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Singapore Changi Aiport er vinneren i Sleeping in Airports årlige kåring av verdens beste flyplass. Foto: Edgar Su / Reuters

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Nettstedet Sleeping in Airports har foretatt sin årlige spørreundersøkelse blant reisende om hvilken flyplass de foretrekker, skriver ABC Nyheter. 

Til sammen 26 297 reisende har deltatt i undersøkelsen.

Svarene fra de spurte skal være basert på den totale opplevelsen på flyplassen. Service, fasiliteter, hygiene og komfort er noen av kriteriene.

Blant de ti beste flyplassene finner vi alle de fem beste i Asia.

Singapore Changi Internasjonale Lufthavn går av med seieren i konkurransen.

Noen flyplasser kan friste med kasino, kino, innendørs jungel og soverom, mens andre steder knapt nok har frisk luft, skriver ABC Nyheter.

Nettstedet Sleeping in Airports har foretatt sin årlige spørreundersøkelse blant reisende om hvilken flyplass de foretrekker.

Svarene fra de spurte skal være basert på den totale opplevelsen på flyplassen. Service, fasiliteter, hygiene og komfort er noen av kriteriene.

Blant de ti beste flyplassene finner vi alle de fem beste i Asia.

Singapore Changi Internasjonale Lufthavn går av med seieren i konkurransen.

Flyplassen som blir kåret til den beste, byr blant annet på en innendørs jungel, gratis internett, kino, svømmebasseng, spa og soverom.

På sjetteplass finner vi München Internasjonale Lufthavn. Her finner vi blant annet kasino og minigolf. På syvendeplass finner vi Helsingfors Lufthavn, på finsk kjent som Helsinki, som er hovedflyplassen til hele Finland.

Den eneste Nord-Amerikanske flyplassen på listen er Vancouver Internasjonale Lufthavn, som ligger i Richmond utenfor Vancouver. I 2008 hadde flyplassen 17,8 millioner reisende.

På listen som ikke er like populær å trone; verdens verste flyplasser, finner vi Port Harcourt Internasjonale Lufthavn på topp. Den nigerianske flyplassen omtales som korrupt i undersøkelsen, og reisende blir advart om at det ikke finnes plasser til å hvile føttene, at det ikke finnes klimaanlegg og at bygget er i forfall.

Listen over de verste flyplassene inneholder i hovedsak lufthavner i utviklingsland, på en noe overraskende tiendeplass finner vi imidlertid Paris Beauvais Lufthavn. Den franske flyplassen får stryk i service og fasiliteter av de reisende.

Her er verdens ti beste flyplassene å sove:

1. Singapore Changi International Airport, Singapore
2. Seoul Incheon International Airport, Sør-Korea
3.Helsinki International Airport, Finland
4.Munich International Airport, Tyskland
5.Vienna International Airport, Østerrike
6.Porto Francisco Sa Carneiro Airport, Portugal
7.Tokyo Haneda International Airport, Japan
8. Tallinn International Airport, Estland
9. Stockholm Arlanda International Airport, Sverige
10.Taipei Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan

Her er de ti verste flyplassene å sove:

1.Reykjavik-Keflavik International Airport, Island
2.Paris Beauvais-Tille International Airport, Frankrike
3.Bergamo Orio al Serio International Airport, Italia
4.London Luton International Airport, Storbritannia
5.Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand
6.New York La Guardia Airport, USA
7.Brussels Charleroi Airport, Belgia
8.Rome Leonardo da Vinci – Fiumicino International Airport, Italia
9.Sydney International Airport, Australia
10.Los Angeles International Airport, USA

Her er de ti beste flyplassene i verden:

1. Singapore Changi International Airport, Singapore
2. Seoul Incheon International Airport, Sør-Korea 
3. Tokyo Haneda International Airport, Japan 
4. Taipei Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan 
5. Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong 
6. München International Airport, Tyskland 
7. Helsinki International Airport, Finland 
8. Vancouver International Airport, Canada 
9. Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia 
10. Zurich Kloten International Airport, Sveits

Her er verdens ti verste flyplasser:

1. Port Harcourt International Airport, Nigeria 
2. Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport, Saudi-Arabia 
3. Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal 
4. Tashkent International Airport, Uzbekistan 
5. Caracas Simón Bolívar International Airport, Venezuela 
6. Port au Prince Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Haiti 
7. Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan 
8. Ho Chi Minh City Tân Sõn Nhất International Airport, Vietnam 
9. Islamabad Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Pakistan 
10. Paris Beauvais-Tille International Airport, Frankrike

Kilder: www.abcnyheter.no, www.sleepinginairports.net

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På denne tiden av året skulle Gamlebyen i Jerusalem, med sine trange gater og smug og hundrevis av souvenirbutikker, vært full av turister, men, nå er det stille ved turistattraksjonene i byen, som Klagemuren og Tempelhøyden, skriver VG Nett.

De brolagte gatene er nærmest folketomme etter voldsbølgen som har rammet store deler av Israel og Vestbredden de siste ukene. Åtte israelere er drept, hovedsakling i knivangrep fra palestinske gjerningspersoner, siden starten av oktober. Samtidig har minst 42 palestinere mistet livet. 20 av dem er drept av politi eller sikkerhetsstyrker i forbindelse med angrep på israelere.

Videre er det klart at SAS legger ned sin rute mellom København og Tel-Aviv fra mars neste år. Flyselskapet skylder først og fremst på høye kostnader og stor konkuranse, men innrømmer at også uroen i området har påvirket beslutningen.

Les hele saken her (ekstern lenke): www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/midtoesten/terror-toemmer-jerusalem-for-turister/a/23546716

Kilde: www.vg.no

#By #Danmark #Ferie #Flyselskap #Hovedstad #Israel #Jerusalem #Kastrup #København #Palestina #Reise #SAS #Souvenir #TelAviv #Terror #Turisme #Vestbredden #VG 

Se også våre store bloggposter om Israel og om Palestina på www.minbestereise.blogg.no

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Norsk turistsmell etter kroneskrell – for første gang på flere år svikter norske turister London og Storbritania, skriver hegnar.online / dagbladet.no

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Tallenes tale er klare. Et av nordmenns favorittreisemål opplever for første gang på flere år tilbakegang i antall besøkende, forbruk og overnatting.

Det skyldes neppe fordi vi er lei av London, puber, fotballkamper, Harrod’s og afternoon tea, slår Finansavisen fast.

Det skyldes rett og slett at det har blitt dyrere å feriere på De britiske øyer, og dermed prioriterer vi annerledes.

I første halvår falt antall tilreisende nordmenn til Storbritannia med 5,5 prosent eller 19 000 personer.

Totalt 330.000 nordmenn er registrert i grensekontrollen i Storbritania i årets seks første måneder, viser tall fra Office for National Statistics, det britiske motstykket til SSB.

– Norske kroner har svekket seg 23 prosent mot pundet siden september i fjor. Det er klart at man ser en effekt på besøkstallene av slike endringer, sier Visit Britains Norden-sjef Gary Robson til Finansavisen.

Sjeføkonom Jan L. Andreassen i Eika Gruppen er enig i at en svekket norsk krone slår ut på nordmenns reiselyst, men lister også opp to andre årsaker.

-Nedgangen i oljebransjen påvirker nok også¨de som drar på jobbreise til Storbritania. I tillegg får nordmenn dårligere råd nå, fordi lønnsveksten ikke klarer å holde tritt med prisveksten, sier Andreassen til Finansavisen.

– Det er litt smalhans nå og vil være det framover. Det vil bli mindre juleshopping i London, og det er all grunn til å stramme litt inn på livreimen nå. Nordmenn bør genuint øke sin sparing og ikke la seg friste av utenlandsturer, avslutter Andreassen.  

#By #Dagbladet #England #Ferie #Fotball #Harrods #Hovedstad #London #Pub #Reise #Storbritania #Turisme

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Belgium’s leading airline Brussels Airlines has announced a new route from Belfast city to Brussels.

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Northern Ireland will be linked five times a week with the European Capital by a Brussels Airlines 97-seater jet, www.u.tv reported.

The new service will start on 27 March next year and flights will operate on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.

The launch of the Belfast service also means that Belgian aviation is back in Ireland after an absence of 15 years.

“We are delighted that we can add Ireland to our continuously growing map of European destinations,” Brussels Airlines Chief Commercial Officer Lars Redeligx said.

“On a weekly basis we will offer close to 1000 seats on the route. Belfast is an important touristic, administrative and economic destination.

“Thanks to our investment in this new service we give the region also access to our Brussels Airlines and Star Alliance network. This is not only great news for the inhabitants of the Belfast area but also for the economy and the tourism industry in Ireland.”

Brian Ambrose, Chief Executive of George Best Belfast City Airport, added: “2015 has been a very successful year for Belfast City Airport with passengers numbers expected to be up 10% on last year.

“We have had our sights set on increasing connectivity with key European destinations and I am delighted that we have been able to deliver on these promises commencing both an Amsterdam and Brussels service.”

The new route has been welcomed by both business and tourism officials.

Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland, said: “Today’s announcement is really good news for tourism to Northern Ireland in 2016.”

“We look forward to co-operating with Brussels Airlines to maximise the promotion of this new flight to Belfast. As an island, the importance of convenient, direct, non-stop flights cannot be overstated ” they are absolutely critical to achieving growth in inbound tourism.”

Invest NI’s Chief Executive, Alastair Hamilton welcomed the announcement as it will help boost business links to Northern Ireland.

“Invest Northern Ireland is strongly committed to supporting the Northern Ireland Executive?s aim of enhancing direct air linkages between Northern Ireland and Europe as a vital contributor to economic Development,” he said.

“This new air route will be strategically important in helping to deliver this objective.”

“Our local exporters will now be positioned to take advantage of the direct connectivity it will offer to Brussels but also be able to use this service as a springboard further into Europe.”

Gerry Lennon, Chief Executive, Visit Belfast, added: “This brand new Brussels-Belfast air link will be hugely significant in our targeted efforts to promote Belfast as an attractive, modern and cosmopolitan city break destination to one of our key European markets and will be essential to assisting us in promoting our award-winning credentials as a leading, easy-to-access destination for major international conferences, meetings and events.”

“As the capital of an expanding Europe, Brussels is a major tourism market for the city and this new route will assist us greatly as we look to bring in even greater numbers of business and leisure visitors. It also strengthens our European connections further and will allow many more visitors to travel to Belfast, and to Northern Ireland, both directly and indirectly.”

#Amsterdam #Belfast #Belgia #Best #Brussel #By #Ferie #Flyplass #Flyselskap #GeorgeBest #Fotball #Hovedstad #Nederland #NordIrland #Reise #Storbritania #Turisme

#Airline #Airport #Belgium #Capital #City #Holiday #Netherlands #NorthernIreland #Tourism #Travel #UnitedKingdom

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Yerevan by night. Photo credit: Thinkstock

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Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia has been granted a loan Worth ?1.9 million (£1.4m) to install energy efficient lighting, enerylivenews.com reported.

The current street lighting network in Yerevan consists of “old, inefficient and environmentally-polluting mercury-based lights”, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

The project will help introduce LED lighting, a control and monitoring system, pole replacement and renovation as well as power cable replacement.

It is expected to help cut energy usage by 64% and result in annual power cost savings.

The Municipality of Yerevan has signed an agreement with the EBRD and the Ministry of Finance of Armenia for the project.

The grant is provided by the Eastern European Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership (E5P Fund), which is managed by the EBRD and gets contributions from the European Union and other donor countries.

Source: www.energylivenews.com

#Armenia #Bank #By #Energi #Ferie #Hovedstad #Jerevan #Kaukasus #Lys #Miljø #Reise #Turisme

#Capital #City #Energy #Environment #Holiday #Lights #Tourism #Travel #Yerevan

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Oslo is to become the first capital city to fully divest from fossil fuels in plans released by the new coalition city government on 19 October.

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Alongside the plans to divest Oslo’s £7m ($11m) pension fund, the city government is aiming to halve greenhouse gas emissions in the city by 2020 and become fossil free by 2030, the International Business Times reported.

After local elections in September saw Oslo’s city council consist of left-leaning parties for the first time in 19 years, the new coalition between the Green, Labour and Socialist Left parties presented their plans for the next four years of government.

Its plans include a pledge to not increase road capacity in the capital, build 60km of cycle lanes, invest in public transport and start to edge out cars in the city centre.

By 2019, the coalition aims to have made central Oslo a car-free zone, with tariffs operating in other areas and a subsidy to encourage people to buy electric bicycles.

Oslo follows the likes of San Francisco and Seattle in the US and Oxford in the UK as cities that have pledged to fully divest their funds from coal, oil and gas companies, though it is the first capital city in the world to do so.

Lan Marie Nguyen Berg, of the Green Party in Oslo, said: “The time for climate action is now, and the new city government will address climate change both locally and globally. The reduction in pollution will make the city even better to live in, and ensure that we take our global responsibility.”

In May, Oslo banned investments in coal. The country’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, worth around $900bn, then followed suit and plans to sell $8bn in coal investment.

The move comes a few weeks ahead of the COP21 climate talks, which will take place in Paris at the end of November. The talks hope to come up with a new global, legally binding agreement to tackle global warming.

Nguyen Berg said: “Divestment sends a strong message to the world prior to the Climate Change Conference in Paris that we need a strong agreement that will ensure that we avoid dangerous global warming.”

Source: International Business Times

#Arbeiderpartiet #Bil #Buss #By #California #England #Ferie #DeGrønne #Grønt #Hovedstad #MDG #Miljø #Oslo #Oxford #Reise #SanFrancisco #Seattle #SosialistiskVenstreparti #Storbritania  #SV #Sykkel #Transport #Turisme #USA #Washington

#Bicycle #Bike #Bus #Capital #Car #City #Environment #Green #Holiday #LabourParty #Socialist #Tourism #Travel

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Read the story at The Baltic Course: www.baltic-course.com/eng/good_for_business/?doc=111707

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#Baltikum #By #Estland #Ferie #Flyplass #Hovedstad #Reise #Tallinn #Trikk #Turisme

#Airport #Baltic #Capital #City #Estonia #Holiday #Tourism #Tram #Travel

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Et av London og Storbritanias største ikoner og turistattraksjoner, Big Ben-klokka i tårnet parlamentsbygningen Westminster Palace, må repareres.

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Prislapp: 500 millioner kroner, skriver NTB / VG.

Den store klokka er nå så sliten at den kan stoppe om den ikke får pleie og stell. Det skal være bæringen bak viserne og pendelen som står i fare for å bryte sammen, fiølge Sunday Times og Mail on Sunday.

Big Ben har slått mer eller mindre uavbrutt i 156 år. De forestående arbeidene på klokka vil innebære at hovedstadens innbyggere, og besøkende, må klare seg uten de berømte klokkeslagene i rundt fire måneder, noe som vil være den lengste stansen i klokkens historie. 

Klokka, som stod ferdig i 1858, heter egentlig Great Bells. Den skal ha fått kallenavnet Big Ben etter en sjefskommissær for offentlige arbeider, Sir Benjamin Hall (1802-1867.

En annen versjon av historien er at klokka er kalt opp etter den berømte proffbokseren Benjamin Caunt (1815-1861), da klokka i sin tid var den tyngste i sitt slag. 

#BigBen #By #England #Ferie #Hovedstad #Klokke #London #Palass #Parlament #Reise #Storbritania #Turisme #Tårn #Westminster #VG

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Francisco Niembro Mexican Ambassador (fifth right) cuts a cake with Ambassador Ibrahim Yousif Abdullah Fakhro (fourth left), Director, Department of Protocol, Foreign Ministry,  and Ambassador Zayed bin Rashid Al Mansour Al Nuaimi (fifth left), Director, Department of American Affairs, and  other guests to mark the opening of the embassy on Thursday. Abdul Basit. Photo credit: peninsulaqatar.com

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Mexico has officially opened its embassy in Qatar, www.peninsulaqatar.com reported. 

It hosted a reception to commemorate 40 years of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Qatar and celebrate the official opening. The reception was attended by several ambassadors and diplomats. 

In his opening remarks, Mexican Ambassador Francisco Niembro said Qatar and Mexico have experienced an important progress in 40 years, having had official visits and have signed many agreements. 

“But we were not at the point that we wanted, we needed to be closer to really achieve the potential between the two countries,”  he said.

Last March, the foreign ministers of both countries signed in Doha a letter on opening their embassies. Since then, high-level meetings and official and business delegations visiting both countries brought a new rhythm to the relationship between the two.

Niembro said: “The unprecedented visits of Emir H E Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to Mexico next month, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to Qatar in January 2016 will set the goals for relations over the next years.”

Diplomatic relations between Qatar and Mexico were established in the 1970s. Mexico has embassies and offices in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Morocco and Algeria in the Middle East.

There are more than 400 Mexicans living in Qatar.

#Ambassade #Algerie #Ambassadør #By #Doha #Egypt #Emir #Ferie #Hovedstad #Libanon #Marokko #Mexico #MidtØsten #Palestina #President #Qatar #Reise #SaudiArabia #Turisme #Utenriksminister

#Algeria #Ambassador #Capital #City #Embassy #ForeignMinister #Holiday #Lebanon #MiddleEast #Morocco #Tourism #Travel

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Bardo Museum, Tunis

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Unemployment in Tunisia is almost 30 percent as the country suffers from the impact of deadly militant attacks on tourists, the middleeasteye.net website reported.