8-15 Jan. 2008 (week 2)
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The Thai authorities will fine tourists for smoking 12 Jan. 2008 |
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The authorities of Thailand, that is very popular among tourists, have banned smoking in night clubs, bars and open-air markets. |
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The Biggest in the World Sculpture from Ice and Snow Erected in China 12 Jan. 2008 |
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The famous Chinese "Ice and Snow" festival has set up a record: a grand snow sculpture of unprecedented size - the height of 34.5 meters and the length of 197 meters, was erected in Harbin. |
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Italy invites tourists to a youth carnival. 12 Jan. 2008 |
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In Sant'Eraclio, a small town of Italian province Umbria, the Youth Carnival (Carnevale dei Ragazzi) will take place for the 47th time. |
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Antalya- the Mecca of Football Tourism 12 Jan. 2008 |
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In winter Antalya is the favorite training place for 500 of football clubs. |
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The hotel made of transport containers will be built in Great Britain 12 Jan. 2008 |
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In London the Travelodge hotel is being built of the unusual building material - cargo containers. |
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Free Wi-Fi for tourists will appear in Prague 11 Jan. 2008 |
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In the fist half of 2008 in Prague, the city wireless network, using the Wi-Fi technology, will begin to work. |
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France is Going to Set Up the Tourist Record 11 Jan. 2008 |
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On Thursday France has launched a special project that should help them to achieve the European leadership in tourism based revenue. |
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The best touristic trains of the world 10 Jan. 2008 |
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The International Community of rail road travellers published a list of tourists' trains top 25 in the world. |
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A Wheel Hotel will appear in Dubai 10 Jan. 2008 |
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A building project of a 5-star hotel in the form of a vertically standing wheel has been published. |
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Mass Exchange of Light Bulbs Started in Argentine 10 Jan. 2008 |
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The employees of energy companies knock at the doors of houses and offer each family to exchange their ordinary light bulbs for the energy-saving ones. |
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A Smoker's Museum in Paris Invites Tourists. 10 Jan. 2008 |
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After the 1st of January when the law came into effect that interdicts smoking in public places, the smokers in Paris have nothing more to do than... |
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Liberal Denmark 10 Jan. 2008 |
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Danish politicians will allow women to visit pools topless. |
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The Most Important Tendencies of Hotel Business. 10 Jan. 2008 |
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According to the American company "American Hotel & Lodging Association" experts' opinion, in the present year the hotel business will be mostly influenced by 3 major tendencies. |
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Restraint on smoking is introduced in Krakow 10 Jan. 2008 |
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Local authorities in Krakow have passed the law that restricts smoking in public places. |
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The New Feature of Cruise Liners: Movie Premiere on Board 10 Jan. 2008 |
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The passengers of Princess company's cruise liners during a week, beginning from February 11 will be the first ones who will watch the movie "Bonneville" with Hollywood movie star Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Joan Allen. |
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The lost tourists have saved themselves thanks to a photo camera 9 Jan. 2008 |
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The three tourists who lost their way in the mountains of an Australian National Park "Grampians" have saved themselves thanks to mobile telephones with photo cameras of high quality. |
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Speed Limits are Set up at Ski Tracks 9 Jan. 2008 |
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Alpine skiers who plan to ski in Switzerland should be ready for a surprise. Country's authorities have fixed the speed limits at ski tracks. |
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In order to survive Thai elephants entertain tourists 9 Jan. 2008 |
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Entertainment of local inhabitants and tourists in Thailand has become a matter of life and death for elephants and their owners. |
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The Vietnamese Moved a Three Thousand Tons Building 8 Jan. 2008 |
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A three thousand tones building in Vietnam was moved on 50 meters by means of special equipment. There was a plan to build a new object on it's place. Building's owners decided to shift that building instead of destroying it. |
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British Policemen Examined Customers of the Pub for the Purpose of Intoxication 8 Jan. 2008 |
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Police of the British county West Midlands has begun an internal investigation regarding exceeding of official powers after 12 police officers rushed into one of Birmingham pubs and started checking its customers for the purpose of soberness. |
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The Museum of Idleness has been opened in Columbia 8 Jan. 2008 |
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The Museum of Idleness has been opened in Columbia - you can see there everything that is not associated with work: sofas, TV sets placed near them, beds and deck chairs. |
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Opera in Italian Trams 7 Jan. 2008 |
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A tram made in the style of 1920s began circulating on the streets of Rome during the Christmas holidays. |
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No smoking In Tokyo taxi 7 Jan. 2008 |
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Today 95% of Tokyo taxi companies banned smoking in their cars. |
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To visit the block of brothels in Amsterdam will become fashionable 7 Jan. 2008 |
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In January fifteen young fashion designers are going to occupy some of premises which will be vacated in the well-known "red block" in Amsterdam because of the closing of 51 brothels at the end of the last year under the decree of the city authorities. |
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Weather has surprised inhabitants of Africa with a real Christmas snowfall. 7 Jan. 2008 |
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There was a snowstorm in Morocco that has covered streets with half-meter snowdrifts. Children are in delight - it's so exotic! |
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A Colorful Carnival on the Streets of Mexican Capital 7 Jan. 2008 |
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The citizens of Mexico City are celebrating the "Day of Three Kings" |
