest questions in travel right now
The Sydney Morning Herald
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June 15, 2025
Hauf says the best practice is for carbon emissions to be removed or reduced where they are generated, if possible. If we must fly, “carbon removal through carbon-offset projects is a crucial part of the global emissions reduction journey, not...
Forty years after the Rainbow Warrior, justice still waits
Independent Australia
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As France rebrands itself as a climate and ocean leader, Pacific civil society reminds the world of its unrepented nuclear legacy and unfinished colonial business, writes Dave Sweeney. FORTY YEARS AGO this week, the quiet of Auckland Harbour was...
Rimatara Group in Enuamanu for cultural exchange program
Cook Island News
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May 19, 2025
A group of 32 visitors from Rimatara. NICOLEA MATEARIKI/ 25051645 A group of 32 visitors from Rimatara in French Polynesia has arrived on Atiu for a cultural exchange program. The group was welcomed by the Kōrero o te ‘Ōrau’s ‘Ātui’anga ki te...
The World’s 15 Most Breathtaking Island Destinations
Go World Travel Magazine - Colorado
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May 19, 2025
Discover the most beautiful islands in the world. Image by Asad Photo Maldives from Pexels via Canva If you’ve ever seen an island on a postcard or a screensaver featuring a perfect patch of sand, rustling palms and a breathtaking view of the...
Twenty spectacular destinations best seen by ship
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 12, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size This article is part of Traveller’s Holiday Guide to ocean cruising.See all stories. There are...
Forty years after the Rainbow Warrior bombing, activists sti...
Modern Ghana
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Forty years ago this week, the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior was sunk by two bombs planted by French secret service operatives. The bombing, which killed photographer Fernando Pereira, was intended to halt Greenpeace's campaign against French...
Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: New Caledonia, How to Overcome the Geopolitical Impasse?
The Diplomat
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July 4, 2025
As Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his visits to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore – where he delivered the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue at the end of May – the French president reaffirmed the Indo-Pacific’s strategic importance for both...
US Allies in Europe Project Aircraft Carrier Power Near China
Newsweek
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July 11, 2025
European NATO members have projected naval power into the Indo-Pacific through aircraft carrier deployments in recent years, as China—a European Union trading partner and U.S. rival—undergoes a military buildup, challenging Washington and its...
Ponant Explorations Group’s Belinda Hindmarsh on the recently rebranded cruise line’s focus for the future
KARRYON
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May 12, 2025
Originally from New Zealand and now based in Rome, Belinda Hindmarsh was in Australia to catch up with the cruise line’s Asia-Pacific team and to brief media on the France-based company’s latest acquisitions and its renewed focus on less-visited...
Island nations unite for global marine conservation efforts
St. Vincent Times
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June 12, 2025
Sub-National Island Jurisdictions Announce Creation of International Coalition to Increase Representation, Access to Climate Finance Representatives from Sub-National Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs) have highlighted the outsized impact their...
Sub-National Island Jurisdictions Announce Creation of International Coalition to Increase Representation, Access to Climate Finance
Win Media SKN
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June 12, 2025
June 11th, 2025; NICE – Representatives from Sub-National Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs) have highlighted the outsized impact their communities are having on global marine conservation efforts, while also suffering from limited representation at...
Surfing’s finest converge on Jeffreys Bay as Jordy Smith aims for historic ‘home’ victory
Daily Maverick
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July 12, 2025
The best surfers in the world have descended on the coastline of the Eastern Cape and, in the men’s competition, will be looking to topple home favourite Jordy Smith for the next nine days (11-20 July) at the Corona Cero Open J-Bay 2025. Smith...
At UN ocean summit, 95 countries back ‘wake-up call’ to cap ...
Modern Ghana
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Ministers from 95 countries – including France – on Tuesday backed calls for a global treaty to restrict plastic production, on the sidelines of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in Nice. Talks on the treaty held in Busan, South Korea, in late 2024...
10 Of The Strangest Ships In The World
SlashGear
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May 3, 2025
Ships conjure the romance of sailing the seven seas. Since time immemorial, people have put to sea in some of the most graceful machines humanity has ever built. From Greek triremes cutting through the water with oars and sails to Polynesian...
Air Tahiti Unveils TERAIEFA: A New ATR 72-600 Honoring Tuamotu Heritage
FTN News
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June 27, 2025
Air Tahiti has introduced TERAIEFA, a new ATR 72-600 aircraft that embodies both technological advancement and deep cultural roots. With a name drawn from the Tuamotu archipelago’s Reo Mihiroa language meaning “the appearing sky” or “the skies...
Leaders warn race for minerals could turn seabed into ‘wild west’
FOX 11 and 41 - Washington State
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June 9, 2025
World leaders on Monday called for global rules to govern the seabed and warned against racing to exploit the ocean floor in a thinly-veiled rebuke of US President Donald Trump. Growing anxiety over Trump’s unilateral push to fast-track deep-sea...
Japan risks its reputation in Oceania with Fukushima discharge
Pacific News Service
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A rollcall of Pacific Island nations have very different views on the release of treated radioactive wastewater. By Derek Grossman Japan’s decision last month to begin discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean from its...
Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 Set to Break Records in RORC Centenary Edition
Cruising World
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July 9, 2025
Swan 50 Zanoza powers upwind during a previous Rolex Fastnet Race. The Russian-flagged yacht is owned by Nicolas Ibanez Scott and skippered by Jordi Griso. Courtesy Royal Ocean Racing Club With less than two months to go until the 26 July start,...