PAKSE, Laos – The 2011 Mekong Tourism Forum ended on Saturday in Laos’ southern city of Pakse, with industry experts highlighting opportunities for growth, but also the need for better management to avoid negative impacts. Chairman of global tourism consultants Horwath HTL, Robert Hecker, said in his keynote address on the closing day that planning [...]
While whitewater river rafting may not seem like your ideal vacation, take a look at all that whitewater rafting has to offer and you might be surprised. If you love the outdoors, then whitewater river rafting is definitely something you’ll want to explore since nothing lets you experience the outdoors like an Arkansas River rafting [...]
There are enormous places of tourist interest in Frankfurt, a famous tourist destination in Germany. Some of the most important places among them are discussed in the article. 1.Bethmann Park: This is the most beautiful landscape in Frankfurt. The structure of the park symbolizes a perfect refuge which is hidden behind some stone walls and [...]
In the village of Blarney, Ireland, sits the legendary Blarney Stone, a bluestone block built into the Blarney Castle’s embattlements. Because of this stone, Blarney Castle is one of Ireland’s most popular tourist destinations. Millions of visitors from around the globe travel here annually to kiss the stone. Legend holds that the kisser of the [...]
New York is a vibrant urban centre with so much to do. Routes are generally direct from London to JFK or Newark and are fewer than 8 hours. It’s hottest in July but sunniest in June. New York is not short of sight-seeing opportunities. The Empire State Building is known as The Cathedral of the [...]
Throw an amazing birthday celebration by booking a few nights in a top London hotel and experiencing the best the city has to offer. There are some birthdays you’re always going to want to remember, and your 21st is definitely one of them. If you’re looking for ways to help someone special celebrate their birthday [...]
Mountain-climbing is an excellent aerobic physical exercise, and the particular air in the particular mountain can be very fresh, which can be good for enhancing pulmonary ventilation and increasing lung capacity and the functions of the great wall of china, and at the same time, it may furthermore bolster the actual heart’s contractions. The particular [...]
Various hotel associations and other representatives of the travel industry were told in a special meeting yesterday with city authorities that Florence (Italy) plans to introduce an accommodation tax as of July 1 this year. The tax will be based on 1 euro per person, per night, per star of category for up to a [...]
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkey tourist numbers rose 31% on the year in April to 2.29 million, the Culture and Tourism Ministry announced today. Most visitors came from Germany, Russia, France and the U.K. In the first four months of the year, tourist numbers rose 21% from the comparable period of 2010, to 5.96 million. Tourism [...]
