Home
All|
Business |
Technology |
Environment |
Health & Fitness |
Lifestyle |
Entertainment |
Travel |
Politics & Society |
Sports |
RSS
The Pingxi Royal Mansion, created ripples in China by offering most expensive rooms in the region. Visitors were charged about $28.205 just for one night. Personally, I think that this outrageous price is indeed ridiculous because it is located in...
Related Stories
Most Recent
Most Popular
Most Commented
4
Stars 
(0)
The government is “turning a blind eye” to British sex tourists and failing to prevent abuse despite having laws in place for 10 years, claims a charity.
made popular Aug 17 2008
Till a few weeks ago, hotels were booked up as were the famed houseboats and the stars were back being filmed against the mountains. But spiralling strife in Jammu and...
made popular Aug 14 2008
So-called ‘pink dollars’ are flowing into the economy, but may deter traditional pilgrims.
made popular Aug 12 2008
Eurostar, the high-speed train linking the UK with France and the rest of Europe, announced that record numbers of passengers are taking the train. Over 900,000...
made popular Aug 12 2008
At first glance, Viking’s Exotic Resort sounds too good to be true.
Actually it sounds totally bogus - a tropical paradise with amazing weather, great food, and...
made popular Aug 3 2008
Do not sleep outdoors to save money at the Olympics. It is banned to “maintain public hygiene and the cultured image of cities.”
Foreigners must respect...
made popular Aug 3 2008
AP, St. George's
Tourism officials on the Caribbean island of Grenada say they are concerned about dog owners snatching starfish out of the sea and throwing them like flying discs for...
made popular Aug 3 2008
Richard Branson has triggered a new space race with the launch of a high-altitude jet name White Knight Two ‘Eve’ in the US. The jet will be used for his project to...
made popular Jul 29 2008
AP, Mojave
Virgin Galactic is giving the world a glimpse of its secret space tourism program.
made popular Jul 28 2008
AP, Los Angeles
Aerospace engineers have been holed up in a Mojave Desert hangar for four years, fashioning a commercial spaceship to loft rich tourists some 62 miles above Earth. Now...
made popular Jul 26 2008
It has some of the finest archaeological sites in the world and some of the holiest places in Islam - but persuading tourists to visit Iraq has to be one of the...
made popular Jul 17 2008
AP, Columbia
A gay pride organization said Thursday it plans to raise $5,000 to pay for an advertising campaign that proclaimed “South Carolina is so gay” after the...
made popular Jul 17 2008
AP, Columbia
A South Carolina tourism employee has resigned after an outcry over an ad campaign to attract gay tourists.Spokesman Marion Edmonds would not say why the unidentified...
made popular Jul 15 2008
July 11, 2008: A South Korean tourist was fatally shot this past Friday after wandering into a restricted area of the Kumgangsan Mountains tourism zone in North Korea....
made popular Jul 14 2008
By Vincent Van Ross
Bangkok hits you on the head the moment you land there. From the moment you enter the new Suvarnabhumi Airport, you are zapped by the state-of-art...
made popular Jul 13 2008
A DOLLAR ECONOMY
By Vincent Van Ross
Like many other curious tourists, it was the thousand year old temple complex that drew me to the land of the...
made popular Jul 12 2008
The UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has recently added 27 new places with outstanding natural or cultural value from around the globe to its list of World Heritage...
made popular Jul 9 2008
AP, Taipei
The first Chinese visitors to arrive in Taiwan on newly inaugurated direct flights are receiving generally favorable reviews _ despite fears their alleged lack of...
made popular Jul 7 2008
AP, Taipei
The Chinese visitors to arrive in Taiwan on newly inaugurated direct flights are receiving generally favorable reviews _ despite fears their alleged lack of manners...
made popular Jul 7 2008
AP, Taipei
Taiwan’s tourist attractions have a fresh coat of paint and restaurants are laying on special buffet lunches in anticipation of a surge in visitors from China...
made popular Jul 3 2008
All Stories
Most Recent
Most Popular
Most Commented
Tourism in China has greatly expanded over the last few decades. The emergence of a newly rich business class and huge investment in tourism sector are both fueling...
made popular Feb 26 2007
This masterpiece of human endeavor and UNESCO World Heritage Site is being pilfered for bricks and stones. Neglect is its second enemy where at many stretches, small...
made popular Nov 26 2006
China is expected to have 64 million foreign tourists in 2010, putting it in third place of the world’s favourite destinations, while by 2020 it will become the...
made popular Apr 11 2006
Related Tags
Beijing China Great Wall of China holidays in China human body exhibition Neglect Pilfered Pingxi Royal Mansion Preserving Heritage Tourism Travel UNESCO World Heritage Site Wall of China 