**Exhibit      31.1**

| 1.   | I              have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of YTB International,              Inc.; |
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| 2.   | Based              on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement              of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make              the              statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements              were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this              annual report; |
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| 3.   | Based              on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information              included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects              the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the              small              business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this              report; |
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| 4.   | The              small business issuer’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for              establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as              defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 (e) and 15d-15 (e)) for the small              business issuer and have: |
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| a.   | Designed              such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure              controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure              that material information relating to the small business issuer, including              its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within              those              entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report              is              being prepared; |
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| b.   | Intentionally,              omitted; |
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| c.   | Evaluated              the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures              and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness              of              the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period              covered by this report based on such evaluation;              and |
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| d.   | Disclosed              in this report any changes in the small business issuer’s internal control              over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent              fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an              annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely              to              material affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial              reporting; and |
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| 5.   | The              small business issuer’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed,              based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial              reporting, to the small business issuer’s auditors and the audit committee              of the small business issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing              the equivalent functions): |
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| a.   | All              significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or              operation of internal control over financial reporting which are              reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability              to record, process, summarize and report financial information;              and |
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| b.   | Any              fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other              employees who have a significant role in the small business issuers              internal control over financial              reporting. |
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