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London welcomed a record 5.1m tourists between April and June this year, continuing London’s five-year tourism boom, www.cityam.com reported.

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The number of international visitors to London was up six per cent on the same period last year, according to the figures published by the Office for National Statistics yesterday.

The total spent in the capital by tourists was £3.2bn, an eight per cent jump on last year and roughly equal to 160m rides on the London Eye.

London’s tourism sector has been expanding over the last five years with the number of visitors flocking to the capital increasing 22.5 per cent. Last year, a record high 17.4m overseas visitors travelled to London, spending £11.8bn. London accounted for half of all tourist visits to the UK between April and June.

“These numbers prove that our great capital is without a doubt the best place on earth to visit,” said Mayor of London Boris Johnson.

“With our spectacular autumn season of culture and the Rugby World Cup having put London in the spotlight once again, we”ll undoubtedly be welcoming even more tourists to London in the months ahead.”

Mastercard named London as the most popular destination in the world earlier this year for the second time in a row.

The British Museum was London’s top attraction last year, with 6.7m visitors, according to London and Partners, the capital’s official prom­otional company.

#Borgermester #By #England #Ferie #Hovedstad #London #LondonEye #MasterCard #Museum #Ordfører #Reise #Rugby #Storbritania #Turisme

#Capital #City #Holiday #Mayor #Tourism #Travel #UnitedKingdom

www.hovedsteder.blogg.no is a Norway-based blog about the capitals of the world, with a focus on tourism and travel, the environment, diplomatic affairs, lifestyle, culture and entertainment, food and drink. See also our travel blog at www.minbestereise.blogg.no – Contact us at [email protected]

Longyearbyen

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Neste år kan turister og fastboende kjøre turer fra Longyearbyen på Svalbard til de russiske bosettingene Barentsburg og Pyramiden, skriver nrk.no / NTB

Et privat selskap ønsker å sette katamaranen «Vågsfjord» inn i trafikk fra Longyearbyen fra rundt 20. mai og til høsten neste år.

– Det blir et helt nytt tilbud i reiselivet på Svalbard. Bruk av denne båten vil gjøre at turister og andre kan komme seg mye lenger på kortere tid, sier mannen bak selskapet og satsingen, Sten-Are Paulsen, til Svalbardposten.

Det er 40 år siden de første hurtigbåtene ble tatt i bruk på fastlandet, mens utviklingen på Svalbard har stått stille.

Før båten skal settes på vannet, har Paulsen planlagt å endre navn på katamaranen. Til å drifte båten skal det være et mannskap på tre pluss en guide som også skal være matros.

– Planen er å starte fra Longyearbyen klokka 9 om morgenen, kjøre til Barentsburg, og være tilbake i Longyearbyen klokka 13, sier han.

Paulsen har i lengre tid jobbet med å få godkjenning fra myndighetene til å drive denne typen virksomhet på Svalbard. Saken måtte til behandling i Næringsdepartementet før Sjøfartsdirektoratet kunne se på den.

Lenke til saken: www.nrk.no/troms/svalbard-far-hurtigbatrute-1.12606534

Kilder: NRK, Svalbardposten, NTB

#Barentsburg #By #Båt #Ferie #Hovedstad #Longyearbyen #Pyramiden #Reise #Russland #Spitsbergen #Svalbard #Turisme

www.hovedsteder.blogg.no is a Norway-based blog about the capitals of the world, with a focus on tourism and travel, the environment, diplomatic affairs, lifestyle, culture and entertainment, food and drink. See also our travel blog at www.minbestereise.blogg.no – Contact us at [email protected]

A screengrab from the Facebook page of Tajikistan’s first online sex shop.

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Tajikistan’s first online sex shop has launched, pledging discretion and doorstep delivery of anything from inflatable dolls to vibrators within hours and infuriating religious leaders in the conservative, mostly Muslim state in the process, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.

An administrator at sex_shop_tj told RFE/RL’s Tajik Service via the Viber message service that the company would deliver items as quickly as 30 minutes but within five hours of receiving an order.

The shop also guarantees complete anonymity of its customers, the administrator added.

Since credit cards and online payments are uncommon in Tajikistan, payments are made upon the delivery of the products.

The shop, whose presence on social media includes Instagram and a Twitter account with a modest following, doesn’t disclose its exact location.

But it says it delivers to customers in the capital, Dushanbe, and the country’s second city of Khujand.

A blow-up doll sells for around $70, or about half of the average Tajik monthly salary.

Reactions have been mixed on social media and in interviews on Dushanbe’s streets, with some expressing fear that it might erode moral values and others stressing that freedom of choice was important.

“We need to prevent our youth from such diseases. This is not something you would want to teach your children in schools,” “Myhammad” commented on the RFE/RL Tajik Service’s website. 
 
“These people must be sick, they should see a doctor,” “Azizov Azizov” wrote on Odnoklassniki.ru 

Behruz, a Dushanbe resident who didn’t give his full name, said that “in the 21st century and the age of the Internet, you cannot and should not control people’s choices and desires.” 

Others took the whole thing more lightheartedly: “Chinese-made rubber brides — now I’ve seen everything,” an anonymous reader commented on toptj.com. 

However, it’s no laughing matter for religious leaders, who believe the sex shop and its erotic toys pose a serious threat to traditional marriage, family values, and Young people’s moral well-being.

Mavlavi Abdurahim Karimov, a professor at Tajikistan’s Islamic University, urged Tajiks to stick to real men and women, saying that engaging in sexual acts with dolls amounts to “fornication.”

Qobiljon Boev, a Dushanbe-based cleric, said using sex toys is incompatible with Islamic values.

Mullahs enjoy respect and influence in Tajik society, which has turned increasingly to religion in recent years despite efforts by the staunchly secular government to control people’s practice of Islam.

Ultimately, however, sales are more likely to determine whether the sex shop has a place in Tajik society.

For the time being, the administrator said, the shop has enough customers for a start-up business.

Kilde / Source: www.rferl.org

#By #Dusjanbe #Ferie #Hovedstad #Instagram #Islam #Reise #Religion #Sex #Tadsjikistan #Turisme #Twitter #Universitet

#Capital #City #Dushanbe #Holiday #Tajikistan #Tourism #Travel #University

www.hovedsteder.blogg.no is a Norway-based blog about the capitals of the world, with a focus on tourism and travel, the environment, diplomatic affairs, lifestyle, culture and entertainment, food and drink. See also our travel blog at www.minbestereise.blogg.no – Contact us at [email protected]

De innbydende sengene, den vakre patioen og frokosten på Old Chocolate Factory blir høyt verdsatt av gjestene. Bildet viser det minste rommet, Versailles, som ser større ut enn sine 11 kvadratmeter takket være kreativ motivmaling på veggene. Foto: Hugo Ryvik, Canariajournalen.no

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Er du lei av stereotype hoteller uten særpreg og ser etter annerledes overnatting på Gran Canaria? På Old Chocolate Factory i hjertet av Las Palmas kan du drømme søtt og rimelig i sjarmerende, historiske omgivelser, skriver canariajournalen.no 

Klikk her for å se bildeserie fra Old Chocolate Factory.

Hvis du er ute etter overnatting på et sted som er mer personlig enn det meste som fins, og skiller seg ut fra alt annet på Gran Canaria, kan ærverdige, emblematiske hus være noe for deg.

Husene har særpreg fra gulv til møne både innvendig og utvendig, og ligner ikke noe annet sted du har overnattet.

De siste årene er noen av disse staselige, gamle bygningene i Las Palmas gjort om til overnattingssteder.

Old Chocolate Factory er et slikt hus.

Den 110 år gamle bygningen, en tidligere sjokoladefabrikk, ligger sentralt i den gamle bydelen Vegueta, omringet av museer, katedral, kirker, vakre torg, markeder og koselige smårestauranter.

Byens beste handlegate ligger en kort spasertur unna.

Les hele saken her: www.canariajournalen.no/Nyheter/OVERNATTING-Droem-soett-paa-sjokoladefabrikk-i-Las-Palmas

Kilde: www.canariajournalen.no

#By #Ferie #GranCanaria #Hotell #Hovedsteder #Kanariøyene #LasPalmas #Reise #Sjokolade #Turisme #Versailles

www.hovedsteder.blogg.no is a Norway-based blog about the capitals of the world, with a focus on tourism and travel, the environment, diplomatic affairs, lifestyle, culture and entertainment, food and drink. See also our travel blog at www.minbestereise.blogg.no – Contact us at [email protected]

The City of Reykjavík, capital of Iceland, wants to be able to either create their own “tourist tax” or receive a part of the current lodging tax, the Reykjavik Grapevine website – www.grapevine.is, reported.

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Reykjavík Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson believes that those who pay out the costs of the ever-increasing stream of tourists to Iceland should also be getting revenue from them, RÚV reports.

“We are actually pointing out that the municipalities bear the costs of upkeep and all kinds of other pressures that come with tourism,” he said. “This is why it would be natural for the lodging tax to go to the municipalities.”

To remedy this, Dagur proposes that either the lodging tax be increased, and the increase go towards municipalities, or that the lodging tax go directly to municipalities in their entirety.

It is predicted that one million tourists will visit Iceland this year, many if not most spending at least some time in the capital area, while 1.5 million are predicted to visit Iceland next year.

#Borgermester #By #Ferie #Hovedstad #Island #Ordfører #Reise #Reykjavik #Skatt #Turisme

#Capital #City #Holiday #Iceland #Mayor #Tax #Tourism #Travel

www.hovedsteder.blogg.no is a Norway-based blog about the capitals of the world, with a focus on tourism and travel, the environment, diplomatic affairs, lifestyle, culture and entertainment, food and drink. See also our travel blog at www.minbestereise.blogg.no – Contact us at [email protected]

Matgleder i London (illustrasjonsfoto)

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Alt fra Michelin-restauranter til nabolagsbistroer er med når den britiske hovedstaden arrangerer London Restaurant Festival denne måneden. Over 200 spisesteder lokker med spesialmenyer, og i tillegg er det ulike eventer og matturer, skriver bladet Reiselyst.

Festivalen varer frem til 31.oktober.

Les mer på www.londonrestaurantfestival.com

#Bistro #By #Cafe #England #Ferie #Festival #Hovedstad #Kafe #London #Mat #Reise #Restaurant #Storbritania #Turisme

www.hovedsteder.blogg.no is a Norway-based blog about the capitals of the world, with a focus on tourism and travel, the environment, diplomatic affairs, lifestyle, culture and entertainment, food and drink. See also our travel blog at www.minbestereise.blogg.no – Contact us at [email protected]

Legg merke til hva som skjer på trikkeskinnene, mellom modellen Ana Pavel og trikken…

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Et bilde fra en fotoseanse i regi av Miss Bikini i Dublin i Irland går nå runden i sosiale medier, nettaviser og andre medier verden over. Og det er ikke på grunn av den toppløse blondinen vi ser på bildet, skriver nettavisen.no

Fotomodellene kastet toppen i Harcourt Street i sentrum av den irske hovedstaden, for å vise sin støtte til kampen mot brystkreft, og overhodet ikke som et nakenstunt for å skape oppmerksomhet rundt missekåringen.

I alle tilfeller kan det se ut til at synet ble en smule overveldende for en uheldig syklist. Avkledte kvinner i trafikkbildet har vist seg å skape hodebry for trafikanter ved flere enn en anledning, og her har vegmyndighetene et mulig bildebevis som støtter bekymringen.

Irske medier skriver at det er usikkert hva som førte til at syklisten stuper i bakken, men at det er lov å gjette…

#By #Dublin #Ferie #Hovedstad #Irland #Kreft #Media #Modell #Naken #Reise #Sykkel #Trafikk #Trikk #Turisme

www.hovedsteder.blogg.no is a Norway-based blog about the capitals of the world, with a focus on tourism and travel, the environment, diplomatic affairs, lifestyle, culture and entertainment, food and drink. See also our travel blog at www.minbestereise.blogg.no – Contact us at [email protected]

Penguins at Volunteer Point, north of Stanley, the Capital

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Breaking news from the Falkland Islands Tourist Board office in London – 14 October 2015. Tony Mason, Director of International communications has announced the Falkland Islands has won the award for the second year in a row for “Best Destination for Wildlife and Nature” in the Selling Travel Magazines, “Agents Choice Awards.”

Stanley, capital of Falkland Islands

More than 1,000 travel agents worldwide voted in this year’s awards making it the most successful awards programme for Selling Travel Magazine to date, mercopress.com reported.

Other destinations nominated in the category were Alaska, Azores, The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Botswana, and South Africa.

Mr. Mason said he would be accepting the award on behalf of everyone involved with tourism to the Falkland Islands both on the Islands and our tourism partners worldwide. A ceremony will be held in London’s Canary Wharf on Monday 2nd November at 3pm when the award will be presented.

Mr. Mason said both land-based and cruise tourism to the Falklands is important to the Islands economy and he appreciated all of the travel agents and tour operators that had made commitments and partnered with us for the coming years.

Mr. Mason also thanks the voters, who are travel agents, saying it is very important to take notice of the people who voted for the Falklands’s they are either already selling the Falklands or have shown a keen interest in selling future holidays to the islands.

He also noted that being up against such worthy contenders for the award made winning the award all the more special. He went on to invite tourism to the Falkland Islands describing the Islands as a “must see to believe” destination.

Mr. Mason extends his congratulations to everyone working in the tourism industry in the Falklands! He said this award is for you and something to be very proud of!

Source: www.mercopress.com

#Alaska #Azores #Botswana #By #Ecuador #England #Falklandsøyene #Galapagos #Ferie #Hovedstad #London #Pingviner #Portugal #Reise #Stanley #Storbritannia #SørAfrika #Turisme #USA

#Capital #City #FalklandIslands #Holiday #Penguins #SouthAfrica #Tourism #Travel #UnitedKingdom

www.hovedsteder.blogg.no is a Norway-based blog about the capitals of the world, with a focus on tourism and travel, the environment, diplomatic affairs, lifestyle, culture and entertainment, food and drink. See also our travel blog at www.minbestereise.blogg.no – Contact us at [email protected]

On 7 October 2015, Helsinki Airport became the first European airport to act as a home airport for the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft. The new aircraft boosts the future growth of the airport, www.businessrevieweurope.eu reported

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“The landing of the A350 is a wonderful opportunity for us because we are the first European airport to act as a home airport for the new aircraft,” says Ville Haapasaari, Director of Helsinki Airport at Finavia.

The airport was ready for the nearly 300-seat aircraft. Some renovation has been done on the two oldest passenger bridges, but no other modifications have been necessary.

“New types of aircraft do not cause any major challenges or modification needs because we are constantly keeping good care of our airport and developing it at all times. Everything was ready, even considering the level of rescue readiness, and we are eagerly awaiting for the plane to arrive,” says Heini Noronen-Juhola, Vice President of Helsinki Airport at Finavia.

The Airbus A350 has visited Helsinki Airport once before, in summer 2014. Now, the new aircraft will be parked and connected to a passenger bridge for the first time.

This is also the largest Airbus model which will be parked at a bridge at Helsinki Vantaa.

“The parking of all aircraft must abide by the safety rules. Parking is regulated in great detail. When, for example, a new type of aircraft is connected to a passenger bridge for the first time, its docking guidance system must always be calibrated separately. This is extremely detailed work,” Noronen-Juhola says.

The Airbus A350 XWB was celebrated with the traditional water salute. The water cannons of the airport’s fire trucks drew a high arch, under which the aircraft was gliding on the taxiway.  

The A350 boosts the growth of Helsinki Airport

Finavia is implementing a massive development programme at Helsinki Airport with the goal of preparing the airport to serve 20 million customers a year in 2020.

“Air traffic between Asia and Europe is expected to grow exponentially in the next few years. We need to improve all of the functions and services of Helsinki Airport in order to keep up with the competition,” says Kari Savolainen, CEO of Finavia.

The operation of the Airbus A350 XWB from Helsinki Airport will give a boost to the airport’s development as an international transit airport.

“The new aircraft is a wonderful indication that our development programme is heading in the right direction. Even though the actual expansion of the airport is only about to begin, we are already prepared to accommodate new larger aircraft,” Savolainen adds.

The larger the aircraft, the more passengers it carries

“This is naturally important for the Finnish airport network, but it also creates new potential for growth for the Finnish tourism network,” Savolainen reminds.

In addition to the Helsinki Airport terminal expansion project to be launched at the beginning of 2016, the aircraft parking and taxiing area will face significant modifications.

Wide-bodied aircraft, such as the Airbus A350 XWB, will have eight new bridge stands, doubling the current number of stands. As a result, there will be less need to transport passengers to planes by bus.

Source: www.businessrevieweurope.eu

#Airbus #By #Ferie #Finland #Fly #Flyplass #Helsingfors #Helsinki #Hovedstad #Reise #Turisme

#Aircraft #Airport #Capital #City #Holiday #Tourism #Travel

www.hovedsteder.blogg.no is a Norway-based blog about the capitals of the world, with a focus on tourism and travel, the environment, diplomatic affairs, lifestyle, culture and entertainment, food and drink. See also our travel blog at www.minbestereise.blogg.no – Contact us at [email protected]

VisitBerlin press release:

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US gourmet magazine gives “Saveur Good Taste Award” to Berlin in New York.

So much more than currywurst and kebabs: Berlin was named the new vegetarian capital by the prestigious US Magazine “Saveur” yesterday.

The international award from the magazine for gourmands honours the culinary development of the German capital, now home to about 30 vegan and 300 vegetarian restaurants and snack stands. The winners of the Saveur Awards are chosen annually by the editors and the approximately 325,000 readers of the New York-based magazine.

The award recognises the shifts in Berlin’s dining scene. The high-end vegetarian offerings have overtaken what was once a rather meat-heavy offering in Berlin’s restaurants, the magazine’s editors wrote.

The city’s history of international immigration and its unconventionality have contributed significantly to the new variety of vegetarian and vegan offerings.

The vegetarian restaurants are also attractive those guests.

Vegetarian cuisine has arrived at the centre of Berlin’s culinary scene. For example, “Cookies Cream” is known as a trendsetting high-end vegetarian dining establishment in Berlin and was featured in the 2014 Gault Millau gourmet guide.

The vegan restaurant “Lucky Leek” has already earned an entry in the prestigious Michelin Guide. In addition, an increasing number of chefs, for example those at Nobelhart & Schmutzig restaurant, are using organic and locally grown ingredients and are putting vegetarian dishes on their menus.

Even fast food stalls are offering vegetarian kebabs. You can find out more about the vegetarian and vegan dining options in Berlin at visitBerlin.com.

The gastronomic trend in Berlin is joined with increased demand for organic and sustainable produced fabrics, vegan fashion, social cooking projects, restaurants like the soon-to-open Restlos Glücklich that will use leftovers, and the upcycling of used furniture or clothing.

#Berlin #By #Ferie #Guide #Hovedstad #Mat #Michelin #NewYork #Reise #Restaurant #Turisme #Tyskland #USA #Vegetar

#Capital #City #Food #Germany #Holiday #Tourism #Travel #Vegetarian