Strolling Along The Beach
Australia will pay a person for making ‘the best job in the world’, which is spend all day sunbathing, strolling along the beach, scuba diving among coral and taking photographs, that is, tourism. This is the latest initiative launched by the Queensland Department of Tourism, through an advertising campaign which aims to promote their destination in peak season of crisis.
Lizard Island, Queensland (Australia).
According to people who have entered in the contest to get “the best job in the world ‘, which have hovered around the 35,000 candidates, the campaign’s success seems assured. However, the only thing clear is that people are still willing to travel to an island paradise even in these times. But at this point, perhaps do need to remember that is not the same be paid holiday pay for a holiday, and that’s the most difficult in times of recession.
Once the first step from the institutional side, now it’s the turn of the business sector, who must make the establishments offering accommodation and entertainment and dining is the most appropriate, attractive and in keeping with a pocket wasted by the crisis in order to capture the largest number of tourists. The point is that the holidays are just around the corner for many, and knowing that the institutions continue to opt for the sector despite the deficiencies is a positive plus sign that things are not all bad. It is definitely a way to encourage consumption by selling a destination, or what is the same: a great marketing strategy that is sure to be followed by other countries and tourist markets
Mont Saint Michel, The Archangel Mount
No doubt the Mont Saint Michel is one of the most impressive sights of the country, which owes its name to the abbey dedicated to the worship of Saint Michel Archangel (San Miguel). This island is the busiest of Normandy and one of the first resorts in France.
Mont Saint Michel is a rocky island that houses a medieval abbey, a majestic architecture. The amazing thing about this place is not only based solely on their beauty, but the strangeness of the place is that one can see, where he has made the trip safely to enter the abbey began to be covered by rising tide to completely cover the island and leave only the construction with the appearance of floating in the ocean. Not for nothing gets about three million two hundred thousand tourists a year.
Also the island in ancient times the Celtic tribes had occupied Scissy forest, near the mountain, and approached him to indulge his services. According to Gil Deric, historian of the eighteenth century, the rock was dedicated under the name “My vel Beneneni Tomb,” “Monte Belenus or tomb,” Gaulish god of the sun. Continue reading
Malaga City Holiday and Culture
The privileged location facing the Mediterranean in the Andalusian city of Malaga was inevitably one of the reasons that makes the hotel one of the most modern and cosmopolitan of Spain.
Malaga is proud to host each year many tourists, not only in search of sun to go home all tanned, but also with the desire to walk down the pedestrian streets of the old city and visit attractions that are all concentrated in the historic center.
Roman Theater in Malaga.
The cultural offer is rich in the image of many monuments and interesting museums to visit. Also, do not miss the opportunity to go to the Picasso Museum, the Contemporary Art Center, the wine museum or museum of flamenco to name a few! Continue reading
Japan and its cities (III)
The country of the rising sun is composed of four islands and over a thousand islands. Today in Japan may be practical travel tours that lead to major towns and most enigmatic and beautiful places.
We mention some of the city and its characters:
TOKYO: It is essential that you visit:
* The castle of the Edo, whose beauty and harmony is laudable, few imagined that it was a military fortress built to protect the emperor. For the daredevil walked its corridors shoguns who ruled for 263 years.
* The Tokyo National Museum, the largest, containing 1O artesian thousand objects and archaeological value.
* It is mandatory to pass through the bay to enjoy grilled eel (kabayakl), fish stew and boiled eggs (oden) and sushi, born in the current quarter plunged into the eighteenth century. Continue reading
The town of Vezelay in France
Vezelay is tiny, is located in central France and climbs over the crest of a hill; because that’s how cities were built give the Middle Ages to defend major. Con few hundred inhabitants, has two luxuries that travelers sensitized should not skip.
On one side is the great basilica of Vezelay Square facing spot with his strong Roman and after 700 years attests to the power of faith in a time where nothing was secular. Furthermore, Vezelay has the surrounding landscape, a horizon of valleys and gentle slopes of almost incomparable beauty, whose distance can be seen from anywhere in the city. Continue reading
La Bodeguita del Medio: Traditional bar in Havana
Who does not want to spend a few quiet days on a Caribbean island paradise? If you’re the lucky one who will realize this dream, we recommend that you book your stay in the picturesque city of Havana in Cuba, where not only enjoy their beaches and crystalline waters, but also its history.
Recall that this magnificent archipelago Central is known worldwide for being one of the last strongholds of the communist world and this is reflected in every corner of the island, both in their streets and in the treatment of its people and architecture in the sclerotic it still retains some features of the beauty of yesteryear. Continue reading