HUNGARIAN TOURISM: FOREIGN VISITORS DISCOVER LOCAL SPA TOWNS
Hungarian spa towns have taken some of the pressure off Budapest for Hungarian tourism. The amount of foreign visitors has been rising in 2009, despite Hungarian outbound tourism being on the decrease ...
BIALOWIEZA FOREST: VISIT THE HOME OF EUROPEAN BISON
The Białowieża Forest, a UNESCO site, is the biggest original lowland forest in Europe. It is also home to number of interesting animals and especially to the rare European bison. ...
POPULAR DESTINATION: GOING DOWN THE MACOCHA ABYSS
Macocha Abyss in the Czech Republic is one of the most popular tourism destinations. Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the caves that are beneath the Abyss. ...
THE ORIGINS OF WELLNESS: SPA GUESTS ATTRACTED BY SHORTER BREAKS
Originally, the term wellness came from the U.S. Later on, it became popular also in the Old Continent where it is connected rather with pampering in spas than with alternative medicine. ...
CZECH REPUBLIC WELCOMED LESS FOREIGNERS BUT MORE ASIAN TOURISTS
In 2009, Czech tourism was seriously hit by 8.5% decline in tourist numbers. Asian travelers however seem to favor the country in the heart of Europe more than ever. ...