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Botswana citizens are the ones who demanded the lifting of a government ban on trophy hunting, a government official has said.

Scientists of the "Kuril" reserve conduct an annual estimate of population of brown bears that live in the area.

The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) said that the strong Thai baht is proving to be the biggest obstacle in trying to lure tourists to the country.

Every year in October, thousands of tourists from all over the world come in crowds to India to take part in the main Hindu autumn festival, Dussehra, together with almost 1.5 billion Indians.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev dismissed Vladimir Loginov, deputy Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation.

Egypt Tourism Authority will sponsor visitor registration at this year’s World Travel Market (WTM) London.

The famous actor Steven Seagal joined the Russian Geographical Society. In late October, he visited the Moscow office where he was solemnly presented with a membership card.

In the Far Eastern Marine Biosphere Reserve, the navigation season is over and the risk of poaching increased. According to experts, both the local groups of poachers and the North Korean lawbreakers are netting fish illegally in this area. Those fishing-nets that remain in the Sea of ​​Japan after their illegal fishing pose a deadly threat to all marine wildlife.

Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) is making concerted efforts to attract 2 million tourists by 2020 from about 1.5 million tourists last year.

The Trans-Baikal Territory authorities will revive the almost completely burnt-out federal reserve “Tsasucheysky Bor” (pine wood).