January 27, 2009 at 9:09 pm
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January 26 in Hong Kong will be the fourteenth time the international parade to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The festival promises to be even more impressive and extensive than in previous years. In the parade will be attended by 12 countries and regions, who will present 13 colorful platforms. Also at the festival made by 13 foreign and 13 local teams. Increased in comparison with the previous year, the number of new participants - for example, the parade made of Moscow brass band music Cadet Corps. Especially for young people will participate in the parade of popular cartoon characters. Along the entire parade route will be bright decorations and holiday lights, the audience will be able to participate in interactive games with artistami.V this year for the first time tickets will be sold at reduced prices for children and the elderly. Buy tickets for New Year Night Parade, you can travel to the offices in the areas Цим-Sha-Cui (Tsim Sha Tsui) and Kozvey Bay (Causeway Bay). New Year’s events in Hong Kong will last from January 27 to February 1. At that time, held numerous concerts and performances, and on the embankment of the famous Avenue of Stars will buy souvenirs and handicrafts from the various charitable organizations. The parade is an integral part of the celebration of Chinese New Year in Hong Kong. Each year celebrations in Hong Kong attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world, said Asia Travel Tips.
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January 20, 2009 at 9:07 pm
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Many travel companies now are forced to reduce prices, not only because of the traditional beginning of the year, falling demand, but also because of the crisis, tour operators reported.
«January and February have always been extremely difficult for tour operators, as well as after the New Year holiday demand falls to a minimum», - said the agency executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maia Lomidze.
According to her, now the situation is seriously aggravated the economic crisis.
She noted that in many turfirmah now sold mainly to travel as soon as possible, although at this time is usually already active bronirovalis tour in the spring and summer.
«Immediately after the New Year sales were even worse than in November and December, - the general director of« Tez Tour »Vladimir Kaganer. - Sales of Egypt dropped by around 20%. Now, where possible, reduced transport operators are united on one charter flight ».
According to the Director General of the airline Transaero Olga Pleshakova, in this situation, in an effort to support Russia’s tourism industry, the airline has reduced the price of blocks of seats on its flights seats for travel partners.
«This decline occurred in all booking classes, that is in the tourism economy, bonuses, economic and business-class», - told the Interfax-Tourism »O. Pleshakova.
«So, in tourist class on the tracks, where« Transaero »operates direct nonstop flights, the reduction of 20-50% or more - she explained. - Prices for flights Moscow - Phuket decreased by 54%, Moscow - Bangkok by 47%, Moscow - Goa by 34%, St. Petersburg - Bangkok by 30%, Moscow - Male 25% ».
In this situation, many companies have significantly increased the number of low-cost, budget tours to the most popular country. In addition, the market appeared «crisis» tours at special prices. However, given the current exchange rate of the dollar and the euro, prices in rubles is constantly growing.
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January 14, 2009 at 9:35 pm
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January 9, 2009 at 9:07 pm
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January 19, the company Eurostar reported that 23 Feb., 2009 to fully resume normal movement of trains under the English Channel.
Following the announcement, the railway company, the company Eurotunnel, managing the Channel Tunnel, added that the repair work in the sector of 6 by the end February 10. This will allow Eurostar trains to walk normally between Paris, Brussels and London.
Since that date, a trip between Paris and London, and between Lille and London will take less time - 2ch.15 min. and 1h. 20 min. And the number of passenger trains will increase to 19 trains a day between Paris and London and 10 trains between Brussels and London.
Since February 22, 2009 all Eurostar trains will go on its original schedule.
Recall that the reconstruction work in the tunnel lasted about 5 months after a fire truck on 11 September 2008, at the fire which took almost daily. Experts estimate the final cost of reconstruction of the tunnel will be several hundred million euros.
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January 8, 2009 at 9:07 pm
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Russian tour operators, bus belonging to the Commission of the Russian Union of Travel Industry reported that the New Year and Christmas sales of bus tours fell by 10% compared with the same period last year. In doing so, different directions have shown varying demand.
Deputy Director of the company «East-West» Elena Borisova said that this year, virtually no children’s custom groups. That trend confirmed the general director of travel agency «Old Town» Yelena Popova, but «adults» groups, in her opinion, has more. «Despite the talk of crisis, we noticed that the tourists to travel to spend more money than before, willingly took additional trips were committing a lot of shopping - added Ms. Popova. - Curiously, on New Year’s holidays and we are well sold the most expensive and unique tour. Worse - the standard cost of ».
«Our new year’s result - minus one group compared to last year - said the general director of the company« BVL »Albina Astakhova. - But the current customers have been profitable: buy-ski tour of France and Italy, while last year was Poland populyarney ». She explained that the steep devaluation of the Polish zloty against the euro: «The price of accommodation in the Polish resort of Zakopane, came close to the cost of hotels in Chamonix, and people went to France». Albina Astakhova noticed that this year, fell heavily in demand «Bus» Czech Republic, despite the fact that suggested a good price.
The company «Interso», according to general director Tatyana Kozlovskaya demand directly to the New Year date «prosel» 48%, while sales in the holiday compared to last year increased. As a result, the total firm «Interso» came to the same minus 10%. 10-15-percent decrease in the confirmed and representatives of companies «Krugozor» and «DSBV-Tours».
President Sergei PCT pins, was present at yesterday’s meeting Avtobusnoy Commission believes that reducing demand by 10% in the current economic environment can be regarded as a «small victory», a bus segment of the market take «an island of stability». The most amazing thing is that all tour operators noted the depth of sales for next season: reservations are in May and June.
But on the projections for the current year as a whole, views diverged: Dmitry Fomintsev suggested that it would decrease the demand for up to 10%, and Tatiana Kozlovskaya preparing for the 50-percent drop in sales volumes. «In parts of the alarming situation, - said Ms. Kozlovskaya. - Many travel agencies in poor condition, some have already closed. Volga region, where industries have moved to a crisis mode of work and wages, have virtually no reserves. Urals and Siberia are still in relatively good condition but are also experiencing difficulties ».
One way or another, but last-avtobusniki tour operators have agreed not to raise prices on 2008. Travel packages might appreciate by rail or air tickets, the travel agency that can not affect. Is not known yet, behave as a European hotel, although the tour operators, they should not appreciate. In any case, the value of «their» avtobusniki of rounds left in the last year.
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January 7, 2009 at 9:06 pm
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One of the pioneers of the market loukost-transport, airline WestJet, in due course offer a new concept for a trip to the «letayuschem bus». Today, this business model is seriously interested bus operators.
This spring discount Megabus bus went to the market with a sensational proposal. Tourists have the opportunity to perform 10-hour trip from Toronto to New York, bought a ticket to one dollar (taking into account the taxes the total value of travel is $ 1.5). First bus moving between these cities has cost at least $ 85.
As the representatives of Megabus, their experience inspired Ryanair. Now odnodollarovye tickets will be offered on all routes operator provided an early booking. Today, one of Scotland’s Stagecoach Group, carries dozens of tourists between the two North American cities.
«This will be the most economical way to travel compared with the planes, trains and private cars», - noted Megabus President Dale Moser. The decline in prices was made possible by the development of computer reservation systems and economies of angarnom storage buses. In addition, according to Moser, the operator intends to change the attitudes of travelers to the bus tours, offering them tickets with fixed seats, a free viewing of video and wireless Internet access. «We want to raise the coach tourism industry to a new level», - he stresses.
Initiative Megabus already podhvatil other largest bus operator in North America - Greyhound. The company noted that 60% of its customers have a median annual income of less than $ 35 thousand, so that the business model «loukost on wheels» has a huge potential for development.
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January 6, 2009 at 9:06 pm
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photo: google.comFaktichesky boycott bus tours to the UK has announced most famous Russian tour operators, said «Turprom». The reason for such a radical solution - another problem with obtaining visas for tourists. According to the press-secretary of the Russian Union of Tourist Industry, the work of sending tourists to the UK tour operators suspended «Anchor», «BVL», «Interso», «Old Town» and «Turtrans-tour». Already sold to tourists canceled tours to a full refund of the cost of tickets.
And without that not a simple situation worsened when one of the operators was refused by a group of tourists. Of the 39 tourists, who on April 27 were to go on tour, part of the route which passes through the UK - Wales - Scotland, 21 tourist was refused a visa. Visa officers British Consulate questioned the financial viability of the Russian tourists. They found that income and savings Russians disproportionate to the costs that they may incur during their stay in England, although the minimum wage, figurirovshaya documents tourists was not less than 25 thousand Furthermore, a set of necessary documents have been made inquiries about the property, and the tourists’ passports were several Schengen visas.
In this connection, the company decided not to risk their reputations and completely abandon the program, which includes a visit to Britain.
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January 5, 2009 at 9:05 pm
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The government of Israel decided to deploy a large advertising campaign to restore the country’s image and attract tourists. After the armed conflict in the Gaza Strip, the attractiveness of the region for the holiday has been called into question.
The initiative actively attract tourists by the Minister of Tourism of Israel Ruchama Abraham-Balila. The world financial crisis and the military actions in Palestine has affected the turpotoke, but because she intends to ask the Government increase the advertising budget for tourism promotion
First and foremost, the Israeli authorities have increased the funding for an advertising campaign in Russia. Last year it was allocated about 2 million dollars, and at the end of the year this amount was added to 500 thousand dollars.
This has been revised upward and the entire budget for 2009. «Recently, it was decided to immediately allocate 2.5 million dollars on advertising campaigns in Russia, although initially claimed only two million dollars», - told head of the Department of the Ministry of Tourism of Israel in Russia Neta Peleg-Briskin.
According to her, the first part of an advertising campaign is scheduled to be held in mid-February, and it will last until May. «The first advertisement will be placed on television channels, most likely it will be« NTV »,« CCC »and« TVC », - explained Peleg-Briskin. - The exact mediaplan will have this week ».
Also, image advertising will be given in print and online travel resource.
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January 4, 2009 at 9:05 pm
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The Americans expressed their preference for tourist trips in 2009.
Section travel site of one of the most influential American newspapers The New York Times summed up the results of the survey of readers and gave his own recommendations in the popular section «44 seats, far better off in 2009».
The first five best places to visit in the general classification on the version of The New York Times look like this:
1. Beirut (Lebanon)
2. Washington (USA)
3. Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
4. Berlin (Germany)
5. Las Vegas (USA)
Preferences newspaper readers differ from the views of experts:
1. Beirut (Lebanon)
2. Penang (Malaysia)
3. Buffalo (USA)
4. Metz (France)
5. Rome (Italy).
As we can see, the Lebanese capital took unconditional first place in both categories - American interest in its recent huge.
The best lines in the category lyuksovogo rest newspaper and its readers called together. The list laksheri tourism included the same Beirut, Swedish town Fjallnas, Italian Maremma region in Tuscany, Thai Phuket, the Mexican city of Monterrey, the Kingdom of Bhutan, the Seychelles, the Philippine island of Borakay German city of Cologne, the Swedish capital of Stockholm, the Egyptian Red Sea coast and … Kazakhstan.
As the best family tourism facility for the current year, the newspaper and visitors of the site determine the Italian capital Rome and Austria - Vienna, the American city of Washington, Chicago, Florida, Hawaii, the fields of Pennsylvania, the valley of monuments in the north of Arizona and Alaska, the same Egypt and Galapagossy, visit castles in the United Kingdom, Madagascar and Zambia. As a family vacation patriotism and conservative Americans is particularly clear - out of 14 priority areas account for half of the objects inside the country.
First place in the field of eco-tourism and divided Alaska Galapagossy, while the cost of travel, which is important in an era of crisis - Hawaii, Buffalo, and Penang, which is not surprising - until the first two Americans «hand lodge».
The best place for tourists - a gastronomical recreation enthusiasts and tasty cuisine found Beirut, Penang and Washington.
Combine rest of aesthetic pleasure and cultural vremyaprovozhdeniem is likely to succeed in Berlin, Metz, Vienna and Rome, the Americans believe.
Best hangouts and entertainment, according to the site, waiting for tourists this year in Berlin, Beirut, and on the Brazilian island Florianapolis.
It is hoped that the expectations of a good holiday this year will coincide with the real possibilities of potential tourists, and not only in America but also in the world.
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January 3, 2009 at 9:04 pm
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In the U.S. state of Kentucky allowed to hunt for bears, despite the objections of animal welfare advocates.
Thus, Kentucky, became the 28 th state, where hunting is allowed on the bears. Hunting season starts next December, the report says.
According to the Commission for Wildlife State John Gessetta, hunting season will last only for two days and will not have a strong negative impact on the local population of bears, whose numbers are estimated at 130-350 animals.
In doing so, environmentalists from local non-governmental organizations argue that the population of bears in this area is too small to begin the hunt here.
Nearly 100 years ago, the population of bears in Kentucky was considered to be quite large, but then bears in the state have almost disappeared due to excessive hunting and habitat loss. Over the past 20 years, a number of attempts to restore their populations - bears were imported into Kentucky from neighboring states of Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
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