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Their city is the world’s No. 1 tourist destination, yet Parisians sometimes seem downright grumpy about it.  On Monday, city officials set out to change that, urging cab drivers to smile and telling waiters to try out their English.

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The Outer Banks are the Hamptons of the near-south, not too far from the growing Tidewater area of Virginia (Norfolk, Hampton, Newport News) offers a sextet of golf courses, all within an hour’s drive — on a good day — of each other and all with their own personalities, settings and challenges that make them unique.

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Chinese are proud a global poll has named the Great Wall a wonder of the world, but some worry that tourism and neglect are destroying the crumbling fortification designed to defend against foreign invaders.

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Air conditioning not cutting it? While everyone else bakes like a bread-crumbed clam on the shore, grab your passport and parka and hit the slopes instead.

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