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Vital Signs News You Can Use two-year-old daughter, who died recently after playing with chickens, also had the virus, Britain’s The Independent reports. Bali’s tourist numbers have started to improve recently: Visitor arrivals rose by 34 percent in the first half of 2007, to 781,059 people, from a year ago, according to The Independent. An important U.N. climate change conference is being held there in December, with about 10,000 people expected to attend. In the case of Burundi, the U.S. Department of State has reissued a travel warning for the small country in east Africa due to fears that the civil war between the Tutsis and Hutus, which raged from 1993 to 2006, may reignite. Americans who travel to there are urged to contact the U.S. embassy in Trouble in Bali, Burundi Hawaii isn’t the only destination that agents need to monitor, as a recent death from bird flu in Bali and unrest in Burundi have raised concerns about travel to the two countries. The death of a woman from bird flu on Bali has dealt another blow to the tourism industry there, raising fears at a time when the island had begun to rebound from past setbacks. Bali has suffered two terrorist attacks in recent memory: Nightclub bombings claimed more than 200 lives in 2002, and terrorists blew up two restaurants in 2005, killing 20 people, including five tourists. Most recently, the woman died in the capital, Denpasar, marking Bali’s first-recorded bird-flu death. Doctors are trying to determine whether her There has been a death from bird flu in Bali Bujumbura for security guidelines, and to register at the State Department’s travel web site, https://travelregistra tion.state.gov. —Dan Butcher Experience the Ultimate Adventure with an Exceptional Touch of Luxury MS HANSEATIC and MS BREMEN follow in the tracks of legendary explorers on extraordinary routes. Accompanied by experts from various ﬁelds of knowledge, small groups have the thrill of experiencing close-up natural spectacles. Thanks to an ice rating of the highest category for passenger ships, both can push far into polar regions. And at places where other ships can only pass by, both ships feature Zodiacs that will take passengers on individual landings, allowing your clients to experience the wonders of the earth a mere arm’s length away. For further information please contact: 1-877-445-7447 • www.hl-cruises.com 16 TravelAgent August 20, 2007 http://travelregistration.state.gov http://travelregistration.state.gov http://www.hl-cruises.com http://www.hl-cruises.com

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Travel Agent - August 20, 2007

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