Last Call For Aspiring Travel Journalists
NEW YORK--(COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Oct. 16, 2000--Aspiring journalists who wish to break into the world of travel writing have just 13 days left to get their entries into
worldsurface.com.
The website, (http://www.worldsurface.com), backed by a number of ethically minded angel investors, aims to promote and develop sustainable tourism for backpacking travelers. As part of the prelaunch campaign, the website has been hosting a competition to find the very best of the next generation of online travel journalists.
This competition ends October 29th. In order to enter, travelers are required to post an example of their writing either in the form of a travel journal or a travel story. These entries are then judged by the members of the site in order to determine who should be reporting for the site when it launches in January 2001.
Simon North, one of the founders of the company explained, “as a website in stealth mode, we do not want to give much away but the response to the competition so far has been overwhelming. Over 750 people have already entered and the quality of writing is really impressive. There is a good mix of entertainment, information and the just plain weird. We are currently averaging 250,000 pages a month which is also exciting.
More than this though, we are really pleased with the way the community of travelers is coming together on this issue. Tourism is a double edged sword, it brings in money to the local economy but it can also place a huge strain on environmental and archeological resources. Companies involved in tourism have to recognize that it is not enough to send travelers to a destination and then just abandon them, rather, like us, you have to work with the local community to ensure firstly that these travelers will have a positive experience and secondly that the local community will also benefit.”
www.worldsurface.com will formally launch January 2001, further details will be released nearer the time.
About Worldsurface.com
Worldsurface.com is a internet start up with registered offices in London and New York. Our core team is drawn from the travel industry, the media and communications industry and the information technology industry.
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