In this article, I discuss how mediatised tourism constructs various discourses of othering through representations of the 'tourist self' vis-à-vis the 'local other'. In order to do so, I analyze a six-hour travelogue "Himalaya with Michael Palin" broadcast by the BBC in 2004. The analysis shows that despite the forces of globalisation…

Two studies are reported, comparing the browser loading times of webpages created using common Web development techniques. The loading speeds were estimated in 12 Asian countries by members of the "PANdora" network, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to conduct collaborative research in the development of…