UNWTO: ASIAN COUNTRIES LEAD TOURISM RECOVERY
After the disasters of recent times, including the global financial meltdown and swine flu, world tourism is on the road to recovery. This is no surprise. The surprise lies with the fact that the worl ...
WEAK HONG KONG DOLLAR CONTRIBUTES TO SUCCESS
Thanks to a number of factors, Hong Kong managed to welcome more tourists than ever before last year, with record levels of spending. If all goes well, the number of tourists could reach the 40 millio ...
HELSINKI: FIRST GUGGENHEIM IN NORTHERN EUROPE
The mayor of Helsinki, the Finnish capital, has recently revealed a plan of opening a Guggenheim Museum. The plan requires very careful assessment which may take an entire year. ...
THAILAND: DIVING BANS TO PROTECT CORALS
Thai authorities have decided to save local dying corals. Nearly twenty most frequented dive sites have been closed for an unlimited time period. ...
TRIPADVISOR: THE BEST HOTEL ON THE PLANET IS IN PRAGUE
The users of TripAdvisor web server chose Prague’s hotel Golden Well (U Zlate studne) as the best hotel in the world. No US hotel appeared in the top ten whereas six of the best hotels were in Europe ...