Focus articles from June 1993

Focus archives from June 1993

The impact of tourism in Fiji: a comparison of two villages. (includes bibliography)
June 22, 1993... Tourism has become big business--very big business. Tourism is the largest business in the world today with annual receipts for both domestic and international tourism exceeding US$2 trillion, which represents about 12% of the world economy....

Mining on the Ozark Highlands: a heavy burden on the future. (included bibliography and related information)
June 22, 1993... Although most cars in America run on unleaded fuel, all of them consume lead. Eighty percent of the lead used in this country goes into the production of lead-acid storage batteries for automobiles. Nearly all of that lead at one time rested...

The Tana River forests, Kenya: small, dynamic, and endangered. (includes chronology and bibliography)
June 22, 1993... When the river broke through the bank in May 1988 and rushed with tremendous force, life changed along the Tana River in semiarid Eastern Kenya. One could no longer simply jump into the jeep and drive to the forest of choice. Within 24 hours,...

And then the rains came. (upper Mississippi River Valley flood) (The Great Flood of 1993, part 1)
June 22, 1993... On June 27,1993 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that rising flood waters would force them to close the Mississippi River to navigation from St. Paul, Minnesota downstream to St. Louis, Missouri. Indeed, the Corps predicted the...

My dreamtime in Australia. (travel narrative)
June 22, 1993... Sean Connell's eyes scanned the Coral Sea toward the Great Barrier Reef. He was looking for something, but I wasn't sure what it was. Suddenly, the New Zealander's eyes brightened. He jumped up and ran to the bow of the MV Undersea Explorer....

Markets, bazaars, and suqs. (Mediterranean area) (Cover Story)
June 22, 1993... The circus-carnival atmosphere of the market bazaar has a sight, sound, and smell attraction that hooks the child in eve one of us. Sizzling hot kebabs give off an aroma that makes our stomach reach out for something to eat. The pounding of the...

Los Cocos. (barrio in Maracay, Venezuela)
June 22, 1993... I lived in a barrio called Los Cocos in Maracay, Venezuela. I knew only three people there who owned cars. Everybody walked, rode bikes, or took public vans, camionetas. There was a certain comfort level and informality that made for lots of...