STOCKHOLM Sweden is tweeting to the world, and this week she is Hanna, “just your average lesbian truck driver”.

Officials at Sweden’s tourism board agreed to hand over control of their Twitter feed in December to a different Swedish citizen each week.

The project billed as “the world’s most democratic Twitter account” has so far been hugely popular, featuring a female priest, an advertising executive and an organic sheep farmer.

Its 20,000 followers may be small in a social media world where Lady Gaga has almost 20 million, but those behind say it is one of a kind and has more than doubled its number of followers in just five weeks.

“In this age of internet and transparency, if you want to be credible, you have to let go of control and empower the people,” said Tommy Sollen, VisitSweden’s social media manager, who was part of the team that came up with the idea.

Sollen said the project, which will continue indefinitely, is less about boosting tourism and more about creating longterm branding for a nation that is often associated with tall blondes, meatballs and neutrality.

“We want to be seen as progressive, open, credible and truthful,” he said.

People from around the world have logged on in the past weeks to follow tweets and discussions that have covered everything from immigration to new and old music, food, alcohol and sobriety, religion and hunting.

“Gosh, I really enjoy being ,” writes Hanna. “They’ll have to grab the

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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Inventor Thomas Edison’s search for a better filament for his electric light bulb put this Gulf Coast city on the map.

Fort Myers was just a seaside village of 350 souls when Edison arrived in 1886. He thought the strands of a special species of bamboo growing here might be useful in his bulbs.

Nothing came of that, but his visit marked the beginning of his love affair with Fort Myers and when he, and best-buddy Henry Ford, adopted it as their winter retreat in the sun, America took note and a tourist haven was born.

All this is told in the winter “cottage” — in reality a small mansion — that Edison built, and in the house next door that Ford bought.

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Have you ever booked a holiday with a friend and as soon as your bags are unpacked at your destination you’re already dreading the next few weeks and are thinking of your escape route? You know the saying ‘never work with children and animals’? Well we think that a travel saying should be invented: ‘never book a holiday with a friend that you have not known all your life’!

Take five of the most famous friends in the world, who would you choose to holiday with?

Holiday with Rachel and we imagine that you would be collecting your car hire at Miami Airport and driving straight for South Beach area. Most of y

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Dexter Morgan is the main character in the Showtime hit “Dexter”. First off, if you haven’t seen the show, go watch at least the first season. Now just to be crystal clear, I’m not talking about, or advocating any kind of armed vigilante justice. The last thing you or anyone should do is follow that example. There are however a couple of other things that you can learn about travel from Dexter.

Be Organized Dexter has his ducks (and knives) in a row pretty much all the time. Granted there is some OCD mixed in there as well, but his planning is pretty stellar for the most part. He packs everything he needs as neatly as possible, in the most efficient way possible. I get t

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