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(AP) -- A California company developing a rocket plane for space tourism announced Thursday that it has an agreement with a nonprofit group in South Korea to conduct launches in that nation. http://www.physorg.com/news180346190.html Space & Earth Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:20:01 EST news180346190 More than half of all people who buy flights, hotel rooms and hire cars online risk being left without compensation if companies fail under outdated law, the EU said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news178476099.html Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:43:33 EST news178476099 One of the first set of studies to examine what tourists and recreation enthusiasts actually think about coral reef ecosystems suggests they are a rare exception to controversies over human use versus environmental conservation - their stunning beauty is so extraordinary that almost everyone wants them protected in perpetuity. That core belief is often strong enough that if it means people have to be kept out, so be it. http://www.physorg.com/news176652349.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:20:02 EST news176652349 (PhysOrg.com) -- The first orbiting space hotel is on track to open for its first customers in 2012, but hurry, as bookings are filling fast. http://www.physorg.com/news176632968.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:20:03 EST news176632968 Medical tourism in Latin America needs to be regulated to protect consumers, according to Université de Montréal researchers. A new study published in the journal Developing World Bioethics argues that Argentinean fertility clinics are increasingly marketing themselves to international health care consumers: these clinics offer all-inclusive packages with fixed prices that feature airfare, accommodations, transfers, language interpreters and, of course, fertility treatments. http://www.physorg.com/news174134248.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:20:01 EST news174134248 It is well known that people from all over the world come to the Bahamas to enjoy the pristine waters, spectacular coral reefs and great fishing. Tourism produces approximately 55 % of the gross domestic product and employs up to 60% of the total workforce in the Bahamas. However, building of hotels and facilities that make it possible for visitors to come and enjoy the natural beauty of the islands can also damage the marine environment they come to take pleasure in. http://www.physorg.com/news173459757.html Space & Earth Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:50:01 EST news173459757 The international media report that citizens from across the world are travelling, or seeking to travel, to Switzerland, where they hope to be helped to die. But this 'suicide tourism' presents distinctive ethical, legal and practical challenges. http://www.physorg.com/news168264191.html Other Sciences Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:03:33 EST news168264191 A new study out today found that many nations throughout the world, including the United Kingdom, are seeing an annual increase in visitors to their conservation areas. http://www.physorg.com/news165564974.html Space & Earth Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:17:02 EST news165564974 The thought of coral reefs tends to conjure up images of tropical vacations, complete with snorkeling among tropical fish in crystal clear waters. http://www.physorg.com/news165230151.html Biology Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:16:14 EST news165230151 Virgin Galactic owned by Sir Richard Branson completed a successful test on May 28, 2009 of its hybrid nitrous oxide motor designed by Scaled Composites and a subcontractor Sierra Nevada Corporation. The innovative hybrid motor is the largest of its kind in the world and offers safety features including a kill switch allowing the spaceship to glide back to Earth and perform a conventional runway touch down. http://www.physorg.com/news162884806.html Space & Earth Sun, 31 May 2009 06:16:59 EST news162884806 (AP) -- In China, mask-wearing police cordoned off more hotels Wednesday, quarantining anyone who came in contact with swine flu patients, no matter how mild their symptoms. Not so in Mexico, where the health secretary encouraged tourists to come relax in their favorite vacation spots despite a growing swine flu caseload. http://www.physorg.com/news161437473.html Medicine & Health Wed, 13 May 2009 12:45:03 EST news161437473 The globalization of health care and the growth of "transplant tourism" (traveling abroad to purchase donor organs and undergo organ transplantation) have outpaced the implementation of internationally accepted ethical standards for procurement of organs for transplantation. A new article appearing in Clinical Transplantation finds that both U.S. and foreign transplant physicians expressed serious concern about organ procurement practices in China, and that this concern influenced their patient care decisions. The study is the first to assess how the perceptions of healthcare providers on transplant tourism may influence domestic patient care decisions. http://www.physorg.com/news159695328.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:49:32 EST news159695328 A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying second-time space tourist Charles Simonyi docked Saturday at the International Space Station, media reports quoted the control centre near Moscow as saying. http://www.physorg.com/news157482357.html Space & Earth Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:06:16 EST news157482357 A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying second-time space tourist Charles Simonyi along with a US and a Russian astronaut docked Saturday at the International Space Station, media reports quoted the control centre near Moscow as saying. http://www.physorg.com/news157453352.html Space & Earth Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:02:58 EST news157453352 A US software mogul who made history this week as the first person to travel to space twice as a tourist could also be the last paying passenger to head into space for several years. http://www.physorg.com/news157452749.html Space & Earth Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:53:11 EST news157452749 American software tycoon Charles Simonyi on Thursday shrugged off a 10 million dollar price hike by Russia for his next space flight, saying space tourism was the way of the future. http://www.physorg.com/news155481353.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:16:15 EST news155481353 The results of a national survey released by PGAV Destination Consulting, a planning and design firm in the international entertainment, tourism and hospitality industries, in collaboration with the world-renowned Missouri Botanical Garden, reveal an important understanding about consumer attitudes and perceptions regarding environmentally sustainable operations in attractions. The study, conducted by Jerry Henry & Associates and called "Survival of the Greenest," shows that "green consumerism" is not a passing fad. http://www.physorg.com/news150646224.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:10:24 EST news150646224 When Lee Cerveny arrived in coastal southeast Alaska in 1999, she intended to interview local women about their relationship with the natural environment. She soon found, however, that women she met were more interested in talking about tourism and making sense of the changes that were taking place within their communities. Cerveny adapted her research focus on the fly, ultimately conducting more than 200 hour-long interviews as part of a two-year-long ethnographic study on coastal Alaskans' perceptions of tourism. The findings of her work were recently published as a book titled "Nature and Tourists in the Last Frontier: Local Encounters with Global Tourism in Coastal Alaska." http://www.physorg.com/news145792334.html Space & Earth Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:52:14 EST news145792334 People traveling to other countries to receive kidney transplants experience more severe post-transplant complications with a higher incidence of acute rejection and severe infections, according to a study appearing in the November 2008 issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findings suggest that such "transplant tourism" by Americans may not be as safe as receiving transplants in the United States. http://www.physorg.com/news143307509.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:38:29 EST news143307509