Dr. Alexis Celeste Bunten, an anthropologist and co-chair of the tourism studies working group at the University of California at Berkeley, says that willing groups and communities need to find a way to commoditize their identity without selling out.

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Tourism, their studies say, would bring more jobs than the paper and timber industries, both of which appear to be in retreat.

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With some 33, 000 full-time students, the University specializes in tropical agriculture, maritime studies, tourism and law.

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In 2000, when Tamir was serving as tourism minister, Shiran worked as a Jewish studies teacher at the Moriah national religious school in Haifa.

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The Scottish and Northern Ireland Executives agreed to provide the cash, after studies into the economic benefits to tourism and trade from the ferry link.

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A. is a Clinical Associate Professor of Sports Management, NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management.

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Nayef Al Fayez, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Professor Kamel Abu Jaber, Director of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Mr. Maysoon Al Zubi, Secretary General at the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, as well as with the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Mr. Luc Stevens.

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