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Celebrate World Wellness Weekend at Italian coast

September 20, 2024192 Views

Anantara Convento di Amalfi Grand Hotel showcases a series of immersive wellness experiences Anantara Spa is world-renowned for its unique wellness offerings, drawing from the healing traditions of the desirable destinations in which Anantara hotels and resorts are located. With its new menu in Amalfi, Anantara Spa combines the serenity of convent life with locally inspired ingredients to create uniquely blissful experiences. In honour of World Wellness Weekend over 21-22nd September, guests seeking to restore balance and harmony during their visit to the Amalfi Coast can indulge in the ‘Retreat of Natural Energy’ wellness package at Anantara Spa. Beginning with an hour long Hammam Ritual for physiological wellbeing and a 90-minute blissful balance body massage ending with a reg...

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Germany woos Indian travelers as Visit Berlin showcases vibrant city

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September 18, 2024165 Views

The German National Tourist Office (GNTO), India, in collaboration with Visit Berlin, hosted an exclusive press event at AER, one of Mumbai's most stylish and vibrant locations. The evening showcased Germany as a premier travel destination, highlighting Berlin's cultural and vibrant attractions for Indian travelers. Guests indulged in traditional German cuisine, sampling local flavors. Attended by leading media personalities, influential influencers, social media engagers, and content creators from Mumbai and beyond, the event witnessed remarkable participation. Key representatives from Visit Berlin, Burkhard Kieker, CEO and Ralf Ostendorf, Director Market & Media Relations presented encouraging statistics, revealing a significant growth in Indian visitors with 59,800 overnights un...

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In a record year for tourism revenues, Greece to ban new short-term lets in Athens

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September 16, 2024166 Views

Ban to be in force for at least a year, tax on holiday lets to be increased A ban on new licences for short-term rentals in three districts in central Athens will be in force for at least a year, the Greek government said on Monday, also raising the tax on such holiday lets. Like many other European tourism destinations, Greece is seeking to balance a profitable industry fuelled by online platforms such as Airbnb with the needs of locals facing a housing shortage. A lack of housing and the rising cost of living prompted the country this month to announce an increase in a tax on short-term rentals, ban new licences in central Athens and give homeowners incentives to switch to long-term rentals. A view of the cityscape with the Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill seen in th...

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Low Danube reveals sunken World War Two ships in Serbia, Hungary

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September 11, 2024250 Views

The wrecks of explosives-laden Nazi ships sunk in the River Danube during World War Two have emerged near Serbia's river port town of Prahovo, after a drought in July and August that saw the river's water level drop. Four vessels dating from before 1950 have also come to light in Hungary's Danube-Drava National Park near Mohacs, where the Danube's water level stood at only 1.5 metres on Tuesday, the lingering effect of severe heat waves and persistent drought in July and August. A drone view shows a shipwreck in the river Danube due to a severe drought near Mohacs, Hungary, September 10, 2024. REUTERS/Marton Monus The vessels revealed in Prahovo were among hundreds scuttled along the Danube by Nazi Germany's Black Sea fleet in 1944 as they retreated from advancing Soviet fo...

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A capsule in hyperloop test tube is a step forward for the transit system

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September 9, 2024226 Views

Hyperloop, a new form of mass transit involving capsules whizzing on magnetic fields through depressurized tubes, has achieved significant liftoff in the northern Netherlands, a company developing the technology said Monday. A test vehicle was levitated and zipped through a tube at a testing facility for the high-speed transit system once promoted by Elon Musk. “So today, with the first successful test, we were able to levitate the vehicle, also turn on the guidance system and the propulsion system,” Marinus van der Meijs, the technology and engineering director at hyperloop company Hardt, told The Associated Press late last week before Monday’s formal announcement. The European Hyperloop Center’s 420-meter (460-yard) tube is made up of 34 separate sections mostly 2½ meters (...

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Greece to tax cruise ship arrivals to protect popular islands from overtourism

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September 8, 2024341 Views

Greece plans to impose a 20-euro levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert overtourism, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday. Greece relies heavily on tourism, the main driver of the country's economy which is still recovering from a decade-long crisis that wiped out a fourth of its output. But some of its most popular destinations, including Santorini, an idyllic island of quaint villages and pristine beaches with 20,000 permanent residents, risk being ruined by mass tourism. Speaking at a press conference a day after outlining his main economic policies for 2025, Mitsotakis clarified that excessive tourism was only a problem in a few destinations. "Greece does not have a structural o...

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Rome considering limiting tourist access to Trevi Fountain

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September 7, 2024235 Views

Rome is considering limiting access to the Trevi Fountain, one of its busiest monuments, ahead of an expected bumper year for tourism in the Eternal City, city council officials say. The Italian capital is preparing to host the 2025 Jubilee, a year-long Roman Catholic event expected to attract 32 million tourists and pilgrims. Under the draft plans, visits to the fountain would require a prior reservation, with fixed time slots and a limited number of people allowed to access the steps around it. FILE PHOTO: Crowds of tourists visit the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy, August 8, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane "For Romans we are thinking of making it free, while non-residents would be asked to make a symbolic contribution, one or two euros ($1.1-2.2)", Rome's tourism councill...

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Partial reopening of the Rubens House in Antwerp gives glimpse of painter’s life

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September 1, 2024219 Views

The city palace of Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens is partly reopening this weekend, allowing Antwerp to show off the life and work of perhaps its most famous citizen. The Rubens House may not have as many paintings as Madrid’s Prado museum or the canvas surface spread around the port city’s Cathedral of Our Lady. But if there is any place that Rubens himself felt more at home, it was his own house in Antwerp looking out over his garden. While the core of the house remains closed until at least 2030 for ongoing renovations, the dazzling new welcome center and the redesigned garden will open doors on Friday. What it lacks in actual paintings — a self-portrait is the only major piece on view during the renovations — it hopes to make up in atmosphere, exuding the spirit ...

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Dutch canal vaulting competition keeps centuries old tradition alive

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September 1, 2024352 Views

Contestants from all over the Netherlands gathered in the central village of Polsbroekerdam on Saturday for the yearly national 'fierljeppen' or canal vaulting contest. Over 2,000 people gathered to watch 48 competitors across five categories battle it out for the championship where contestants have to vault the greatest distance across the water using a pole. "Fierljeppen is a really extreme sport," organiser Danny Baas told Reuters. A contestant takes part in a yearly national 'fierljeppen' or canal vaulting contest in the village of Polsbroekerdam, Netherlands August 31, 2024. REUTERS/Bart Biesemans Contestants run at a long pole on one side of a canal, jump in and while the pole is tipping over to the other side they climb in as high as they can, to land as far as possible...

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Germany gains two UNESCO World Heritage sites

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August 30, 2024284 Views

A fairytale castle in the north-east and an ancient Christian settlement in Saxony add up to 54 UNESCO sites in Germany. Germany's cultural heritage has received a significant boost with the recent addition of two new sites to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The UNESCO committee has recognized the Residence Ensemble Schwerin and the Saxon settlements of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, bringing Germany to an impressive total of 54 UNESCO World Heritage sites. This achievement solidifies Germany's position as the country with the third-highest number of UNESCO sites worldwide. Germany has also been the leading cultural travel destination for Europeans for over a decade, and these new additions provide even more reasons for tourists to explore the country's rich heritage. The Palace is...