Archive for May, 2007

31 May, 2007 | No comments

Ten most dangerous places for tourism (Part 3)

Democratic Republic Congo is on the seventh place. Since times of the Second World War 4 million people have died in this country, and fragile political conditions holds Congo on the verge of civil war. The governmental armies, supported by Angola and Zimbabwe battle against insurgents from Uganda and Ruanda, and there is a risk to get under cross fire. Therefore, enjoying tourists should be jungle and the African climate extremely cautious. Besides in the country the level of disease of AIDS is very high. The level of danger to the traveler is defined as high.
Mexico - it is not also paradise for the tourists, warned with own safety. This country offers a picturesque countryside, tasty meal, ridiculous hats and the highest rating of involuntary murders in the world to the travelers. Drug traffic and activity of criminal groupings do this rather quiet country dangerous to tourists. In capital of the country - Mexico City - 15 000 people are being killed annually. The Risk level varies from an average up to high.
Pakistan - is the country, where local Islamic extremist groupings, majority of which is connected with Al-Qaeda. Even local politicians and religious minority are often engaged in murders of representatives of the peace population. In Pakistan people are incessantly hold a meeting against something. More close to border with Afghanistan (number one in the list of the dangerous countries) groups of terrorists act. The Risk level, strangely enough, is only average.
Thailand, famous “mad” drivers on roads of the country, end the list of the most “dangerous” tourist countries. Here, movement is link sided, but it does not prevent 12 million bikers to go how they will want. They do not pay special attention neither to traffic lights, nor to the pedestrians passing road. In Thailand more than 17 000 person perish in failures annually, basically because of the motorcyclists, drunk drivers or speed exceed. Besides, recently cases of acts of terrorism have become frequent in the country, and crimes on sexual ground are also widespread. The level of danger to tourists is defined as average.

 

28 May, 2007 | No comments

Ten most dangerous places for tourism (Part 2)

The fourth place in the list of the countries dangerous to tourists is occupied with Zimbabwe - the state with a totalitarian regime. In this country there is not enough policemen, but they are famous for special cruelty, including, their “special cruelty” towards tourists. Some obstacles can be faced with medical aid business. Tourists warn against visiting private farms as their owners without ceremony can shoot intervened on their territory stranger. Besides in the country catastrophically there is no fuel so it is possible to get stuck for uncertain time in any settlement. Robberies of tourists are not a rarity. A level of danger of travel to Zimbabwe is extremely high.
Further in the list of potentially dangerous tourist directions Colombia is following. According to statistics, in Colombia there was the highest number of murders and kidnappings in the world, but since recent time situation was a little stabilized, and it became safer in this country. The country is torn apart with infinite civil wars. The guerrillas armed up to teeth, are hidden, including, and in the picturesque reserves visited by tourists. The Risk level during travel to Colombia is defined as very high.
The Republic Haiti - is one of the poorest, unstable and uncontrollable countries of the world, constantly suffering for famine, acts of nature and revolutions, is not less dangerous. A capture of hostages, in particular, foreigners - is traditional case in Haiti. The majority of cities in the country are supervised by criminal groupings; there is not enough police in the cities. Here it will be difficult to find such elementary things as battery or drinks. Nevertheless, tourists go there for the sake of natural beauty. The Risk level - is very high.

 

27 May, 2007 | No comments

Ten most dangerous places for tourism (Part 1)

Newsland has published the list of the most dangerous vacation spots in 2007. The first place is occupied with Afghanistan - travelers are risking to meet talibs, can be taken prisoner or become hostages of terrorists. The probability to be killed from a bullet of the security guard of an opium field (from third up to two thirds of world deliveries of heroin arrives from Afghanistan) is quite high. Besides in the Afghani ground the huge quantity of not mine cleared bombs and not broken off artillery shells lays. Regarding Afghanistan as tourist direction, the experts give it the highest level of danger.
The second on danger to the traveler goes to the state Somalia. Coastal waters of this country are famous for the pirates, using modern boats with the weapon onboard to plunder yachts and even trading vessels. Besides, civil war in Somali and inter clan skirmishes, in which peace people travelers, and journalists perish, are frequent. Soldiers of civil army periodically kidnap people with the purpose of the repayment or simply plunder them. The level of danger of travel to Somalia is named as extremely high.
The third place is given to Iraq. In this country of tourists the terrorists are killing people or taking them in hostages, and soldiers of coalition forces, who at first shoot trap, and then ask questions are also make potential danger for tourists. The Crime rate in Iraq is above the norm, and in the north of the country the centers of the bird’s flu are noted. There is also a probability to get under cross fire between insurgents and the international forces, and also to be engaged into the epicenter of skirmish conflicting religious groupings. The risk level is extremely high.
 

26 May, 2007 | No comments

The sea liner “Queen Mary 2″ offers V.I.P-travel for animals

Still recently, going for holiday or business trip, we started thinking out convulsively what to do with our pets. Now many modern travel agencies equally think both of clients, and their favorites: the liner “Queen Mary 2″, for example, arranges the present paradise travel for pets.
Now it is possible to forget about sad eyes of your dog when you anticipate the beginning of cruise with such pleasure. Onboard the sea giant “Queen Mary 2″ the animal will feel so comfortably, as well as you, therefore it is possible to take safely it with you.
Kind employees will offer it a set of delicacies, for example, just baked biscuit cookies, and also will give on a choice a convenient bed, a beautiful body cloth and even the order with a trade mark of the ship “QM2″. Cats and dogs will also receive gift sets into which the UFO, a medallion with a surname, a bowl for meal and a spoon will be included. As a gift the portrait on which the pupil with its owner is represented also is handed over.
“Queen Mary 2″ belongs to large English navigable company “Cunard”, which serves lines between the Great Britain and Northern America. The friendly policy in relation to animals became the distinctive feature of this company still in far to 1840, in a year from the moment of its basis. In 1950th Elizabeth Taylor, who often traveled with dogs, used services of this company. Today it is possible to reserve a cabin for the pet onboard “Queen Mary 2″ and it will cost you from 360 up to 600 dollars.

 

24 May, 2007 | No comments

Hemingway’s legendary Rolls-Royce will be sent at the auction

In the beginning of summer the most passionate fans of cars with history will gather in the USA, where annual international auction Auburn Spring MotorFair will be held. This time a subject, which many people would consider invaluable, becomes a star of the auction: Ernest Hemingway’s legendary Rolls-Royce will be sent at the auction.
Phantom II Short Coupled Saloon Rolls-Royce 1929 is the car, on which the well-known writer traveled across all America, when wrote such glorified stories as “A Farewell to Arms”, “The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories” and “Death in the Afternoon”. The auction will be held from May, 31st till June, 4th in the park Kruse Auction Park in the city of Auburn.
According to the preliminary hearings, legendary “Rolls-Royce” is in an excellent condition, to what numerous awards, which it received during last twenty years, testify. For example, in 2006 on Amelia Island Concours and Pinmar it has received a title “the Best car of the post-war period”. The car has already had time to become the heroine of news and documentary films about the writer, and has been also “shooted” in a role of the experimental car named ” the Bang-bang, oh-oh-th” in popular same film of 1968.
Now Hemingway’s admirers have a unique opportunity to become the owner of “Rolls-Royce” with such tremendous history. Besides, the car which will be exposed on auction among others 2000 machines, can brag of special branch for storage of drinks, accessories to golf and the hunting equipment.

 

23 May, 2007 | No comments

Owners of hotels have made a rating of the worst tourists

In the countries of the European Union Japanese, Americans and Swisses are considered as the most polite tourists, and the Frenchmen, Indians and Chineses - as the worst tourists. Such results have been received in result of interrogation of approximately 15 thousand operating hotels on all EU. The interrogation has been lead by the British agencies on room reservation through the Internet.
Managers of hotels have given the maximum estimation of good breeding of Japanese, their discipline, a habit to behave silently and to respect with local customs. At the same time the Frenchmen, as they say in research, irritate with the arrogance and aspiration to speak everywhere only in the language.
As it has become known, the owners of hotels consider Italians as the noisiest lodgers. They also occupy the first place in the list of “the most beautifully dressed tourists”, in which the Frenchmen and Spaniards occupy the second and the third positions. The list of “most insipid tourists” is headed by Americans and British.

22 May, 2007 | 1 comment

Memories of Grace Kelly: Hot secular summer in Monaco

Shortly the princedom of Monaco will become the real place of pilgrimage of admirers and the admirers of talent Monaco princesses and legendary American movie star Grace Kelly. On September, 14th, it will be 25 years from the date of her death and in honor of Grace a number of the loud secular actions devoted of this bright and many-sided person will be held in the summer in Monaco.
Grace Kelly is more than notorious American dream. Her history is aristocratical: she has achieved the world glory, became the movie star, has married prince and has given birth to three children. When after wedding with prince of Monaco Rainier III Grace has for the first time appeared in Monaco princedom, inflow of tourists to this country, owing to the popularity of Oscar actresses, has increased in some times. However, her bright life has ended absolutely unexpectedly: Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco has died on September, 14th, 1982 in a road accident at the age of 52 years.
25 years after Grace’s death the huge quantity of secular people is going to commemorate the death of the star. From July, 12th, till September, 23rd, a huge exhibition will be held, after that Sotheby’s auction in New York appointed for October, 15-25th will follow. It will be the first auction, where (and, definitely, for very greater sum!) some personal things of princess will be sold out. The exhibition will pass on the territory of Espace Ravel in Grimaldi Forum. Here, the letters, orders and accessories of an actress will be exposed, and also records of a voice and video clips will be broadcast. All will come to the end with ceremony of rewarding of Princess Grace Foundation.
It is necessary to note, that active preparations have been already started. Luxury network of Monaco Société des Bains de Mer (SBM) hotels have already prepared special offers for a memorial. The cost for magnificent room-number in which it will be possible to find fruits, flowers, a bottle of the cooled champagne and even newspaper, includes two tickets for an exhibition. The offer operates from July, 12th till September, 23rd. The price for one night in standard room- number is about $1000, depending on prestigiousness of the hotel.

 
 

21 May, 2007 | No comments

Legendary XIX century sailing vessel has burned down in London

On Monday XIX century sailing vessel of Cutty Sark, the unique tea clipper, which has remained in the world, has been strongly damaged by fire.
According to the messages of city fire service, the 138-year-old clipper, located in special dock near Thames in the London’s Greenwich area, has been entirely captured by the flame. Inhabitants of adjoining to a place of a fire of apartment houses have been evacuated because of fears of explosion as firemen have found out unknown cylinders in which there could be a gas onboard.
On struggle against a fire which has begun about 5 o’clock in the morning, eight fire brigades have come. Now police and firemen study the records of local chambers of video observation and are trying to find out the reason of the fire.
Richard Doughty, chief executive of the Cutty Sark Trust- the organization, engaged in operation and restoration of the clipper- has told that firemen have named the fire suspicious. He is afraid, that much will be irrevocably lost because of a fire.
Richard Doughty has also added that the peculiarity of Feature Cutty Sark was in its wooden bars and an iron skeleton and the vessel has been sailed even in the seas of southern China. And everything that has happened to it is an improbable shock.
Cutty Sark - is one of the most popular tourist sights of London, which has been closed for public and was on restoration. In the frames of project (in cost in 25 million pounds sterling (50 million dollars)) complex structural works on strengthening the case of a clipper which iron skeleton for years has undergone to corrosion have been stipulated.

20 May, 2007 | No comments

In 2008 China will become the third tourist popular country in the world

In 2008 China is to become the third on popularity a tourist direction in the world, having displaced from this position the USA. Such application has been recently made by the International tourist organization. Now, in the list of popular vacation spots China occupies the fourth position after France, Spain and the USA. According to the UN International tourist organization, in 2006, 29 % of the tourists, traveling on the countries of Asia and Pacific region, have visited China.
In 2006, the international tourist organization has published the report, according to which, according to the forecasts of analysts, in 2015-2020, China will become the most popular tourist country. In 2006 49 million people have visited China.
 

20 May, 2007 | No comments

Healthy TV in Westin hotels

Modern tourists wish not only to have a rest in holiday, but also to spend time with advantage for health. Considering this tendency, hotels of Westin network will offer lodgers the exclusive TV-channel developed within the limits of new image concept of a network, focused on a healthy way of life.
The channel will show programs about sports, and eutrophy, ecological rest and modern medicine on a regular basis with well-known Hollywood “star” experts. Besides Westin plans to start shortly a web-site, entirely devoted to a healthy way of life. Two more years ago, according to the new concept, the company has forbidden smoking on the territory of all hotels.

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