Europe

The Ministry Of Tourism Of The Nation

Through the newspaper La Nación, I learn about growing tourism in Argentina during 2007. This medium produced a report which the Secretary of Tourism of the Nation, makes visible the number of foreign tourists who choose our country as a holiday destination.

According to statistics specific to the Ministry of Tourism of the Nation, arrivals, by all routes of entry into the country increased by 11.8 percent during the third quarter of 2007 versus the same period last year.

Of the 1,054,749 foreign visitors arrived in the country, the largest increase was in visitor arrivals from neighboring countries, with 695,550 people, equivalent to 15.4 percent over the same period last year.

The country that provided most visitors is Brazil with 233,041, an increase of 35 percent.

At the same time, arrivals of tourists from neighboring countries (359,200 people) increased 5.4 percent, resulting from growth of 18.5 percent of American tourists in neighboring countries. Figures in tourists from Europe was up 6 percent.

Sun, Beaches and Holidays in Ibiza

Ibiza, it’s heaven on Earth for two reasons. First, the Spanish island is magnificent; the beaches are beautiful, impressive landscapes and the temperature still at the rendezvous. In second place is the ultimate global electronic music. The best DJ goes there in summer to give the atmosphere the best clubs in Europe.

Sun, Beaches and Holidays in Ibiza

Beaches

There are beaches for all tastes, the most active such as the port’s Caletes, north of the island, where you will find rentals of jet-ski, excursions by boat, banana boats and beaches around malls, to quieter coves such as Calla Bassa and Playas DE Comte, clear water and fine sand.

Ibiza.

Nature lovers will, too, delight as their ranges are restricted, such as the beach of Es Bol Nou. But that’s not all, for those who enjoy absolute privacy; happiness awaits you along the coast in coves cut into the rock, bathed in crystal clear water. Continue reading

The Main Museum in the Netherlands

The Main Museum in the Netherlands

The cultural offer of the Netherlands is one of the most comprehensive in Europe. Museums that are found only in the capital are sufficient to fill several days of exploring art. It is therefore advisable to know that it is impossible to know everything in one trip and it is best to focus on the most important places.

A place impossible to stop visiting the Rijksmuseum, which is the national museum of Holland and has the work of several painters from different eras Netherlands, noting especially the seventeenth century. It is considered that this museum focuses on the most comprehensive collection of art Dutchman to be found there.

Other major museums in Amsterdam is the Stedelijkmuseum, with several pieces of modern and contemporary art. Here you can find priceless works of artists of all time Dutchmen.

the Van Gogh Museum

You can not miss a walk along the way by the Van Gogh Museum, a place that is visited by thousands every day. The tours are organized in five periods of the artist to present their works in an orderly manner. Van Gogh’s work is known worldwide and that is why the turnout is massive museum. You can not waste the chance to see his self-portrait.

Another Dutchman world renowned artist is Rembrandt and you can not miss the opportunity to visit this house, where today a museum in his honor. This is a house where the painter lived between the years 1639 and 1659. This is the place where he had his greatest inspirations and developed his most famous works.