TRAVEL NEWS
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Barcelona ends bar ban on badly dressed tourists
The Barcelona office of civil rights has overturned a bar's ban on badly dressed, 'low-quality' tourists, calling it discriminatory.
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
Labels: ban, Barcelona, tourists
Friday, May 25, 2007
Room mit ein view: German travel company buys up entire Tuscan village
The giant German tour operator TUI has bought the entire Tuscan village of Tenuta de Castelfalfi with a view to turning it into a holiday playground for German tourists within the next two years.
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
Labels: Tenuta de Castelfalfi, tourists, TUI
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Japanese top good tourists' league
The Japanese are the most polite and tidy tourists in the world according to a survey based on responses from European hoteliers.
theage.com.au
theage.com.au
Labels: Japanese, survey, tourists
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Tourists not exempt in Iran dress crackdown: police
In a nationwide crackdown on slack dressing, Iran has also asked travel agencies to 'warn tourists and to explain the laws of this country' with regard to its strict Islamic dress code.
theage.com.au
theage.com.au
Labels: dress code, Iran, tourists
Monday, April 23, 2007
London sees record number of overseas visitors
Visit London has announced that London saw a record 15.2 million tourists last year, an increase of 9.4% from 2005.
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
Labels: London, tourists, Visit London
Friday, March 02, 2007
Tourists 'go missing' in Ethiopia
Fifteen tourists, including 10 French nationals, have gone missing in Ethiopa amid reports that the group has been abducted.
bbc.co.uk
bbc.co.uk
Labels: Ethiopia, missing, tourists
Friday, February 23, 2007
Angry U.S. tourists break Costa Rican mugger's neck
A would-be mugger was killed instantly when a group of US tourists broke his neck after he pulled a gun on them in a Caribbean port.
theage.com.au
theage.com.au
Labels: Caribbean, mugger, tourists
