In return, he got official backing to develop a huge tourist resort (which remains unbuilt).

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The quake hit about 100 miles east of Acapulco, the Pacific tourist resort.

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But the good thing really is that it appears to be sparing Havana again, and also Varadero, which is Cuba's most important tourist resort.

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Two recent rounds of negotiations in Washington and in the Egyptian tourist resort of Sharm el-Sheikh got the pleasantries flowing but without making significant progress.

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DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) A landmark referendum held in Croatia has failed to derail plans for the construction of a large golf complex that could change the face of the ancient walled tourist resort of Dubrovnik.

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Ms Hubbard thinks Verity may attract a different type of tourist to the seaside resort.

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Blackpool Illuminations will be lit for an extra week in 2013 to extend the resort's tourist season, the town's council has announced.

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Anton Tourist Office, said the resort can usually cover 80 percent of its slopes using snowmaking machines, but mild temperatures and sunshine have made that impossible this season.

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Known as a ski-resort city, the tourist destination has attracted celebrities and affluent socialites for decades helping to transform the Aspen real estate market into a mix of high-end luxury homes and condos.

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The team of volunteers, set up two years ago, is touring the resort of Pattaya, bringing free medical care to the growing number of elephant encampments that cater to the tourist industry.

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