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Lotus Temple, New Dehli. Photo credit: skyscrapercity.com
A popular attraction in the Indian capital New Dehli, the Lotus Temple is one of the few tourist spots to tap renewable energy. A part of the temple is now being run on solar Power – a move the Delhi city government must consider for other monuments in the national capital, according to a newsitem in The Hindu, eturbonews.com reported.
The temple, which utilises around 500 kilowatt of power in total, generates 120 KW on its own. Besides, it is the first major public site in Delhi to have installed a “net metre”. This has made the temple the first in the city to be a part of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (DERC) “Net Metering” regulations.
Members of the Lotus Temple (M/s National Spiritual Assembly) said the move had helped them save around Rs 120000 as electricity bills every month.
Jai Prakash (Service Manager of the Baha’i House of Worship) said that the move was to keep the “essence” of the temple intact. “We are happy that we took the decision to shift to solar power. After all, we are all the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch,” Mr. Prakash said.
The temple has installed more than 400 photo-voltaic panels, each of which produces around 250 watts. The power so generated is being used for lighting and even cooking purposes.
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Tbilisi Square opens in Vilnius tomorrow. Photo by myworld..unl.edu.
Georgia’s relations with it’s close ally Lithuania are stepping up to an even friendlier level, with a crowning moment taking place tomorrow in the centre of Lithuania’s capital city of Vilnius,, agenda.ge reported.
Vilnius will celebrate the opening of Tbilisi Square – an area named in honour of Georgia’s capital. The November 4 celebration coincided with a visit to Vilnius by Georgia’s Prime Minister and other dignitaries, Lithuanian news agency DELFI reported citing Georgia’s Ambassador to Lithuania.
Tomorrow’s ceremony marking the opening of Tbilisi Square will be attended by Lithuania’s Prime Minsiter Algirdas Butkevièius, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Simasius, Georgia’s Foreign Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Georgia’s Ambassador to Lithuania Khatuna Salukvadze and other honourable guests.
Vilnius Square in Tbilisi. Photo by Panoramio.com.
It was understood Tbilisi City Municipality donated a set of decorations to be displayed at Tbilisi Square in Vilnius that symbolised Tbilisi.
A fragment of wall with Lithuanian details in Vilnius Square, Tbilisi. Photo by global.truelithuania.com.
Georgia has already marked its friendship with Lithuania by opening a park in honour of the country in 2009. In 2011 the Tbilisi Mayor’s Office renovated the wall at Vilnius Square, and as a symbol of the country’s friendship, displayed the work of Georgian and Lithuanian artists.
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Abu Dhabi, federal capital and one of the seven emirates in the United Arab Emirates, wants to attract at least 240,000 guests from the United Kingdom next year, a TCA Abu Dhabi official said, thenational.ae reported.
The UAE capital is on a tourism drive at this week’s World Travel Market exhibition in the UK, where it was named “Destination of the Year”. About £2.5 billion (Dh14.15bn) of global deals are expected to be struck at the event.
A promotional push in the UK is expected to contribute to rising numbers of Britons visiting Abu Dhabi, according to Mubarak Al Nuaimi, the director of promotions and overseas offices at the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority.
Mr Al Nuaimi said the emirate is targeting 200,000 guests from the UK this year, and “20 per cent more” in 2016.
Next month’s opening of the Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal, and the arrival of the Louvre Abu Dhabi in 2016 are also expected to contribute to this trend, Mr Al Nuaimi said on the sidelines of the World Travel Market.
He said TCA Abu Dhabi facilitated “more than 100 Meetings” on the first day of exhibition. The government body helps, for example, Abu Dhabi hotels looking to sell blocks of rooms to global tour operators.
“Before the end of the show we will definitely have agreements signed,” Mr Al Nuaimi said.
He was one of several tourism officials celebrating Abu Dhabi’s win, for the second year running, of the city “Destination of the Year” in the UK Travel Agents Choice Awards.
The winners of the awards, which are organised by Selling Travel Magazine and based on votes by more than 1,000 UK travel agents, were announced online last month but presented at the World Travel Market. Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways also received an award as the Middle East airline of choice.
Mr Al Nuaimi said the city award will help to keep Abu Dhabi “on the map”.
He added that tourist numbers to the UAE had remained strong despite the unrest and violence elsewhere in the region. Abu Dhabi in June raised its annual visitor target by more than 11 per cent to 3.9 million, while Dubai has a high-profile and ambitious aim to attract 20 million tourists annually by 2020.
Caroline Bremner, the head of travel and tourism research at Euromonitor International, based in the UK, said unrest in the wider Middle East had not hit tourism to the UAE.
“You have so many global airlines bringing people in, and that all helps,” she said. “If you provide the right level of service and you present an image of stability, then obviously you are going to be seen as a safe destination.”
Abdulrahman Ghanem Almutaiwee, the UAE’s ambassador to the UK, said the country was right to press ahead with its tourism initiatives despite the regional problems.
“The region has always been going through this kind of turmoil. If we [were to] wait for this turmoil to settle and then start promoting our country, we would not reach this level of development,” he said.
Separate stands geared towards boosting tourism in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah were on show at the World Travel Market.
“This is the beauty of promoting our country,” said Mr Almutaiwee. “We have the right as single emirates to promote ourselves in the way which we find more productive to our emirates and to the country as a whole. This kind of flexibility gives competition – healthy competition. And it gives us the variety of flavours of each emirate.”
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Vannselgere i Marrakech, i sine tradisjonelle, karakteristiske drakter.
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Reisemagasinet Luxury Travel Guide har kåret Clarion Hotel Arlanda (Nordic Choice) som «Luxury Airport Hotel of the Year 2016», skriver nettavisen.no sine Reisetipssider.
Kåringen gjøres på bakgrunn av anmeldelser fra hotellgjester, reisebyråer og eksperter i bransjen for prisutdelingen «Luxury Travel Guide Award». Her fikk de toppresultater innen service, fasiliteter, gastronomi og beliggenhet, står det i en pressemelding fra Mynewsdesk.
Clarion Hotel Arlanda Airport åpnet sine dører i 2012 og er et et kreativt og eksklusivt flyplasshotell i Arlanda. Det er Björkén Architects som står bak designet og arkitekturen, med Anders Björkén i spissen.
Hotellet ligger midt i Sky City mellom terminal 4 og 5, med noen få meter unna transportmuligheter. Arlanda Express, flybuss og pendeltog fra både Stockholm og Uppsala gjør det enklere for deg å komme hit.
Restauranten Kitchen & Table kan skryte av sin internasjonale anerkjente kokk, Marcus Samuelsson. Her kan du nyte kulinariske opplevelser med smak av Manhattan og svenske råvarer. Dette kan nytes med flott utsikt fra restauranten. Ellers byr hotellet på herlige Living Room, en møteplass for deg som venter på flyet, eller vil bare sitte ned og slappe av med en kopp kaffe.
Utendørsbassenget er varmt året rundt for deg som vil ta deg en svømmetur når enn du vil. Ellers kan du benytte deg av treningssenteret eller badstuen som er i lekker design.
Hotellet er dessuten fordelt på 414 rom med en sofistikert og elegant interiør. Noen av rommene er også tilpasset funksjonshemmede for å gjøre oppholdet ditt enklere.
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Travel site Musafir.com has partnered with the Vienna Tourism Board, traveldailymedia.com reported.
Musafir.com is an Internet-based travel agency, based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates and Mumbai, India
The companies have announced a joint campaign to promote Vienna as a key cultural destination for leisure travellers. The partnership seeks to build cultural awareness and boost tourism to Vienna.
An integrated online campaign has been planned and will highlight wide range of cultural, artistic, and leisure options available for visitors to Vienna.
Julia Jakoubek, team manager of digital marketing at Vienna Tourist Board said: “We have been advertising Vienna on the Arabian market for some time now, but this is our first partnership with a local online travel agency on a large scale. Working with musafir.com will help us showcase to Arabian travelers that Vienna offers everything for a perfect holiday.”
Musafir.com also aims to play a vital role in acquiring customers through its mobile travel app which was launched earlier this year and aspires to have 100,000 active users by end of 2015.
