Archive for July, 2007

9 July, 2007 | No comments

It is better to refuse from trips to Indonesia because of danger of acts of terrorism

Australian authorities warn that in the next Indonesia recurrences of acts of terrorism are possible.
All inhabitants of green continent persistently are recommended to refrain from trips on the Indonesian resorts. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Australia informs that the danger of acts of terrorism in such tourist Mecca Indonesia -Bali and in the Indonesian capital Jakarta- is extremely high.
It is worth of mentioning that explosions of bombs in night clubs of Bali in 2002 have carried away lives of more than 200 people. Besides the Australian embassy in Jakarta in 2004 and in October, 2005, has also suffered from terrorists’ attacks.
But, according to the Australian authorities, terrorists continue the activity in territory of Indonesia; therefore trips to this country are unsafe.
 

9 July, 2007 | No comments

Malta waits for “Isle of MTV”

This year international festival “Isle of MTV” will be really passed on island - on the Mediterranean island of Malta. World celebrities, such, as Akon, Maroon 5 and Enrique Iglesias will honor the festival with their presence. The holiday will come to the end with performance of a star of the Maltese pop music Ira Losco, who won the second place on “Eurovision-2002″. The festival, preparing to accept more than 20 thousand spectators, will take place on July, 26th in Valetta. And on September, 3rd festival will be shown to 166 million televiewers of the Europe.
“Isle of MTV” - is one of the most significant and bright events on the European stage of modern music. An obligatory term of festival is that it is being carried out open air. Ex-participants - Snoop Dogg, The Chemical Brothers, Shaggy, Garbage, The Black Eyed Peas, Jazzy Jeff, Gorillaz, and Morcheeba - the level of executors speaks for itself. Earlier “Isle of MTV” ha been held in Portugal (2002), France (2003), Spain (2004), Italy (2005).

8 July, 2007 | No comments

The new hotel has been opened in the United Arab Emirates on territory Dubai Marina

In Dubai on territory Dubai Marina hotel Dubai Marina Mall on 200 room-numbers, offering clients improving spa-services has been opened. Besides in hotel there is a fitness-center and big open pool with a children’s zone. The hotel is a part of Dubai Marina Mall complex and its area makes 150 thousand square meters both including the modern trading and entertaining center and eight-story “restaurant tower”, in which kitchens of different countries of the world are represented. The hotel has internal transitions in trading complex Dubai Marina Mall.

 
 

8 July, 2007 | No comments

Seven-star hotel will be opened on Majorca

Zone Dubai Marina borrows the area of 5 square kilometers and has an 11-kilometer coastal line. Dubai Marina Motor Yacht Club, which is to be opened in the end of 2007, is the central part of the project. This club will offer its lodgers a full spectrum of services on parking and service of yachts.

7 July, 2007 | No comments

Cuba will construct fifty expensive hotels

For attraction of a lot of tourists on island the Cuban authorities are going to open 50 boutique-hotels in the city historical centers. Besides by 2010 Cuba plans to enclose 185 million dollars in reconstruction of resort zones.
The boutique-hotel can be considered as a hotel which is executed on unique design-project or is located in the historical building and offers service of the highest class and totals a small amount of numbers, creating thus, a chamber atmosphere. For example, in capital of Cuba, Havana, hotel Ambos Mundos with 52 room-numbers, where American writer Ernest Hemingway created the novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, may be regarded as one such hotels.
The organization of similar hotels in Havana has been started ten years ago, and now authorities of Cuba have decided to direct additional efforts to increase in receipts from tourism. Cost of residing at boutique-hotels is essentially above the usual level. On island it can reach 200 and more dollars for a night.
Tourist business is one of the main economic spheres of Cuba, which is annually bringing about two billions dollars to the island.

6 July, 2007 | No comments

Jakarta prepares for colorful carnival

Saturday night on July, 7th in capital of Indonesia - Jakarta - next annual carnival Jakarnaval will be held. This year the holiday takes place for already the eighth time and it will be dated for celebrations on the occasion of Jakarta’s birthday. Carnival procession will be started at seven one o’clock in the evening from the central area of Jakarta.
Cavalrymen, bikers, an orchestra of seaworthy school and sea infantry squadron will take part in the procession. After that various groups of local public organizations and educational institutes with flags and slogan “we shall make Jakarta the cultural center of Indonesia” will pass. Then the train from the decorated cars will pass lengthways all central streets of Jakarta and it will arrive to a final point of a route - Southern part of Jakarta.
The carnival is being held especially at night as one of its purposes is to assure both citizens and its visitors that the authorities are capable to provide safety night parties.

5 July, 2007 | No comments

Canada is recognized by the most comfortable vacation spot for the gay-tourists

According to the research lead by the Canadian commercial and industrial chamber of gays and lesbians, last year people with nonconventional orientation have spent twice more, than homosexuals, on traveling. On the average, the sum which gays and lesbians have spent during holiday, has made $1166, that is on 86 % more, than at “homosexuals”, at whom this figure has made only $627. Research has shown, that the turn-over of the gay-tourism market in Canada has reached $ 5,4 billion in 2006.
In opinion of 83 % interrogated gay-tourists, Canada - is the country, where the social atmosphere the most benevolent to them and there is no discrimination. It is worth of mentioning that, according to these parameters Canada advances such developed countries as Netherlands, Australia, Great Britain and France. The most interesting is that 23 % of the gay-tourists and only 14 % of “naturals” prefer to travel in the winter.
 

5 July, 2007 | No comments

Taxis of Rio de Janeiro are dangerous

In Rio de Janeiro a series of the attacks accomplished by gangsters, operating under a kind of taxi drivers has occurred. According to the police investigating now these crimes, so-called “piracy” taxi with the “cloned” license plates which are difficult for distinguishing from official, have operated. According to the stories of victims such taxi bring a victim into the city slum or other deserted place, where the robbery is made. On not confirmed data, for last two months the gang of taxi drivers has killed two people.

 

3 July, 2007 | No comments

One ticket for all Europe

Now it is obvious, that еру processes of globalization cover all branches of modern society. Here is good news for those, who travel Europe! Nobody would object that new reforms in the sphere of tourism will significantly facilitate moving across European Union. Owing to association of the railway companies of the Europe, passengers can buy one ticket for all international directions.
The railway companies from Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, including French SNCF and German Deutsche Bahn, were united in group under name Railteam.
The association of the companies is expecting that this reform will make travel by super fast trains and as consequence to win over passengers of airlines more comfortable and easier.
Passengers, who use trains at crossing between the countries-participants of the agreement, can change trains not changing the ticket. It is already known that about 30 million euro will be invested on associations of tickets sale system. By the end of next year it is planned to open a special web site for booking.

2 July, 2007 | No comments

The visitor of English hotel has eaten 15 breakfasts for 7,5 pounds

One of British (county Kent) hotels’ clients has shown an excellent appetite.  Preparing for difficult day or being restored after heavy night, 47-year-old man has eaten 15 breakfasts for once.
The personnel of hotel Premier Travel Inn in the city of Tonbridge has been very much surprised, when businessman Barry Bradley started to abuse desperately hospitality of an institution, having paid seven and a half of pounds sterling (about 15 dollars) for a buffet - the action under the name “Pay only 7,5 pounds for everything, that can eat”, which spread at that day in the hotel.
Among all that the man has put on the plate, there were more than thirty sausages, about twenty slices of a ham, 15 fried eggs and three banks of beans. However, the man was not, probably, sated with this and, not long thinking, he has eaten six portions of porridge.
One of waiters said that they could not believe what saw with their eyes. It seemed so that the man would never stop eating

 

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