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One more country has opened a diplomatic mission in Papua New Guinea’s capital city Port Moresby, as Cuba recently opened an embassy in the Pacific country.
Papua New Guinea this week officially welcomed Cuba’s new ambassador Mr Jose Manuel Galego Montano.
Acting Governor General of Papua New Guinea Mr Thoedore Zurenuoc said his country is fully aware of Cuba’s continued efforts in providing medical aid to the Pacific and the government is keen to cooperate with Cuba in areas such as education, health, sports, technology, climate change and many more.
Ambassador Galego in his speech said Cuba was ready to work harder and contribute more towards our relationship so that both our countries can continue to prosper.
Read more here: http://news.pngfacts.com/2016/04/cuban-embassy-opens-in-papua-new-guinea.html
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Huset Restaurant og Bistro, Longyearbyen. Foto: Huset.no
Hotell- og restaurantsammenslutningen De historiske har tatt opp syv nye medlemmer i år og utvider dermed sitt tilbud betydelig, skriver Se og Hør.
De nye medlemmene er Huset Restaurant og Bistro i Longyearbyen på Svalbard, Admini Hotell på Rjukan i Tinn kommune i Telemark, Camillas Hus i Oslo, Herangtunet Boutique Hotel i Heggenes i Øystre Slidre kommune i Valdres, Oppland; Energihotellet i Suldal i Rogaland, Lian Restaurant i Trondheim og Strand Restaurant i Bærum.
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Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center, Reykjavik. Photo credit: iceland.is
Maybe the US state of Rhode Island should be called Rhode Iceland?
Rhode Island officials yanked a new tourism video, designed to draw visitors to the state, off YouTube in embarrassment on Tuesday after eagle-eyed viewers complained it showed a scene shot in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, according to the Associated Press news agency / Ottawa Sun.
The state’s economic development agency, the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, confirmed the goof and blamed an editing company.
The state released the video at a meeting on Monday night and posted it online Tuesday for a new campaign. The video’s intro features a skateboarder outside a glass building and has a narrator saying, “Imagine a place that feels like home but holds enough uniqueness that you’re never bored.
“People on social media said: Hey, that’s not Rhode Island — that’s the Harpa concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavik”.
Designer Greg Nemes visited Iceland in October and said he recognized the photogenic building, which has a steel framework and an exterior skin of differently colored glass panels.
“It was pretty unmistakable to me, so I did some digging around and posted on Facebook about it,” he said.
Social media users agreed with him, posting side-by-side photos of the building in the Rhode Island ad and Harpa.
Early Tuesday, the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation’s art director said he could “assure that all shots” were in Rhode Island.
But later Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the agency confirmed that the building in the state’s tourism ad is Harpa and said an editing company used the wrong footage.
Read more and see video here: http://www.ottawasun.com/2016/03/30/rhode-island-tourism-video-features-reykjavik-iceland
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The hotel boom is continuing in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, which now enjoys one more new hotel close to the centre of the ancient city, the agenda.ge website reported.
The new 4-star hotel Astoria Tbilisi has opened on Chitadze Street, located within five minutes walking distance from Tbilisi’s main Rustaveli Avenue, which hosts a range of shops, restaurants, cafes and shady squares.
The 146-room hotel employees 83 people, according to the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA).
Before opening Astoria Tbilisi hotel, the Astoria brand opened another Astoria hotel on Aghmashenebeli Avenue in Tbilisi’s Marjanishvili district.
Recently a luxury boutique hotel, City Avenue, opened in the Georgian capital city.
Meanwhile, Tbilisi is expecting five-star Pullman hotel to open in Tbilisi’s twisted skyscrapers – Axis Towers.
Radisson, one of the world’s best-recognised hotel brands, was also due to open a three-star hotel in Tbilisi.
The Park Inn by Radisson hotel will be located in central Tbilisi, just off the capital’s main commercial street and only 200 meters from the former parliament building.
Construction works on this project started earlier this year and the hotel will open its doors in 2017.
The total cost of the project will be $25 million USD.
Furthermore international hotel chain Hyatt Group will open a hotel in Tbilisi and offer luxury service that can cater for hundreds of guests.
After Berlin, New Dehli, Dubai, London and Paris, Tbilisi will soon be the latest member of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation family, with a Hyatt Regency Hotel set to open in 2017.
The 170-room hotel will be located in the former building of the Ministry of Justice on Rustaveli Avenue.
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The mayor of Tehran Municipality says the Iranian capital has over 2,000 tourist attractions that will take 35 days time to visit all of them, according to the Mehr News Agency website.
The city was first chosen as the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dynasty in 1796, which means a span of over 230 years. A bustling metropolis of 14 million people, Tehran is Iran’s largest city and urban area, and the largest city in Western Asia.
The residence in the city goes back to 7,000 years old as indicated by the discovery of the 7,000-year-old remains of a woman unearthed in Tehran in N2014. Coupled with having been the capital city for over 230 years, Tehran has witnessed a remarkable presence of tourists from all over the country in recent years, eager to see for themselves the historical textures, the modern complexes and renovations in the large metropolis.
Mayor of Tehran, Mohamamd Bagher Ghalibaf, says regions 1, 12 and 20 are home to the most number of historical attractions in Tehran. Region 1 is considered as a historical and religious region, region 12 is the heart of the old Tehran and region 20, with its many historical and entertainment sites, is the main destination of tours around Tehran.
Statistics-wise, there have been about 2,511 tours around the city by March 25 this year, and Azadi Tower, Milad Tower, Jurassic Park and the Birds Garden have been met with the most enthusiasm from tourists.
According to the Mayor, tourism in Tehran has created over 10,000 jobs; ?this year, Nowruz (Iranian; or Persian New Year) tourists visiting Tehran will meet with a completely different face of Tehran. This year, Tehran has become even more spectacular than what it was in the previous year,? he said, citing the quietude of the capital and lack of air pollution during the New Year holidays as the reasons why Nowruz is the best time for visiting Tehran.
Chitgar Lake is also mentioned as a new opportunity in the area of tourism in Tehran. The artificial and recreational lake located in the north of Chitgar Park, north-west of Tehran, was opened in 2013 and is expected to reduce Tehran’s air pollution. The total area of this complex is about 250 hectares; 130 hectares across the lake, and the rest of it goes for the coastal zone and resorts. In addition to natural recreational spaces, sports and cultural environments have been provided and Visitors are offered free services and facilities on site.
The Mayor also referred to various river valleys as another noteworthy tourist attraction sites which have undergone renovation and now serve as resorts with the efforts of Tehran Municipality in the last few years.
Read more here: http://en.mehrnews.com/news/115448/Tehran-and-its-2-000-tourist-spots
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Britiske Susan Brown ble reddet i siste liten etter at hun prøvde å nå igjen cruiseskipet Marco Polo ved å legge på svøm ut fra Funchal, hovedstaden på den portugisiske øya Madeira.
Marco Polo
Cruiseskipet hadde forlatt havn uten Brown om bord, og hun trodde mannen hennes befant seg på skipet.
Den 65 år gamle pensjonisten ble plukket av lokale fiskere like etter midnatt natt til søndag, da hadde hun svømt 500 meter fra land, og vært i det iskalde vannet i over tre timer, skriver Dagbladet.no
Med alvorlig hypotermi, men med et godt grep om håndveska, ble hun fraktet til sykehuset, skriver London-avisen Daily Mail som siterer lokale medier.
Havnekaptein Felix Marques i Funchal sier til lokalavisa Correio da Manha at hun var 500 meter fra land noen fiskere hørte henne rope etter hjelp.
Ifølge havnesjefen har Susan Brown forklart at hun og ektemannen Michael (69) bestemte seg for å avslutte det 32 døgn lange cruiset tidligere enn planlagt. Lørdag dro de derfor til flyplassen på Madeira for å kjøpe flybilletter hjem til Storbritannia.
– Det er fortsatt uklart hva som skjedde, men hun sier hun har mistet kontakten med mannen sin på flyplassen og at hun hoppet i sjøen for å forsøke å nå båten fordi hun antok at han hadde endret mening og var tilbake på båten, sier han.
– Hun hadde vært i vannet i over tre timer og kan være glad for at hun overlevde, sier havnekapteinen.
Susan Browns ektemann har ikke ønsket å kommentere saken overfor britiske medier.
Les saken på Dagbladet.no her http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/03/28/nyheter/utenriks/cruise/madeira/43666646/
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Norske myndigheter nekter det finske flyselskapet Finnair å fly til Longyearbyen på Svalbard – årsaken er en 40 år gammel billaterak avtale, skriver nrk.no
Luftfartsavtalen mellom Norge og Finland fra 1978 hindrer nemlig Finnair å opprette en flyrute til den norske øygruppen.
– Det er overraskende og til dels vantro. Vi hadde ikke sett at dette skulle komme som en hindring på reiselivsutviklingen på Svalbard, sier reiselivssjef for Visit Svalbard, Ronny Brunvoll til NRK.
Les hele saken på NRK.no her: http://www.nrk.no/troms/finnair-far-flynekt-til-svalbard_-_-en-hindring-av-reiselivsutviklingen-1.12875210
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De lett aldrende herrene i The Rolling Stones, for tiden på verdensturne som nylig tok bandet til Cuba for aller første gang, føler seg nok ikke som museumsgjenstander ennå, men snart åpner en utstilling viet den britiske supergruppen og dets medlemmer, på Saatchi Gallery i Kings Road i Chelsea, London.
Utstillingen vil inneholde a l t og litt til, og blir en interaktiv og underholdende opplevelse med over 550 ulike objekter utstilt, skriver Se og Hør.
Fra venstre Sir Mick Jagger (72), Keith Richards (72), Ronnie Wood (68) og Charlie Watts (74).
Utstillingen åpner onsdag 6.april og varer til 4.september.
Les mer på www.stonesexhibitionism.com – www.rollingstones.com
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By visitberlin.de
Berlin rolls on two wheels: The capital is rapidly becoming a city for cyclists. The bicycle has become a real alternative to cars and public transport and is an integral part of the typical Berliner’s lifestyle. Sightseeing on two wheels has also become commonplace among the city’s visitors.
Bicycle couriers, rental bicycles, and bicycle taxis are all now integral to the city’s streetscape. The proportion of cycling traffic has continued to grow in recent years and now represents 15 per cent of those on the go. This means that some 500,000 people ride their bikes every day in Berlin.
This can be attributed especially to the steadily increasing attractiveness of Berlin’s extensive network of cycling trails.
Read more here: http://press.visitberlin.de/en/feature/berlin-cycling-metropolis
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The Hilton Tallinn Park hotel opens its doors at the end of May 2016, bookings are taken from June 23 onwards, reports the Visit Tallinn newsletter.
Building works at the 12-storey hotel are in the final stage and management is busy hiring staff to the newest hotel in town. Tallinn Hilton Park will offer 202 rooms in 11 different categories from classical modern rooms to lavish suites with a view of Tallinn Bay.
The hotel’s conference centre with 10 meeting rooms will have the best technology available and offers ballroom for up to 520 guests.
Source: Tallinn City Tourist Office & Convention Bureau – www.visittallinn.ee
