Useful International Information and Sites

Safety/Health/Government Info

• US State Department: http://www.state.gov/
• Overseas Security Advisory Council: http://www.ds-osac.org/
• Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/
• World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/en/
• Country reports: http://www.countryreports.org/
• BBC World News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/default.stm
• CIA World Factbook: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
• International Scholastic Overseas Services: http://www.internationalsos.com
• The Library of Congress Country Studies: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
• GlobalEdge: http://globaledge.msu.edu/ (Michigan State University's global business knowledge portal)
  

General Travel Info

• ATM Locator: http://visa.via.infonow.net/locator/global/jsp/SearchPage.jsp
• Worldwide Weather: http://www.worldweather.com/ or http://www.wunderground.com
• Electricity Conversion information: http://kropla.com/electric.htm
• Telephone Dialing From and To Anywhere: http://kropla.com/dialcode.htm
• Online Unit Conversions: http://www.onlineconversion.com/
• Currency Converter: http://www.xe.com/ucc/
• World Time Server: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/ [time worldwide with GMT/UTC] or http://worldbuddy.com/
• National Geographic Map Machine: http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine
• STATravel: http://www.statravel.com
• The Rough Guide travel guidebooks: http://www.roughguides.com/
• Lonely Planet travel guidebooks and online travel site: http://www.lonelyplanet.com

Country-Specific Resource Links

Australia

• Embassy: www.austemb.org
• Travel Guide: www.australia.com
• Tourist Board: www.southaustralia.com/home.asp; www.austrailia.com
• City of Sydney site: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/
• Media link: http://www.smh.com.au/

Austria

• Embassy: http://www.austria.org; (202) 895-6711
• Austrian Press and Information Service: www.austria.org
• Tourist Board: www.austria-tourism.at/
• City site: http://www.wien.info/ and http://www.wien.gv.at/english/
• Media link: http://www.austriatoday.at/cgi-bin/at_mitte.pl

Belgium

• www.iag.ucl.ac.be/AAnglais/Education/Timetables.htm
• Embassy: www.diplobel.us
• Tourist Board: www.visitbelgium.com/
• Travel Guide: www.belgium.com/
• City site: http://www.ahlln.be/
• Media link: http://www.lesoir.be/

Brazil

• Embassy: www.brasilemb.org/
• Travel Guide: http://www.bugbog.com/exotic_places_links/brazil_travel_links.html
• City site: http://www.recifecvb.com.br/english
• Media link: http://www.radiobras.gov.br/

Chile

• Embassy: http://www.chile-usa.org/
• Travel Guide: www.gochile.cl/Home/Default.asp
• Tourist Board: http://www.visit-chile.org/splash.phpl and www.sernatur.cl
• City site: http://www.santiago.cl/index.html
• Media link: http://www.tcgnews.com/santiagotimes/

China

• Embassy: www.china-embassy.org/eng/
• Travel Guide: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/
• Tourist Board: http://www.cnta.com/lyen/index.asp; www.cnto.org
• Media link: http://english.eastday.com/

Czech Republic

• Embassy: www.mzv.cz/washington/index.html; (202) 274-9123
• Travel Guide: www.czechsite.com/
• Tourist Board: www.czechtourism.com/
• City site: http://www.prague-city.cz/ and http://www.prague.cz/

Denmark

• Embassy: www.denmarkemb.org/; (212) 223-4545
• Copenhagen: www.woco.dk
• Travel Guide: www.visitdenmark.com/
• Tourist Board: www.explore-copenhagen.com/
• City site: http://www3.kk.dk/Globalmenu/City%20of%20Copenhagen.aspx and http://www.kbhbase.kk.dk/kbhbase/pegasus.nsf/url/cphinenglish
• Media link: http://www.cphpost.dk/

England

• Embassy: www.BritainUSA.com
• http://www.BritainUSA.com/visas/visas.asp
• Travel Guide: www.visitbritain.com/, www.visitbritian.org and www.britain-info.org/
• Tourist Board: www.visitengland.com/visitengland/default.asp
• City site: http://www.visitbath.co.uk/ and http://www.bath.ac.uk/bath/
• Media link: http://www.thisisbath.com/index.jsp

France

• Embassy: www.info-france-usa.org/
• Travel guide: www.travel.roughguides.com
• Tourist Board: http://www.tourisme.fr/recherche/e_index.htm and www.franceguide.com
• City site: http://www.paris.fr/en/
• Media link: http://www.lemonde.fr/

Germany

• Embassy: www.germany.info
• Travel guide: www.justgermany.org/
• Tourist board: www.germany-tourism.de/
• City site: www.koblenz.de
• Media link: www.rheinzeitung.de/

Hong Kong

• Embassy website: www.china-embassy.org/eng/; (713) 520-1462
• Travel Guide: www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/hongkong/
• City site: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/login.html
• Media link: http://www.atimes.com/

Italy

• Embassy: www.italyemb.org
• Tourism Board: www.italiantourism.com/
• Travel Guide: www.travelplan.it/
• City site: http://www.milanoinfotourist.com
• Media link: http://www.agi.it/italy-on-line

Mexico

• Travel Guide: http://www.go2mexico.com/
• Tourist Board: http://www.visitmexico.com/
• City site: http://www.monterrey.gob.mx/
• Media link: http://www.elnorte.com/

New Zealand

• Embassy: www.nzemb.org; (202) 328-4800
• New Zealand: http://www.educationnz.org.nz/ and www.purenz.com
• Travel Guide: http://www.travelplanner.co.nz/
• Tourist Board: http://www.newzealand.com/travel/
• City site: http://www.cityofdunedin.com/city/home.html
• Media link: http://www.odt.co.nz/

Norway

• Embassy: www.norway.org/
• Travel Guide: www.visitnorway.com
• Tourist Guide: www.travelworldnow.com/europe/norway/1tourist.htm
• City site: http://www.oslo.kommune.no/the_city_of_oslo/
• Media link: http://www.aftenposten.no/english/

Scotland

• Embassy: www.BritainUSA.com, http://www.BritainUSA.com/visas/visas.asp
• Visiting the UK: http://www.travelbritain.org/newhome/whereto/WTscotland.htm
• Travel Guide: www.edinburgh.org/
• Tourist Board: www.scotweb.co.uk/ and www.visitscotland.com
• City site: http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/
• Media link: http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/

Singapore

• Embassy: www.mfa.gov.sg/washington/; (202) 537-3100
• Travel Guide: http://www.streetdirectory.com/
• Tourist Board: http://us.visitsingapore.com/
• City site: http://www.visitsingapore.com/
• Media link: http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/

Spain

• Embassy: www.spainemb.org/
• Travel guide: http://away.com/places/europe/spain/index.html
• Tourist Board: http://www.okspain.org/ and www.spain.info
• Barcelona City site: http://www.spain-barcelona.com
• Barcelona Media link: http://www.barcelonanews.com/
• Bilbao Media link: http://www.diario-elcorreo.es/vizcaya/edicion/portada.html

Switzerland

• Embassy: www.eda.admin.ch/washington_emb/e/home.html , http://www.swissemb.org
• Travel Guide: http://www.switzerland.com/en.cfm/home
• Tourist Board: www.switzerlandtourism.ch/ and www.myswitzerland.com
• City site: http://www.st.gallen-bodensee.ch/en/welcome.cfm?
• Media link: http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=100

Thailand

• Embassy: www.thaiembdc.org/; (202) 944-3600
• Travel Guide: http://www.modernthailand.com/travel/
• Tourist Board: www.tourismthailand.org
• City site: http://www.bma.go.th/bmaeng/bmaeng2003.html
• Media link: http://www.bangkokpost.com/

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