Economic downturn chills Antarctic tourism
China Daily | Updated: 2010-01-05 07:46
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Participants of Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition build a base camp on the weekend. Eight women from the Commonwealth countries of Cyprus, Ghana, India, Singapore, Brunei, New Zealand, Jamaica and Britain took part in the 900 km ski expedition across Antarctica to the Geographic South Pole. Reuters |
ON BOARD THE ORION, Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica: The economic downturn has frozen tourists' enthusiasm to travel to one of Australia's most remote and inhospitable Antarctic outposts with tourism operators reporting a sharp downturn in bookings.
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