World's Most Controversial Destinations


	World's Most Controversial Destinations
hitchhiker08
5-17-2008 2:58 PM
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tourism, trade, world, politics, sensitive, nations, communism, free trade, economics, global
hitchhiker08 says:
14 of 'em with clear reasoning why they're controversial...
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9056842c-8ad2-4f40-82b0-29ba2d50f5c3/A0A3A79C-32E1-459E-93BA-D68BD1722EF3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.concierge.com/ideas/activeadventure/tours/2173?page=1" href="http://www.concierge.com/ideas/activeadventure/tours/2173?page=1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.concierge.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.concierge.com/ideas/activeadventure/tours/2173?page=1"><H2>World's Most Controversial Destinations</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.concierge.com/ideas/activeadventure/tours/2173?page=1"><P><FONT color="#285058"><STRONG>CHINA</STRONG></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.concierge.com/ideas/activeadventure/tours/2173?page=1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.concierge.com/img/34FCD330-1987-48FC-9BEB-823E999333CA" alt="A temple, originally built during the Ming Dynasty, near the National Stadium in Beijing, China" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.concierge.com/ideas/activeadventure/tours/2173?page=1"><FONT color="#285058"><STRONG>Why go:</STRONG></FONT> It's big on history and big on culture. Highlights include the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City; natural icons such as the Huanglong Valley, home of giant pandas; the sandstone peaks and pillars of Wulingyuan; and the 21st-century urban glitz of Hong Kong and Shanghai. This year all eyes are focused on the Olympics </blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.concierge.com/ideas/activeadventure/tours/2173?page=2" href="http://www.concierge.com/ideas/activeadventure/tours/2173?page=2" style="font-size: 11px;">www.concierge.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.concierge.com/ideas/activeadventure/tours/2173?page=2"><STRONG>SYRIA</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.concierge.com/ideas/activeadventure/tours/2173?page=2"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.concierge.com/img/3AB6A966-F0FF-4C9A-88D1-FBBE13DC37C6" alt="Travel photo: Concierge.com" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.concierge.com/ideas/activeadventure/tours/2173?page=2"><FONT color="#285058"><STRONG>Why go:</STRONG></FONT> Bad press can be a good thing for the intrepid traveler; it's why Syria remains one of the least crowded and least expensive destinations in the Middle East.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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