2009 Adventure Development Index
Finally, learn about adventure travel development when you visit the George Washington University and Adventure Travel Trade Association’s website ranking adventure destinations. The Adventure Travel Development Index (ATDI) (www.adventureindex.travel) ranks 192 countries based for their adventure travel competitiveness. It’s fun, because sometimes countries that rank high in the index aren’t ones you might be thinking about yet as great places to go adventure-ing.
The methodology relies on hard data and expert surveys to asses countries in 10 pillars: Sustainable Development, Health, Safety and Security, Cultural Resources, Natural Resources, Adventure Activity Resources, Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship and Image.
The top three developing countries this ... 
OTR Getting Ready for a Winter FAM in Montenegro
Snow is falling in Kolasin, and we're getting ready for our winter FAM trip with Black Mountain Montenegro and 3e Travel! One week to go!
Happy New Year! From Deepali in Mongolia
This is the fourth in a series of posts from Deepali Patel, a native of Washington D.C. and Fulbright Fellow working in Mongolia. This week, her suggestions for adventure activities in Mongolia. Read more on her blog: Land of Blue Skies
Happy New Year! I have two weeks to go in the Land of Blue Skies, and my research on agricultural policy and food security is done. Mongolia has an uncertain future that I'm afraid will not be all pleasant, but growing pains are probably unavoidable. I think the Western-educated younger leaders of the ...
Volunteer Tourism News
03.08.10 | 9:21 am EST
Just in case any of you have been out of the country or living under a rock – some recent high profile coverage of voluntourism on CNN full of names we all know and love! http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/03/0~ Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: voluntourism [
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Scan the headlines from our favorite sources including Adventure Travel Trade Association, Airlinesbuzz.com, NY Times Travel, USA Today, Fodors.com, & Matador.com
03.11.10 | 6:12 pm EST
By Leslie Nevison, Director, Mama Tembo Tours Kingo, a 300 pound (140 kilogram) Western lowland gorilla silverback, and his six wives and children, live in the protected rainforest of Nouabale-Ndoki National Park in the northern Republic of Congo near its border with the Central African Republic. Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) began habituating [...] [
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03.09.10 | 12:08 pm EST
Toronto – New York Times best-selling author Patricia Schultz has been announced as the 10th celebrity judge in an esteemed panel that will select the Top 20 finalists of Gap Adventures’ highly-popular Create Your Own Adventure contest. But the author of the definitive travel guide 1,000 Places to See Before You Die – who was named [...] [
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03.08.10 | 4:29 pm EST
Five telecom workers stranded in Concepcion, Chile, have been evacuated by Global Rescue security teams after the massive earthquake left the country’s second-largest urban area with destroyed infrastructure, low supplies of fuel and other staples, and a high security risk as looting and violence escalated. Global Rescue teams dispatched a helicopter to pick up the workers [...] [
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03.12.10 | 2:17 am EST
Coober Pedy – Photo: rplzzz The people who invented golf probably didn’t anticipate how bizarre it would become. When people tee up for a game of golf, chances are they’re preparing to play nine or 18 average holes. For people looking for something more challenging than rough grass, sand, and water hazards, here are nine unusual golf courses around the ... [
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03.11.10 | 11:52 pm EST
All photos are stills from “Unbelievable” with Takeshi Kitano aired in 2008. Kumi Yamashita is a Japanese artist who lives in the US. She creates evocative images in ways that startle the viewer with unexpected techniques. Ingenious sculptures show a new form when illuminated. What looks like a photorealistic print from a distance is created on a white sheet with ... [
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03.11.10 | 3:48 pm EST
Who are the people who make you look at your ‘hood differently? Photo: Francisco Collazo I might be envious of Lara Dunston and Terence Carter if they weren’t so nice… and if they didn’t run this sweet contest. Lara Dunston, travel writer and guidebook author, and her husband Terence Carter, a travel photographer, lined up a pretty sweet deal for ... [
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03.11.10 | 3:44 am EST
From bold experiments to understated havens of cool, new restaurants have sprung up in cultural institutions all over the city. [
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03.10.10 | 9:13 am EST
Even if your college days are a distant memory, it’s possible to travel on a student discount over spring break this year. [
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03.10.10 | 9:13 am EST
Ms. Tafoya talks about what makes Travelzoo tick, how it refreshes its inventory of deals and why subscribers trust it. [
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