Foreign travel expenses shoot up 20% on falling rupee The Times Of India Tweet NEW DELHI: The depreciating value of the rupee has made outbound travel for Indians at least 15-20% more expensive. In India, domestic travel too is suffering because of an increase in airfares as Kingfisher and Air India reduce their inventory. | The summer break in India sees a huge number o...
South Africa targets rainbow tourists BBC News There is arguably no worse place in the world to be gay than Africa. Today more than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalising homosexual acts and across the continent the imprisonment, murder and abuse of gays has become part of the fabric of society. | So to many Africans the Rainbow...
Travel briefs The Columbus Dispatch | Helpful Links The City Blog | In case you missed it when we posted this on Friday, we have a full Neighbor News Blog | The Historical Aircraft Squadron Museum at the Fairfield County Airport will mark Armed Forces Day on Saturday with a free open h...
Coleen Rooney readjusts bikini as she spills drink on holiday to Las Vegas Newstrack India | London, May 20 (ANI): Coleen Rooney, who has been working hard to top up her tan while enjoying a family holiday to Las Vegas with husband Wayne and son Kai, had an embarrassing slip up by the pool on Friday as she accidentally spilt a drink all ov...
Travel Sign: Beware of dogs North Jersey | We asked you to share your pictures of signs that have left you puzzled or amused: | Roger Anthony of submitted this photo of a dog warning sign posted outside of a home on South Hutchison Island in Fort Pierce, Fla. "I couldn't stop laughing! I al...
Travel gear: Travalo Excel lets you bring sprays through airport security North Jersey | Smell the convenience | Name: Travalo Excel | What it is: A refillable aircraft-grade aluminum spray container for traveling with your favorite perfume or cologne without risking confiscation by the Transportation Security Administration. Travalo m...
>Summer travel forecast shows little improvement despite cheaper gas Penn Live AP File Photo | PAUL SAKUMACostco customers fill up as others wait in line for gas at a Costco gas station in Santa Clara, Calif. Cheaper gas wonât be enough to spur many more road trips this summer. Americans are too worried about their job...
Carnival invests in new cruise terminal The Gleaner | Carnival Corporation said Tuesday that it is building a US$65 million cruise ship centre in the Dominican Republic to draw ships to the Puerto Plata region for the first time in nearly 30 years. | The Amber Cove Cruise Center at Bay of Maimon is sc...
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Summer Travel Forecast Sunny For U.S. Travelers CNBC | NEWTON, Mass., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel site*, today announced the results of its annual summer travel survey of more than ...
Bhitarkanika bans tourist entry as crocodiles breed Newstrack India | Bhubaneswar, May 15 (IANS) A two-and-half-month ban on the entry of tourists and visitors to the Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha began Tuesday as the crocodile breeding seas...
Tourist Arrivals in Q1 Show Marginal Drop All Africa [The Star] Tourist arrivals declined marginally for the first quarter of 2012, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Tourism and the Kenya Tourist Board. Overall tourist arrivals declined by 0.5% in the first three months of the year, d...
Syrian Situation Impacts Lebanese Tourism Voa News Two Gulf Arab states are telling their citizens to leave Lebanon. | Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on Saturday called for their citizens in Lebanon to return home and for any citizens thinking about visiting Lebanon not to go. State news ag...
Thai PM pledges to tackle rising consumer prices Xinhua | BANGKOK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday pledged that her government will expedite solving the problem of rising consumer prices, Thai News Agency reported. | The premier made her remarks as she visited a fresh pro...
Texting while driving in Minnesota and the impact on our energy The Examiner | The Minneapolis Star Tribune posted a front-page article on texting while driving and the statistics surrounding such behavior. It seems there were only 1,300 texting tickets issued in Minnesota last year; which is a fraction of the nearly 202,000 tickets issued for speeding or 30,000 for drunken driving. But texting and talking on the phon...
Why your dog is overweight The Examiner | Obesity is not just a human problem. It's a companion animal problem, too. The common denominator is that humans are at fault. It's no secret our animals rely on us to take care of them. But it is an UNknown fact that companion animals do not self regulate their food and water. Perhaps it is the comparison to wild animals, who seem to know exactl...
