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Poverty tours: A learning experience?
Poverty tours give outsiders a chance to see a way of life they would otherwise not see. Critics say the tours amount to gawking.

Tue, 22 May 2012 05:54:08 -0700

Public tours scheduled for Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry June 7-20
Guided tours of the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry will be offered to the public in June.

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:27:10 -0700

Tours resume at Soudan mine after fire
The tours were suspended last season after a March 2011 fire in the mine shaft damaged wood timbers.

Wed, 23 May 2012 02:00:38 -0700

Debate over 'poverty tours'
On a recent trip home to India, I heard a German man on my flight remark to another passenger that he'd taken his son on a tour of a Kolkata slum.

Tue, 22 May 2012 06:17:53 -0700

Poverty tours: A learning experience or simply gawking?
On a recent trip home to India, I heard a German man on my flight remark to another passenger that he'd taken his son on a tour of a Kolkata slum.

Tue, 22 May 2012 05:50:44 -0700