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Hoka på salg: Kupp årets modeller til nedsatt pris

Khartoum

Kina har gitt Sudan et lån på 700 millioner dollar – 5,6 milliarder kroner, til finansiering av den nye Khartoum International Airport. Den nye flyplassen i Sudans hovedstad får et areal på 86000 kvadratmeter og får en kapasitet på 7,5 millioner passasjerer årlig.

Khartoum

Flyplassen får både regionale og internasjonale ruter, og to 4000 meter lange rullebaner som kan ta de største flyene. Sudanske myndigheter håper at den nye flyplassen vil bidra til økt eksport av sudanske varer til Gulf-landene og Afrika.

Den nye flyplassen skal bygges i løpet av en periode på vel tre år, med China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) som hovedentreprenør, mens sudanske selskaper skal stå for 40 prosent av byggeprosjektene.

I tilknytning til flyplassen skal det videre bygges et nytt hotell med 300 senger. Flyplassen blir liggende 40 kilometer fra Khartoum.

Kina er ellers den største investoren i, og kjøperen av, sudansk olje.

#Afrika #Airport #By #Ferie #Fly #Flyplass #Gulfen #Hotell #Hovedstad #International #Khartoum #Kina #Olje #Reise #Sudan

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Dubai-based flydubai is increasing the frequency of flights on some of its routes in Africa for the summer schedule, operating a total of 78 flights a week to 12 points in East and North Africa, www.tradearabia.com reported.

On March 29, flydubai increased its service from five flights a week to daily to the capital of South Sudan, Juba, and three flights a week instead of two to Bujumbura, Burundi.

Zanzibar, which has seen excellent demand since the launch of the route in October 2014, will be served with four flights a week instead of two. Alexandria in Egypt will also see flydubai increase its flights from two to three a day from June.

“We are delighted to offer more flights to Africa”, said Ghaith Al Ghaith, chief executive officer of flydubai. We were the first United Arab Emirates carrier to serve Bujumbura, Juba and Zanzibar. We have seen strong demand for travel across our network in Africa, and we look forward to welcoming more passengers on board our flights”.

In line with growing trade and tourism ties between the UAE and East and North Africa, flydubai launched six routes to the region in 2014, doubling its network, and becoming the third biggest carrier of its category there and the first to offer a Business Class option to Dubai from destinations like Juba.

“Whether travelling for leisure or business between Dubai and Africa, we are confident that our passengers will continue to enjoy our Business Class, award-winning In-Flight Entertainment and the ability to connect on our growing network and Beyond”, said Sudhir Sreedharan, senior vice president Commercial.

#Afrika #Alexandria #Bujumbura #Burundi #By #Dubai #Egypt #Ferie #Flyselskap #Hovedstad #Juba #Reise #SørSudan #Tanzania #Zanzibar

#Africa #Airline #Capital #City #Holiday #SouthSudan #Travel

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Foto: barcelona-home.com

Det berømte matmarkedet i Barcelona, La Boqueria, sier nei til å slippe inn store turistgrupper i rushtiden, og har hatt et tak på maksimum 15 personer per gruppe, skriver VG.

Foto: boquaria.info

Med inngang midt på travle og populære La Rambla, er markedet en av byens største attraksjoner. Nå synes imidlertid lokalbefolkningen i Katalonias hovedstad at turistene begynner å ta overhånd, og restriksjonene er innført som tiltak for å begrense overbefolkning av markedet, fremme god markedsaktivitet og å unngå blokkeringer, skriver den engelskspråklige spanske nettavisen www.thelocal.es

Foto: Boqueria.info

De nye restriksjonene gjelder på fredager og lørdager fra klokken 08 til klokken 15. Hvis grupper på over 15 personer kommer i dette tidsrommet vil sikkerhetsvakter eskortere dem ut.

Skribenten og reiseeksperten Sally Davies, som bor i Barcelona, synes lite om store guidede turistgrupper på La Boqueria.

-Gi heller turistene et kart, pek ut de mest interessante bodene og la dem utforske markedet selv. På den måten er det også større sjanse for at de kjøper ting, noe som vil være bra for alle, sier Davies til thelocal.es

#Attraksjon #Barcelona #By #Ferie #Hovedstad #Katalonia #LaBoqueria #LaRambla #Marked #Mat #Reise #Spania #VG

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Suriname says it is spending Euro130 million euro on developing a new railway system within an 18 month period, the Caribbean Media Corporation – www.cmccaribbean.com, reported.

The new railway will allow for commuters to move from the Poelepantje area in Paramaribo southward to the village of Onverwacht in District Para. It will run on the left side of the Indira Gandhi road, a busy artery that leads to the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport.

Officials said the intention is to eventually take the railway all the way to the airport, and thereby relieve the current infrastructure.

The ambitious project will be carried out by Dutch railway systems contractor Strukton Systems.

“We have extensive technical knowledge and experience in this field and we’re happy to help”, said Strukton manager, Les van Seventer

The contract features the construction of a 29 kilometer dual railway track from Paramaribo to Onverwacht, the delivery of five diesel trains, the training of the necessary personnel and the construction of a Paramaribo Central Station at Poelepantje and eight train stops and 16 flyovers on the route.

The trains will be able to carry 250 people with 134 seated and 120 standing.

Head of the presidential Commission Construction Railway, Eddy Jozefzoon, said that a definite start date for the construction could not be given but that preparations were well underway.

He said one the biggest challenges will be to convince land owners to sell their properties along the proposed route.

Jozefzoon said the project will result in significant employment opportunities for nationals and that private bus owners need not worry about losing business.

#Airport #By #Ferie #Flyplass #Gandhi #Hovedstad #International #Jernbane #Nederland #Paramaribo #Reise #Surinam #SørAmerika #Tog

#Capital #City #Netherlands #Railway #SouthAmerica #Train #Travel

Suriname Tourist Information Centre: www.suriname-tourism.org

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Emirates Airbus A380 (planespotters.net)

Som første by i Skandinavia får København og Kastrup lufthavn nå daglige besøk av Emirates sitt kjempefly Airbus A380, kjent som verdens største kommersielle passasjerfly, skriver VG.

Emirates merker en økende etterspørsel etter seter på ruten København-Dubai, og har allerede satt inn større fly.

1.desember begynner de å fly 380’eren, som tar 615 passasjerer.

Med det nye flyet kan selskapet frakte 8610 passasjerer ukentlig mellom Danmark og De forente arabiske emirater – pluss ekstra mye fraktgods i buken.

Per i dag har ikke Kastrup de nødvendige fasilitetene til å drifte verdens største passasjerfly, men innen desember skal nødvendige investeringer og oppgraderinger være gjort, lover flyplassledelsen.

#Airbus #By #Danmark #Dubai #Emiratene #Emirates #Ferie #Fly #Flyplass #Hovedstad #Kastrup #København #Reise #Skandinavia #VG 

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Hongkong International Airport sett i fugleperspektiv (wikipedia.org)

Den internasjonale flyplassen i Hongkong er nest best i verden når det gjelder å gjenforene bagasje med eier, mens Kansai International Airport ved Osaka i Japan er i Skytrax World Airport Awards 2015 kåret til den flyplassen i verden som er best på bagasjehåndtering, skriver Dagbladet.

Utrolig nok har ikke flyplassen rotet bort en eneste koffert siden den åpnet i 1994.

Det er det britiske flyanalysebyrået Skytrax som har rangert de ti beste flyplassene i verden til å håndtere bagasje, ut fra brukeranmeldelsene til mer enn 13 million flypassasjerer.

Skytrax’ Ti-på-topp i bagasjehåndtering

1. Kansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan

2. Hongkong International Airport, Kina

3. Singapore Changi Airport

4. Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

5. Incheon International Airport, Seoul, Sør-Korea

6. Tokyo International Airport Haneda, Japan

7. Kastrup lufthavn, København, Danmark

8. Munich Franz Josef Strauss Airport, München, Tyskland

9. Zürich Kloten Airport, Zürich, Sveits

10.Narita International Airport, Japan

#Airport #Bagasje #Bayern #By #Dagbladet #Danmark #Ferie #Fly #Flyplass #Kongkong #Hovedstad #International #Japan #Kastrup #Kina #Korea #København #Munchen #Osaka #Reise #Seoul #Singapore #Strauss #Sveits #SørKorea #Taiwan #Tokyo #Tyskland #Zurich

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A relative of late German art collector Cornelius Gurlitt lodged a claim on Friday for his inheritance, a Nazi-era art hoard which he has bequeathed to a museum in Switzerland’s apital Bern, the www.thelocal.ch website reported.

The surprise move came just days before the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern is expected to reveal whether it accepts the inheritance of the spectacular trove of more than 1,000 pieces amassed during the Nazi era.

Uta Werner, 86, a cousin, appealed to a court in Munich to be recognized as Gurlitt’s heir, with the backing of her children and some other family members, the spokesman said in a statement.

A report by a psychiatrist that “seriously questioned” Gurlitt’s mental fitness to make a will had prompted the family to now act, it said.

Gurlitt, who died in May aged 81, had hoarded more than 1,000 paintings, drawings and sketches, including masterpieces by the likes of Picasso and Chagall, in his Munich flat for decades.

Hundreds more works were unearthed at his Salzburg home.

He was the son of Nazi-era art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt, who was tasked with selling works taken or bought under duress from Jewish families, and avant-garde art seized from German museums that the Hitler regime deemed “degenerate”.

Before he died, Cornelius Gurlitt struck a deal with the German government to help track down the rightful owners of the artwork.

A day after his death, the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern said it had been astonished to learn that it was named as the recipient of his collection in his will.

It is to announce Monday at a news conference in Berlin whether it will accept the bequest.

See more at www.thelocal.ch/20141121/relative-claims-nazi-era-art

#2Verdenskrig #Bern #By #Ferie #Hitler #Hovedstad #Kunst #Munchen #Museum #Picasso #Reise #Salzburg #Sveits #Tyskland #Østerrike #Verdenskrig

#Art #Austria #Capital #City #Germany #Holiday #Munich #Switzerland #Travel #WorldWar

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Deputy Mayor of Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, Mr.Todor Chobanov, has predicted a 7-10% increase in the number of tourists in the capital in 2015, the Sofia News Agency – www.novonite.com, reported.

Chobanov recently presented the implementation of the Regional Tourism Product Development project in the municipalities of Sofia, Ihtiman and Svoge.

He made clear that the package included routes to over 20 historical, cultural, religious, and natural sites in the three municipalities.

The Deputy Sofia Mayor, as cited by the Bulgarian National Radio, informed that the authorities were working to equip the landmarks with information plates.

Mr.Chobanov said that the campaign for providing for information plates in Bulgarian and English continued in 2015, adding that the plates contained QR codes leading to a tourism portal.

He pointed out that tourist guidebooks for Sofia were being developed by several countries, including in France and Japan.

Ivo Marinov, Director of Municipal Enterprise ‘Tourist Service’, stated that Bulgaria’s capital had registered a 7% increase in tourist numbers in 2014.

Mr.Marinov informed that the Municipal Enterprise ‘Tourist Service’ was launching joint projects with the New Bulgarian University and the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” aimed at boosting development in the sector.

See more at www.novinite.com

#Borgermester #Bulgaria #By #Ferie #Frankrike #Hovedstad #Japan #Ordfører #Reise #Sofia #Turist #Universitet

#Capital #City #France #Holiday #Mayor #Travel #University

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Damaskus

Turistdepartementet i Syria har gitt lisens til etablering av et nytt fire-stjerners hotell i Mezzeh-distriktet i hovedstaden Damaskus, melder statlig syrisk radio- og fjernsyn på sine nettsider syriaonline.com

Hotellet får 54 rom, restaurant og svømmebasseng.

I januar ga ministeriet lisens til etablering av et stort turistkompleks i al-Jarjaniyeh-området utenfor hovedstaden.

I den snart fem år gamle borgerkrigen i Syria har Damskus, som før krigen var en av Midtøstens store turistdestinasjoner, stort sett vært forskånet for krigshandlingene, og livet har gått noenlunde som normalt.

Også langs landets Middelhavskyst og i havne- og badebyen Latakia er det etter forholdene rolig, mens landets økonomiske sentrum, storbyen Aleppo, nord i landet, er lagt i grus, og uerstattelige kulturminner fra verdensarven er tapt for alltid.  

Les vår store bloggpost om Syria og Damaskus her: www.minbestereise.blogg.no/syria.html

#Aleppo #Basseng #By #Damaskus #Ferie #Fjernsyn #Hotell #Hovedstad #Kultur #Latakia #Middelhavet #Midtøsten #Radio #Reise #Restaurant #Svømmebasseng #Syria #TV

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Brunei Tourism has announced the official launch of the Maritime Museum in the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan, the www.ttgasia.com website writes.

The museum is located at Kota Batu near the river bank of Brunei is a repository for the country’s historical maritime artefacts and technologies from different eras.

There are three galleries: Brunei Ship Wreck Gallery, which displays artefacts from the Brunei Shipwreck discovered in 1997 and considered to be the most important discoveries in Brunei’s maritime history; Brunei Water Vessels Gallery, which focusses on the connection between Brunei people and the river; and Temporary Gallery, which showcases the history  of trade and cultural exchange between China and Brunei from as early as 2,000 years ago.

www.bruneitourism.travel 

#BandarSeriBegawan #Brunei #By #Båt #Ferie #Galleri #Hovedstad #Maritim #Museum #Reise #Skip

#Boat #Capital #City #Gallery #Holiday #Ship #Travel