Giants of the deep bring life to quiet town (Independent Online)
Donsol is a quiet seaside town in the Philippines where people go about their business in relative seclusion. But once a year, whale sharks congregate off the sandy shores and turn the placid villagers into avid eco-tourists. Jim Gomez reports…
Whale sharks turn town into tourist, conservation hub (3:07 p.m.) (Sun Star)
DONSOL — Cocooned in rural seclusion, this placid little town long kept a big but unintended secret: In the first half of the year, the sea swarms with the world’s largestfish.
Travel costs rising, but bargains still available this summer (Belleville News-Democrat)
The cost of travel has been going up all year and that is making it difficult — but not impossible — to find summertime bargains.