Paris Vision offers an all-inclusive round trip bus service from Paris to Thoiry Château, Gardens, Maze, Wildlife Reserve and Zoo every Sunday from May 3rd to September 27 in 2009.
The ParisVision Thoiry bus tours leave from the rue de Rivoli in Paris, near the Louvre Museum and the Meurice Hotel, next to the Tuileries subway station (line 1) at:9:15 on Sunday mornings, returning to Paris around 6 p.m.. More ....
Created 30 years ago in Vendee a rural region in Western France, it is the largest night show in the world; it lasts 1h40mn and is staged in a 23 hectares set, with 1200 actors (all volunteers) and 6000 dresses & costumes More ....
The medical tourism industry, currently worth US$56 billion worldwide, is projected to be worth US$100 billion by 2012, figures have revealed.
Women’s Healthcare, an inaugural event at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre, has been showcasing the healthcare travel industry, which is growing 15 – 20 percent per annum, highlighting the benefits of traveling abroad for both preventative and curative medical procedures. More ....
As building sites go, it is unmatched. What could present more of a challenge than to design a major new structure to sit beside the world’s most iconic buildings, the Pyramids of Giza? More ....
Foreign tourism increased by 9.7 percent in January
The number of foreign tourists who entered the country increased by 9.7 percent in January, with 259,265 tourists arriving and 112,034 leaving the country. The total movement of tourists involved 10.2 percent more people than in January of 2007. The average stay was 16.9 days and average More ....
Today, Dubai is the most talked about city in the world; conversations about development and rapid prosperity are never complete without mentioning something exotic and dynamically different about this place. More ....
Globe08 is an all-inclusive trade fair open to all business prospects in the panorama of world tourism, to be held in Rome from 13th to 15th March.
If you don't want to miss this appointment with business, hurry and fill in the form for on-line registration at once. You will receive your badge in advance and will have direct access to the fair without losing time queuing at the cash desks! So hurry up and complete your online registration More ....
While meeting people, it is indeed their clothes we pay attention to in the first place .The general evolution of oriental dress inevitably affected Uzbek national dress, though some of its distinctive and unique features have been preserved. Of course, the modern caftan looks quite different from what it was, say, a hundred years ago. In the West the word caftan has been known since the Mongolian invasion and was borrowed by several languages. More ....
Bosnia & Herzegovina (BiH) exhibited for the first time at London’s World Travel Market vowing to shake off outdated negative public perceptions, still in circulation over 10-years since the Dayton Peace Accord. Walking specialist Walks Worldwide is amongst the first UK tour operators to include BiH in its 2008 programme – providing a glorious opportunity to experience some of Europe’s least-visited high country! New 10-day small group expertly escorted walking tours depart London 15th June and 14th September 2008. More ....
A rising tide of travellers seeking out the new frontier of Egyptian tourism is threatening priceless rock art preserved for millennia in one of the most-isolated reaches of the Sahara. In Egypt's southwest corner, straddling the borders of Sudan and Libya, the elegant paintings of prehistoric man and beast in the mountains of Gilf Kabir and Jebel Ouenat are as stunning in their simplicity as anything by Picasso. More ....
Nearly 30 million Chinese travelled abroad in the first nine months of the year, up 17 percent as against the same period of last year, a tourist official said.
The figure indicates that China remains Asia's largest source of outbound tourists, according to Zhu Shanzhong, a tourism promotion official with the China National Tourism Administration. More ....
International tourist arrivals for the first eight months of 2007 point to a continuation of the sustained growth rate experienced over the past years. According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, this trend is likely to continue through the remainder of 2007, with year-end growth estimated at 5.7%, which would put international arrivals to 880-900 million. More ....
Keoladeo Ghana National Park at Bharatpur in Rajasthan, is one of Asia’s most outstanding wetland reserves and during winter months the network of shallow marshes, replenished by monsoon rains during the summer, provide refuge for thousands of waterfowl, herons, storks, cranes and waders. Naturetrek’s 9-day Bharatpur & Chambal holiday visits this remarkable reserve, together with explorations of National Chambal Sanctuary, in search of endangered Gangetic River Dolphins and a cultural excursion to Agra for the Taj Mahal. The tour departs London 26th December 2007. More ....
Rally Ireland, the 15th and 16th rounds in the 2007 World Rally Championship were held from 15th – 18th November. This is the first ever World Championship rally to be held in Ireland and Ireland is the first new country to host a World Rally event since Japan and Mexico in 2004. More ....
The English edition of the bi-annual ‘Eye of Dubai’ guidebook was officially launched during the Media and Marketing Show 2007, which is one of the region's largest digital media exhibitions held at the World Trade Centre from November 11-13, 2007. The release of the comprehensive Dubai guidebook has been strategically scheduled to coincide with the onset of the UAE's exhibition season, when the demand for the Eye of Dubai guides rapidly increases. More ....
Libya has confirmed it will turn away Western visitors to the north African nation unless they provide Arabic translations of their passports.“Libya will not reverse its decision, nor will it take into consideration the international reaction” and uproar triggered by the new restrictions, a Libyan official told AFP.“The West demands that we translate our passports into English and therefore we must act in kind. It is only normal,” said the official.“Travellers arriving with foreign language passports are perturbing officials at border posts and airports because they don’t know foreign languages,” he added.Libya turned back scores of passengers on a flight from Paris because they failed to provide Arabic translations of their passports.The official insisted that the rule was not new More ....
Lying at the eastern end of the Great Himalaya, the long-time restricted Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, (meaning ‘land of the rising sun’), opened to tourists in 1996, supports a unique blend of Himalayan, Sino-Tibetan and Indo-Burmese Tiger species. The area is home to two of India’s most exciting national parks, Namdapha and Kaziranga – India’s last strongholds of One-horned Rhinoceros, Water Buffalo, Greater Adjutant Stork and Spot-billed Pelican. After the success of their first pioneering tour in 1998, natural history specialists Naturetrek offer a 15-day Arunachal Pradesh & Assam bird and mammal-viewing expedition into the little known rainforests and mountains of India’s remotest state, and combines a visit to Assam's best wildlife reserve, departing London 20th January 2008. More ....
In search of tracing the evidence of a 5000-year-old civilization in the eastern part of Iran, a team of archaeologists have resumed their excavations in Halil Rud region in Jiroft.
Iranian and European archaeologists started the sixth season of archaeological excavations last week in the basin of Halil Rud River in Jiroft. The excavations are being conducted under the supervision of Dr. Yousof Majidzadeh. More ....
Over many centuries two vast regions of the Asian continent – China and India have been seeking mutually beneficial trade relations. The great mountainous system of Hindukush, which latitudnally stretches from India for almost 800 kilometres, the Tibetan Upland in the south-western part of China, which is surrounded by the mountain systems of the Himalayas and the Karakorum, upland plains and the Tien-Shan mountains in the western and north-western parts of the country, all impeded the realization of the dream to construct convenient and quick communications. Only trade caravans negotiated wearisome deserts and steppes. More ....
'Exciting Sri Lanka' is the latest initiative by SriLankan Airlines to promote the island's appeal to visitors and also offer them an opportunity for a quick holiday.A series of packages inclusive of airfare, star class hotel accommodation and airport transfers are offered to give holidaymakers a hassle free two nights and three days in the paradise island. 'Sri Lanka comes alive this time of year, especially with the year end holiday season. More ....
Tourism can be an efficient tool to advance international peace and understanding. Tourism is growing steadily and needs to be viewed in its social, cultural and ethical dimensions and therefore in its potential contribution to the Alliance of Civilizations. This was at the heart of the three-day ‘International Conference on Tourism, Religions and the Dialogue of Cultures’, held in Cordoba , Spain .Tourism shares with religions and civilizations values such as tolerance, respect of diversity, respect of nature, rediscovery of oneself and of the others. More ....
For centuries Bukhara has boasted fine jewelers, engravers, ceramists and tailors. Yet it is the art of gold embroidery that has made it famous worldwide.
Gold embroidery was quite a common craft in the world. It was known in the countries of Hellinistic Asia and Western Europe, in the Caucasus, in Turkey and Afghanistan. In Tashkent province archaeologists discovered fragments of gold embroidery dating back to the beginning of the Common Era. According to legends, gold embroidery had been practiced in Sogd even before silk was brought here. The Arabs, who conquered Central Asia in the 8th century, were impressed by an abundance of gold embroideries on the clothes of the Sogdian aristocracy. More ....
Focus Media: Bird watching is the fastest growing aspect of tourism, and bird watchers are often the richest and most philanthropic tourists. Bird watching tourists normally come in groups, and they spend the longest time (not less than eight days) which means more money for the host country. More ....
The face of one of Egypt’s most mysterious ancient rulers, the boy king Tutankhamum, has been put on public view for the first time this week. His mummy is being displayed in a climate-controlled case inside his tomb in Luxor’s Valley of the Kings. The even comes exactly 85 years after the site was discovered by the British explorer Howard Carter. Only about 50 people are thought to have seen his face since then thought thousands have seen his sarcophagus. The face remained intact because of the mummification process and will continue to be protected from heat and humidity. More ....
THE Aqua Dunya Resort and Residences, developed by Ali Sulaiman Al Shehri, along with Interval International, a leading provider of vacation services and an operating business of IAC, has announced the affiliation of Aqua Dunya Vacation Club in the Interval International exchange network. More ....
Travel and tourism can be – and in an increasing number of destinations already is – a catalyst for economic prosperity, nurturing the natural and cultural environment More ....
Tourism revenues in Yemen have increased exponentially in the first half of this year to reach $178 million compared with just $145 million for the entire year of 2006, according to a report issued by the country’s Ministry of Tourism More ....
With a record 9.7 million visitors in the year 2006-07, tourism numbers are well on target in Egypt.
The numbers reflect a 13 per cent increase on the previous fiscal year, the state news agency MENA reported. Egypt’s fiscal year runs from July to June. More ....
AUSTRIA has just concluded a very successful summer, with some destinations seeing a cent per cent increase in GCC visitors, prompting airlines to consider increasing flight frequencies, according to a statement from the Austrian National Tourist Office More ....
MALAYSIA’S growing popularity as a holiday destination for Arab tourists could mean as many as 300,000 tourists from the Middle East this year, according to a tourism official More ....
Seven years behind the West, Ethiopia celebrated its new Millennium on September 11th, and in the midst of year-long festivities, important religious festivals such as the Orthodox Christmas celebrations in Lalibela (6th January 08) and Timkat – ‘The Feast of Epiphany’ (19th January 08), also in Lalibela, take on extra significance More ....
Tourism Ireland has launched its first ever dual Arabic & English website especially designed for the Middle East market. The new website, www.discoverireland.ae, caters for all travelers from this region and provides detailed information on what to see and do whilst in the Emerald Isle whether as an individual or as a family. In addition to these, specific details on visa requirements, location of mosques as well as a list of restaurants serving Halal meals can also be found on the site. More ....
European and Arabs companies have submitted proposals to build an airport on the road between Najaf and Karbala, which are the holy cities located south of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. More ....
Khaleej Times: Tatweer's Bawadi, set to become one of the world's most exciting entertainment and leisure destinations, has partnered with Emaar Properties for a Dh60 billion ($ 16.34 billion) project involving the development of 70 million square feet in Dubailand. More ....
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