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The most popular ways to cheat tourists Tourism

The most popular ways to cheat tourists

Ostap Bender's descendants have spread across the planet. So at any moment in every country of the world, a tourist faces the prospect of meeting enterprising locals seeking to extract money from him…

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How I Mastered the Financial Crisis Tourism

How I Mastered the Financial Crisis

The stock market crisis had been going on for several months. Stock quotes were falling daily, and everyone around me kept going on about it. One after another, my friends and acquaintances felt it…

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Best Routes of the Upcoming Year Tourism

Best Routes of the Upcoming Year

The Lonely Planet guidebook has prepared the next annual Blue List - a list of new interesting routes. The British Times, based on this list, compiled its own, consisting of ten most interesting…

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Parisian Restaurant Secrets Tourism

Parisian Restaurant Secrets

Economic difficulties have hit the French in the most sensitive spot – the stomach. If for centuries they loved to eat well and elevated food to a cult, now they are forced to economize on…

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Time to Finish Your Beer Tourism

Time to Finish Your Beer

In October, the curious traveler can still make it to the Oktoberfest in Bavaria, as well as the beer festival in Pilsen, Czech Republic. The quickest can switch from beer to wine: on the same days…

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Tourism as a Luxury Tourism

Tourism as a Luxury

The global crisis will hit the ordinary vacationer hard. Tourism industry experts predict a significant increase in the cost of trips to almost all destinations. The main reason for the price surge…

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Self-Inflicted Adventures Tourism

Self-Inflicted Adventures

Far from all citizens spend their vacation as a 'couch potato', lying on the beach or sitting in a deckchair by the pool. For the active and curious, there are special tours that fall into the…

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Impression Hunting Tourism

Impression Hunting

Safari has lost its original bloodthirstiness and turned into one of the fascinating ways to get to know nature. In the hands of its participants, instead of rifles, you can most often see cameras…

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Get Married, Have a Church Wedding, Relax Tourism

Get Married, Have a Church Wedding, Relax

According to online surveys, Greece is the most popular destination for weddings and honeymoons. There you can register a marriage, have a church wedding, and later baptize your children. Moreover…

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Wedding in a Burqa and Golden Mountains Tourism

Wedding in a Burqa and Golden Mountains

Did you promise each other mountains of gold? To fulfill the promise, head to the United Arab Emirates. As the columnist for the magazine «Voyage and Leisure» promises, you will have the opportunity…

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Music with Bulls and Santas Tourism

Music with Bulls and Santas

July in Europe is one of the most musical months. In Salzburg, opera singers and symphony orchestras gather; in Dura, alternative fans; in Hamburg, lovers of old hits; in Dortmund, electronic music…

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A memo prepared for tourists Tourism

A memo prepared for tourists

What ideas may come to a citizen who finds themselves outside their home country! According to Financial Izvestia, to prevent any troubles, Rospotrebnadzor has posted on its website a memo for those…

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