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World Tulip Festival is scheduled to start at the Korea Flower Park in Taean
Mar 22, 2018The 2018 Taean World Tulip Festival is scheduled to open on April 19 at Korea Flower Park in Taean County. Now in its seventh year, South Korea’s premier spring event was named one of the world’s... -
Disney raises prices of some U.S. theme park tickets
Feb 12, 2018Walt Disney Co said on Sunday it was changing the admission price for its U.S. theme parks, raising the cost of some single-day tickets by almost 9 percent. Disney, which has a three-tier structure that charges... -
Great Barrier Reef a AUD$42 billion asset ‘too big to fail’
Jun 26, 2017News Hour: Australia’s under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is “too big to fail”, a study said Monday. The World Heritage-listed reef is... -
Myanmar to launch cable car service project at a famous pilgrimage and tourist site of Kyaiktiyo Pagoda
May 14, 2017News Hour: Myanmar has planned to launch a cable car service project at a famous pilgrimage and tourist site of Kyaiktiyo Pagoda in southeastern Mon state to enable easier access for visitors to the pagoda. A... -
Increasing numbers of Europeans are boosting Costa Rica’s thriving tourism industry
May 13, 2017News Hour: Increasing numbers of Europeans are boosting Costa Rica’s thriving tourism industry, but lagging infrastructure and regional connectivity are crimping its potential, an investment conference in San Jose heard on Friday. The country stands head... -
Historic Washington Marriott Georgetown transformed
Feb 25, 2017News Hour: Washington Marriott Georgetown, the first Marriott hotel built in the nation’s capital in 1981, announces the completion of its $28 million transformations, an investment by the hotel owner, Geller Capital Partners. Representing Marriott Hotels’... -
Cuba welcomed a record 4 million tourists in 2016
Jan 1, 2017News Hour: Cuba welcomed a record four million tourists in 2016, up 13 percent over last year, with much of the increase thanks to a crush of visitors from the US and Europe, officials said on... -
Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka rose by 16 percent in November
Dec 7, 2016News Hour: Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka rose by 16 percent in November compared with the same month in 2015 with India and China remaining the leading markets, statistics from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority... -
Russian balloonist sets world record for circumnavigation
Jul 24, 2016News Hour: Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov has landed safely in a field on a private property in West Australia after setting a world record for circumnavigating the world solo in a hot air balloon. The 64-year-old... -
Gulf Air celebrates 40 years of direct operations between bahrain and cyprus
Jul 14, 2016News Hour: Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of its direct operations to/from the city of Larnaca in the Republic of Cyprus, giving a number of regional media members...
