The United Nations has joined forces with the International Advertising Association and a coalition of the world's leading advertising, marketing and media agencies to launch Hopenhagen – a movement empowering global citizens to engage in the Dece...
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Austrian village, Längenfeld, has invited 200 visitors to stay for for three days during the first week of July and pay what they think their stay was worth when it’s time to leave....
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EcoDater.com, an eco-friendly online dating site dedicated to green singles and members of the natural dating community has been launched...Read more >>
66% of leisure travellers now use the internet to plan their travels compared to only 35% in 2005, according to National Travel MONITORSM latest survey....Read more >>
Iceland’s recent financial crisis has boosted its image as popular travel destination according to Eye for Image agency....Read more >>
Washington, DC is the star this summer movie release of “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian”, the action-packed sequel to the 2006 hit starring Ben Stiller.
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For those who want to avoid the holiday stampede and visiting usual suspects, adventure travel specialist Explore has compiled a list of top 10 tourist free destinations....Read more >>
An eco way to appreciate sharks in Florida Keys waters has been introduced involving a view only tour and no-shark feeding....Read more >>
Israel is promoting two nature festivals this March....Read more >>
The rare cao vit gibbon population has doubled in size according to census carried out in September 2007 by Flora & Fauna International (FFI) teams in China and Vietnam....Read more >>
Eighteen UK and international festivals have been announced as the first recipients of the Greener Festival Award 2008....Read more >>
The public will have the opportunity to see up to thirty spectacular canal-side private gardens in Amsterdam during the Open Garden Days.
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The latest Amsterdam City Vibes guide was released in March listing out over 100 cultural hotspots to explore....Read more >>
Do you know that it takes 17 weeks to remove chewing gum from Oxford Street, but only 10 days for it to be covered again?...Read more >>
Ashoka's Changemakers partner with National Geographic and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to announce global online competitions -The Geotourism Challenge 2009 and Cultivating Innovation....Read more >>
Thousands of seafood-lovers will be flocking to West Wales for the 10th birthday of Pembrokeshire Fish Week, between 27 June and 5 July....Read more >>
Windsor and the Royal Borough will be marking the 500th anniversary since Henry VIII ascended to the throne at just 17 years of age starting this April....Read more >>
62 countries have signed up for WWF’s Earth Hour 2009 where people, businesses and iconic buildings around the world will switch off their lights for an hour in a global demonstration of support for decisive action to tackle climate change....Read more >>
Indie film festival, European Capital of Culture 2010, UEFA Cup 2009… Istanbul has a lot going for it as a tourist destination. The Optimist discovers what the city has been up to so far.
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Ski resorts across Europe have been blessed with more heavy snow after a relatively cold, dry spell over the past few weeks....Read more >>
Ethiopia has signed a €220 million deal with a French company to develop Africa's largest wind farm....Read more >>
A school renovation project in a Masai Mara township has inspired two business travellers, Amanda Annan and Sonal Kaddcha, to set up Educate The Children (ETC), a new NGO for underprivileged children in rural parts of Kenya.
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