February 2025 – आवारा मुसाफिर

“Amazing Thailand Grand Tourism and Sports Year 2025” unveiled

February 3, 202554 Views

Thailand launches year-long tourism and sports celebration targeting 40 million visitors and 3 trillion baht in revenue Thailand has officially launched the "Amazing Thailand Grand Tourism and Sports Year 2025", a grand initiative celebrating the nation's cultural heritage, diverse tourism experiences, and world-class sporting events. The campaign will feature year-round tourism festivals, high-profile sporting tournaments, and exclusive travel privileges, reinforcing Thailand's position as a global leader in tourism and sports. With an ambitious goal, Thailand aims to attract 39 million international visitors and generate 3 trillion Baht in tourism revenue by 2025. Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatrastated: "Tourism is a key driver of Thailand's economy...

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Reset & recharge: Kickstart healthier habits with new signature wellness retreats

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February 3, 202552 Views

Looking to discover a renewed sense of wellbeing or to escape for a weekend of top-to-toe pampering! You can reset and recharge with AvaniWell’s new signature wellness retreat packages. Available exclusively at Avani+ Hua Hin Resort, multi-day Reset and Recharge programmes combine accommodations, healthful meals and curated activities ranging from physical to aesthetic and meditative, ensuring a holistic wellness journey. The two-night Reset Retreat is the perfect weekend escape, offering a supervised system reboot in a serene environment. For those looking to deepen their commitment to wellbeing, the four-night Recharge Retreat provides a more comprehensive experience, ideal for planning out a personalised wellness roadmap and achieving long-term health goals. Both packag...

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Caribbean chef transforms food & beverage offering at spectacular Thai ecolodge

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February 3, 202560 Views

Lodge manager and chef, George Newling-Ward, has once again transformed the food and beverage offering at a popular southern Thai ecolodge — Anurak Community Lodge beside Khao Sok national park in southern Thailand. His aim is to make food and drink at Anurak Lodge a reason to visit as much as hiking, biking, kayaking and planting trees in one of the most visually spectacular nature settings in southeast Asia. After a previous stint as manager at the ecolodge between 2018 and 2022, Newling-Ward, an acclaimed chef from the British Virgin Islands, returned to Anurak Community Lodge in October 2024. His motivation, second time around, was to offer mouthwatering southern Thai specials with high quality international favourites, while using the lodge’s own herb garden and locally-...

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A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori

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February 1, 202567 Views

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people before. The pristine, snow-capped dormant volcano is the second highest on New Zealand’s North Island at 2,518 meters (8,261 feet) and a popular spot for tourism, hiking and snow sports. The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement of redress from the country’s government to Indigenous...