Picture it, more than 1,000,000 visitors packing into Ely (population almost 4,000)? Crews are preparing, draining Miners Lake to create the first in-ground Olympic Stadium and carving seats into the rock. Olympic Village? Yep. Aquatic facility? Absolutely. Rhythmic gymnastics? Badminton? Judo? No problem. Okay, okay… maybe you’re too quick for this bit of April foolery. [...]
Waterville Valley Resort, New Hampshire, is one of the biggest ski destinations in New England. And, coming off a strong winter that is not a bad thing. Like many “ski towns” Waterville Valley is trying to build a year-round market – but the difference with this town in the White Mountains is that it was [...]
Azores-Express/SATA has announced its first every summer air and hotels packages to the Azores from Boston. They include 6-night deals in three hotels in Ponta Delgada, the main city on the island of São Miguel. The Azores Express 7-day/6-night air and hotel packages cost $1,179 to $1,220 per person (before tax) for travel from June [...]
The Hong Kong Marine Department has warned that maritime traffic in Victoria Harbor, in the center of the southern Chinese city, could be halted to prevent harm to a stranded whale, the South China Morning Post said on Friday. The 10-meter humpbacked whale first surfaced in Hong Kong’s busy shipping lanes on March 16. This [...]
Internet users can see a sample ” street view” of Britain as a result of a new partnership between the country’s national tourism agency, VisitBritain, and the world ‘s most popular search engine, Google. The two organizations announced on Thursday to launch Google Street View in Britain which features 25 cities and towns from around [...]
Vietnamese people have surpassed South Koreans to top the list of foreign tourist arrivals in Cambodia in the past months of 2009, national media said on Friday. There has been an obvious rise of visitors coming from the neighboring country since the new year started, Chinese-language daily newspaper the Commercial News quoted Tourism Ministry officials [...]
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is expected to lead the groundbreaking ceremony of the US$ 70-million island resort project scheduled on March 25 in Dinaran Island, Coron in northern Palawan. This was disclosed by Victoria Mendoza, Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Palawan manager. Board Member and Philippine Councilor’s League (PCL)-Palawan president Jim Gerald Pe, who hails from Coron, [...]
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