Archive for the 'Asia' Category

Once In Garni Temple

If you once go to Armenia, don’t miss the opportunity to visit the Garni temple. I have visited many tourism places, but very few moved my imagination and carried me away to the past like the pagan temple of Garni.
When I first saw this classic temple, I had a sensation that I was in Greece [...]

Holi Spring Festival In India

Have you ever been to India in the spring? In case you happen to be there during this time of year make sure you take part in one of the famous India festivals, called Holi festival.
Holi festival takes place in March. The festival is a celebration of good beating evil.
According to a legend, there was [...]

Najaf Airport In Iraq

Nowadays airline carriers are struggling to do whatever they can to keep their customer base, never mind increasing it. Unfortunately most of these companies are met with the realization of workforce cuts and for some, even bankruptcy.
Despite the rising oil prices and the job cuts that have lately become a natural phenomenon for the many [...]

Philippines Typhoon, Ship Lost

As a result of a horrible typhoon in Philippines, a ferry sailing from the capital Manila to the central island of Cebu, sank. More than 800 passengers are missing with only four people so far known to have survived. Four bodies were found in San Fernando, but the remainder are considered lost.
As REUTERS reports , [...]

Terrorist Themed Restaurant

Nowadays entrepreneurs are looking for new ways to make the restaurant businesses more visitor-oriented. They might give them new catchy names, for example, or create new menu items and make them theme-related.
A Lebanese theme restaurant, “Buns and Guns” (a sandwich can kill you), is really proving a success. As What Were they Thinking reports, the [...]

Beijing’s New Airport Terminal Opening This Week

Beijing today opened a new $3.6 billion massive glass-and-steel airport terminal which will welcome all the visitors for Olympics 2008.
The airport will house 64 Western and Chinese restaurants, 90 retail shops, and a state-of-the-art-baggage handling system. The airport will also provide a high-speed commuter train which will transport passengers into the city quickly.
The new terminal [...]

Davao’s Kadayawan Festival 2008

This year’s Davao Kawayawan Festival will be devoted to abundance and will take place in August. The new format of the Kadayawan festival has a goal to attract more tourists, both domestic and international.
Philippine Information Agency reports that the festival is a celebration for the Dabawenyos, but it will also invite others to participate.
Art Boncato, [...]

Kuala Lumpur’s Famous Theme Parks

For all fans of Theme Parks, Kuala Lumpur might be a perfect holiday destination. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital, is famous for its 9 Theme Parks which attract millions of visitors each year.
The Global Travel News blog lists the names of most popular Theme Parks.
Some of Kuala Lumpur’s most popular Theme Parks are Genting Theme Park, [...]

Korean Firms Put Up Resort Hotel In Subic

South Korea’s MGfnd Subic, Inc. and Subic Rexmier C&D Co., Ltd. have signed an investment deal to put up a P1-billion resort hotel in Subic, which will target South Korean, American and Japanese tourists. The new Rexmier Resort and Hotel will be built in a 2.5-hectare lot along Perimeter Road at the Subic Bay Gateway [...]