The new website for the Oceania Sustainable Tourism Alliance (OSTA) has just been launched: www.oceaniatourismalliance.net.

‘OSTA is an opportunity for sustainable community-benefit tourism in the Pacific Islands modeled on the USAID funded program, the Global Sustainable Tourism Alliance (www.gstalliance.org)’ said Steve Noakes, Director of Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd, one of the Founding & Managing Partners of the OSTA.

The other three Founding & Managing Partners are The Foundation of the People of the Pacific International (Fiji), Counterpart International (Washington DC), and Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia)

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In last week’s travel section of The Guardian UK, Top 10 Croatian Islands were featured in the article titled ‘Island Hopping in Croatia’. The article, subtitled ‘Croatia’s varied islands offer everything from sailing to skinny dipping, isolated beaches to 24-hour parties’, wrtitten by Jane Foster  - the author of the Footprint Croatia Handbook which 4th edition is due out in June 2008, gives an introduction to some of Island of Croatia. Here is an excerpt:

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In today’s travel eddition of The Independent , under the title ‘Island getaway: where to find peace and quiet in the Med’, the short review of Charles Arnold’s new book ’Mediterranean Islands’ has reveiled corwdfactor of some of the Croatian islands. These are some excerpts that describe some less crowded Islands in Croatia :

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