The four Central American countries — El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua — will allow the free transit of tourist with visa from the U.S., Canada or some European countries, which are part of the Schengen area, authorities announced on Monday. According to information reaching here from San Salvador, Salvadorian Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta de Barillas […]
Visitors are likely to enter the inside of the crown of the Statue of Liberty in New York on the national day July 4th, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday. New York Daily News quoted Salazar as saying that “we will endeavor to do everything we can” to have the Statue of Liberty and its […]
It is at the mouth of the mighty Clarence River and on the cusp of change. Shaney Hudson explores the sleepy seaside town.The dolphins are cheeky. Three times now I’ve dived into the chilly Clarence River in an attempt to get close to them and twice they’ve disappeared. I’m treading water a little further off […]
A SLEEPY seaside hamlet in northern NSW has been named Best Town in Australia by a panel of tourism and travel experts.Yamba , a township of 5600 people whose sole industry is fishing and best known as the town closest to Angourie, one of Australia’s most famous surf breaks, beat some of Australia’s tourism “hot […]
The 50% discount on admission to Shanghai’s scenic spots and tourist attractions will be extended until 28 July, the Shanghai Tourism Authority has said. The Shanghai Daily reported that the half-price offer for Tuesday admissions will also be offered at a greater number of sites. Currently 18 of the city’s attractions are involved, but a […]
Hailey Turner stripped down to a bikini in Times Square on her quest to win Tourism Queensland’s island caretaker job.She has stripped down to a bikini in chilly Times Square, chanted Aussie, Aussie, Aussie in Tokyo and set up a makeshift beach at London’s Big Ben.Now Hailey Turner, Queensland ’s finalist in the Best Job […]
A Dubai-bound Emirates Airline flight has been forced to make an emergency landing at Melbourne Airport after its tail scraped the tarmac during take-off.Were you on the flight? Share your story at scoop@theage.com.auThe 225 passengers on board the Airbus 340-500 feared for their safety when smoke filled the cabin, forcing the plane to land at […]
Tourists have returned to Iraq for the first time since the war started, an Associated Press report has said. The first officially-sanctioned Western tour group since 2003 has completed a 15-day tour of the country, incorporating areas of Kurdistan, and the ancient sites of Babylon, Samarra and Ur.The eight tourists, including UK and US citizens […]
China’s Ministry of Railways has signed a deal with CNR Corporation Limited to purchase 100 high-speed CRH trains, at a cost of CNY39.2 billion (US$5.7 billion), Xinhua reported.With a designed speed of 350km/h, the new CRH trains will be used on the Beijing-Shanghai route in 2011, when the construction of the 1,318km track is complete.Zhang […]
WILSONS Promontory National Park will reopen to visitors this Saturday, 41 days after a lightning strike started a bushfire that burnt half the much-loved bushland.Entry will be free for day visitors for six days in a bid to lure travellers back to the park and to South Gippsland. The park will reopen to campers and […]