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2. Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire - Wikipedia

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   The Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire on 23 June 2000 killed 15 backpackers – nine women and six men – at the former Palace Hotel in the town of Childers, Queensland, Australia, which had been converted into a backpacker hostel. [1] [2] Robert Paul Long was arrested for lighting the fire and charged with two counts of murder and one ...

3. Hostelling International - Wikipedia

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   Hostelling Int'l, Washington D.C. Hostelling International ( HI) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation working with UNESCO and the World Tourism Organisation UNWTO. [1] Formerly known as International Youth Hostel Federation (IYHF), Hostelling International is a grouping of more than 70 national youth hostel associations in over 80 ...

4. Backpacking (travel) - Wikipedia

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   Backpacking is a form of low-cost, independent travel, which often includes staying in inexpensive lodgings and carrying all necessary possessions in a backpack. Once seen as a marginal form of travel undertaken only through necessity, it has become a mainstream form of tourism. While backpacker tourism is generally a form of youth travel ...

5. Ivan Milat - Wikipedia

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   Ivan Robert Marko Milat (27 December 1944 – 27 October 2019 [1] ), commonly referred to in media as the Backpacker Murderer, was an Australian serial killer who abducted, assaulted, robbed and murdered two men and five women in New South Wales between 1989 and 1992. His modus operandi was to approach backpackers along the Hume Highway under ...

6. Macau, Gironde - Wikipedia

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   INSEE /Postal code. 33262 /33460. Elevation. 0–26 m (0–85 ft) (avg. 9 m or 30 ft) 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Macau ( French pronunciation: [mako]) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France .

7. Tourism in Macau - Wikipedia

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   Economy of Macau. Tourism is a major industry in Macau. It is famous for the blend of Portuguese and Chinese cultures and its gambling industry, which includes Casino Lisboa, Macau, Sands Macau, The Venetian Macao, and Wynn Macau. [1] Macau is known as the “Monte Carlo of the Orient” and the “Las Vegas of the East”, which is attributed ...