Employees of British Airways threatened to organize a strike in the second half of December 2009. It will become a threat for the Christmas holidays and vocations for millions of tourists. If airlines do not give up leadership to trade unions and will not abandon the reduction of stewards, appointed on 16 November. According...
Comfortable Trains for Tourists in India
Authorities of India are planning to run trains, intended only for foreign tourists. Trains with improved layout of small cars will move between the major tourist cities in the country, which will attract more travelers from America, Europe and Asia to visit India. Now tourists traveling to India, have not a lot of choices...
Germans Will Ban Drinking on Trains
The police of Germany demanded to prohibit the selling of alcohol at the stations of the country, especially during the period when football matches are held. Moreover, during these days the passengers will not be able to bring a drink with them even to the car. The fact is that the burden on police...
The Best Beach Food
The cold and wet weather, sooner or later, reminds us about the situation of warm places. And there, in every single even inclusive hotels, potato fries, hot dogs and other greasy, and, frankly, not very tasty food will be waiting for them on the beach. Meanwhile, many delicacies have been invented in the world...
Pilots Seek the Right to Sleep During Flight
Largest U.S. airline pilots and the unions of pilots require the Federal Aviation Administration of the country to allow pilots and navigators to sleep during the flight. The fact is that such a project, according to the pilots and administrations of companies, will allow the crew to overcome the natural fatigue and be especially...
Archaeological Tourism in Crimea
Crimean historians and archaeologists are planning to make it possible for the tourists to visit the Peninsula for excavation. The representatives of the Ministry of Culture are protesting, because this kind of tourism can contribute to the looting of burials. According to the popularizations of science, the burial grounds and the fortifications of Crimea,...
Moscow Prohibited Alcohol Sale in Airports
Passengers suffering from aerophobia, from now on will have difficulties. The sale of strong alcoholic drinks will be banned in the airports of Moscow. Moscow transport prosecutor’s office conducts inspections of bars and restaurants in the Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports. The fact is that according to the law on state regulation of production...
Ghosts Burn Hotels and Steal Beer
On October 5, the night from Sunday to Monday, a hotel in Japan, which was visited by tourists who came to see the ghost that brings happiness, was burnt. According to the beliefs of the Japanese house, the house loved by a good ghost, will certainly be destroyed, after the house spirit leaves the...
World’s Best Aquariums
The impressions left by visiting the modern aquariums, can only be described as magical, delightful, unforgettable. Think how a simple 500-liter aquarium in the mall attracts passers-by. Now imagine the same, but in million of liters, and with sharks, turtles, penguins and divers. But there are tens of constructions of this scale in the...
Priceless Paintings Stolen From Pebble Beach
The theft of the century occurred at one of the most prestigious resorts in the U.S. Pebble Beach, located on the Pacific coast. 13 priceless paintings, including works by Renoir, Van Gogh, Miro, Matisse, Rembrandt and Pollock were stolen from the gallery, which was kept by two collectors. The total cost of works of...
The World’s Best Street Food
Street food does not only appease hunger. Joined to the surrounding environment and scenery, it gives completely separate feeling from the host country. Alas, in the minds of most tourists, street vendors pose a hidden danger due to a lot of brochures, cautioning to buy food in the street and eat it with unwashed...
New Airplane Travel Rules
The most popular and fastest way to get to Australia is to buy a plane ticket searching on Google cheap flights . And the easiest way for Australians to see the world is to leave the continent on the airliner. However, you will have to fly long and in this situation the behavior of...
The World’s Most Expensive Cocktails
Cocktails always play leading roles in parties, whether it is a Nobel Prize award ceremony or a traditional hen-party organized before the wedding. In pubs, bars and hotels these mixes receive great attention by tourists as well. There are lots of cocktails made in the world, but there are some institutions specializing in the...
The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved
Investigation carried out as part of a new program of BBC News, gave a purely practical answer to the mystery of the disappearance of two passenger aircrafts that were on flights in the late 1940’s and disappeared in the Bermuda triangle. On January 30, 1948 plane BSAA of mark “Avro Tudor IV”, under the...
Valaam Island will be Closed for Tourists
Valaam archipelago, where the most popular not only among the pilgrims, but also among ordinary tourists Transfiguration monastery is located, can obtain legal status of specially protected areas, and then to get on it will be much harder. Members of the Board of Trustees of the Savior-Transfiguration Valaam Monastery at the meeting held on...