
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, May 24, 1990                   TAG: 9005240319
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A12   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: CHARLESTON, W.VA.                                LENGTH: Short

`THIRD WORLD' TRIP DROPS W.VA., KEEPS VA. STOPS

A California travel agency that plans a "Third World Tour" through Appalachia has dropped West Virginia from the itinerary, a spokeswoman said.

For now, anyway.

Southwest Virginia remains on the tour.

The earlier decision to include West Virginia in the trip angered state officials, who feared the tour would reinforce stereotypes.

West Virginia was too distant to be included in the "Third World In America" tour, Laurie Adams of San Francisco-based Global Exchange said Tuesday.

The tour, scheduled for June 17-26, will take a look at poverty, social issues and environmental problems. It was to have two groups - one going to Kentucky and Tennessee and the other visiting Virginia and West Virginia. Now, participants will travel in one group, Adams said.

- Associated Press

by CNB