Tag Archives : Tourism

We can define a travel agency as a private company that works as intermediary between its clients and certain providers of tourist services, ie airlines, hotels, shipping companies, whose core business selling products and services related to such trips, but with a differential appeal to your customers, doing everything becomes easier and more enjoyable. The [...]

Apparently the only motive in Sir Richard Branson’s life is to take people for a ride, well literally! This millionaire had earlier introduced private shuttles for people to dive deep into the deep blue sea and explore the unimaginable and now he is all set to commercialize the journeys into the deep blue sky. This trend is catching up and it [...]

Imagine a place in the middle of Brazil where the temperatures are too low because it stays at 2000 meters above sea level and where a million tourists from upper middle class spend their vacation. Add to this the largest festival of classical music (besides raves everyday) in Brazil and incredible scenery in a city founded by the Finnish community [...]

Gstaad region in Switzerland is a popular holiday destination for skiing and mountain biking. This picturesque town and regions around it will turn into exclusive mountain bikers paradise thanks to the ten special ‘bike hotels’, 150 kilometers of marked bike routes, GPS tours for techno savvy bikers and electric bike systems for eco-conscious wandering [...]

Owning an island seems to be what separates the men from the big boys, so to speak. Some Hollywood A-listers are among the privileged handful that own such secluded private properties surrounded by seemingly interminable stretches of oceans and seas. If you can’t own an island, the next best thing is to rent one. Luckier are those island owners located [...]

Seems the tourism sector in Japan should be ready to incur future losses, as there has been a severe fall in the number of tourists visiting Japan! A researcher in Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) said that the two prime reasons for the fall in the number of tourists are, the rise in the value of yen and the scare of swine flu. Previous year, [...]

Friday Mosque in Herat Image: Koldo Hormaza Wikitravel Herat was one of the largest cultural and Islamic centers in Central Asia in the 14th till the 16th centuries. Today, it is the third largest city in Afghanistan. It is located in the western part of the country, bordered with Iran. Herat was the Timurid center of art, poetry, and miniature painting [...]

Middle East is forever in news for its never ending conflicts and strife. Countries in Middle East are so much locked up in political crises that they are neglecting environment and other important factors related to well being of the people. It is indeed unfortunate that even the Dead Sea known for its dense mineral and salt content is shrinking and [...]

For at least five miles, one can witness different intertwining plants, trees, creepers, ferns, mosses, and orchids that seem to be in a perpetual struggle for light and life. A tiny hummingbird nest holds an egg about to hatch and a baby already born. Bats fluff their wings while under the shelter of a giant leaf. A big black tarantula with orange [...]

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has developed an index of economic shock and food entitled ‘Economic Shock and Hunger Index.’ Based on a study of the five countries of Armenia, Bangladesh, Ghana, Zambia, and Nicaragua, the responses of households reveal a rather similar pattern: reduction in the number of meals, option for cheaper but [...]