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Gaddafi's tourism goal Libya is putting terrorism behind it, getting involved with another big 'T' - travel. The North African nation whose leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, has been condemned in the past by the West, will be one of 44 countries and regions represented at this year's International Travel Expo Hong Kong, which will be held at the Convention and Exhibition Centre from June 8-11. A travel agent in the SAR who arranges adventure holidays, tells me Libya has lots to offer. It has outstanding Roman and Greek ruins, prehistoric cave paintings, Rommel's World War II headquarters in the desert, Mediterranean beaches, green mountains, and camel and 4WD excursions into the Sahara.

Among the other more offbeat exhibitors at iTE will be Bhutan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Zimbabwe (though the recent attacks on farmers would hardly encourage tourism there).

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