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Skiing in Alps: Fun and gloom 5 kms apart

December 20, 20201201 Views

Vive la difference: COVID rules divide adjacent French and Swiss ski resorts Like other French ski resorts, the Alpine town of Chatel has been forced to close its lifts over the Christmas period as part of tougher government curbs to contain the coronavirus. But just 5 km (3 miles) away, holidaymakers are schussing down the same slopes on the other side of the border in Switzerland, where less strict restrictions mean it’s business as usual in the Dents du Midi ski region. People line up next to a chairlift at Les Portes du Soleil ski resort during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Les Crosets, Switzerland, December 19, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Chatel mayor Nicolas Rubin was so annoyed by the sharp divergence in the handling of the coronavirus ...

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First time since World War II Paris Air Show cancelled

UPENDRA SWAMI

December 7, 2020553 Views

The Paris Air Show has been cancelled for the first time since World War Two, raising questions about the speed of the aerospace industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. Organisers said Europe’s largest industrial showcase, which attracts over 300,000 people every other June in alternation with Britain’s Farnborough Airshow, would not go ahead next year because of the pandemic’s “unprecedented impact” on aerospace. In an official statement, International Parish Air Show announced on Monday, “The next edition of the Paris Air Show will be held in June 2023, at a date that will be announced shortly. Exhibitors will receive a full refund of all sums already paid and the Paris air Show will take full financial responsibility for this decision.” “We are obviously disappointed...

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पेरिस का डिज्नीलैंड और एफेल टॉवर का टॉप सैलानियों के लिए फिर खुला

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July 16, 20202158 Views

फ्रांस के पर्यटन उद्योग में थोड़ी राहत की सांस फूंकते हुए राजधानी पेरिस के दो प्रमुख आकर्षण फिर से सैलानियों के लिए खुल गए हैं। चार महीने बंद रहने के बाद पेरिस का डिज्नीलैंड कोविड-19 की रोकथाम के नए तौर-तरीकों के अमल के साथ आम लोगों के लिए फिर से खुल गया। साथ ही एफेल टावर का सबसे ऊपरी हिस्सा भी लोगों के लिए खोल दिया गया। 19वीं सदी का यह लोहे का बना स्मारक दुनिया के शीर्ष आकर्षणों में से एक माना जाता है। दूसरे विश्व युद्ध के बाद अपनी सबसे बड़ी बंदी के उपरांत बीती 26 जून को इसके पहले दो माले लोगों के लिए खोले गए थे। अब सबसे ऊपर की मंजिल पर भी लोगों को जाने की इजाजत मिल गई है। दुनिया में अपनी तरह की मनोरंज पार्क की इकलौती व सबसे पुरानी और लोकप्रिय श्रृंखला डिज्नीलैंड ने पेरिस में अपना पार्क खोलने का फैसला अमेरिका के पार्कों को खोलने के बाद किया। हालांकि हांगकांग में उसके पार्क को खुलन...

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World’s largest art museum at Louvre is open again

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July 7, 2020640 Views

One of world’s most visited museums reopened to the public on Monday three and a half months of COVID-19 lockdown. France’s iconic Louvre Museum re-opened, without lengthy queues of visitors as before the coronavirus pandemic. Some 7,000 reservations have been made for the opening day while before the pandemic the museum had around 30,000 visitors each day, Jean-Luc Martinez, President-Director of Louvre, said. For those who arrived for a visit, mask-wearing is compulsory. Slots of 500 visitors every half hour have been set up to comply with health rules. The Louvre and Tuileries National Estate includes several gardens, which cover an area of 30 hectares. Louvre is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally bui...