The current market estimate for travel receipts in 2023 is 20.5 billion euros following the publication of Bank of Greece data for the first 11 months of last year. That is an increase in foreign tourism revenues of more than 10% compared to the last record year, 2019. It is recalled that in 2019 the … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – With its exceptional location and unique nature, the Yemeni island of Socotra is a dream destination. For adventure lovers and photography enthusiasts. Travel blogger, Christina Makeeva, who currently lives in London, visited Socotra in the spring of 2021 for the second time. With her lens, she documented the enchanting … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) — Is it an appetizer? Or medicine? Or insecticide? Asafoetida, a wild fennel plant native to Afghanistan, Iran and Uzbekistan, has long puzzled people. The resin extracted from its roots is used in Indian cuisine, usually after grinding it into a powder and mixing it with flour. It is characterized … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Severe winter storms have struck most parts of the United States in recent days, leading to cold and dangerous weather conditions. But in Maine, where record-breaking storms caused severe flooding, weather helped uncover a 112-year-old shipwreck in Acadia National Park. The schooner “Tay” ran aground on Mount Desert Island … Read more
File photo. Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni is to visit Istanbul on Monday. During her three-day stay, the minister will meet with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, visit the new Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) offices and have contacts with businesspeople and tourism-sector organizations, such as the Turkey Travel Agencies Association (TURSAB). Kefalogianni is to inform the Ecumenical … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Many people are afraid of sharks once they see them in videos and movies, but the Saudi adventurer, Yazid Al-Derini, feels a strange love for them. Al-Darini studied shark behavior by conducting several courses at international universities. In turn, he was encouraged to search for it in the Atlantic … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – In Stanley Port in the Falkland Islands located in the South Atlantic Ocean, an unusual ship is docked and is embarking on a very special voyage. The 106-year-old, three-masted sloop Osterschild is on a two-year voyage following in the footsteps of British naturalist Charles Darwin, nearly 200 years after … Read more
The killing of Saleh Al-Arouri in what appears to have been a “precision strike” deep in the southern suburbs of Beirut bears all the traces of an assassination, signed and carried out by the State of Israel. Mr. Al-Arouri was not only the second person in the political leadership of the Hamas movement, but he … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – You do not need to be an acrobat, or have supernatural powers in order to work in this job offered in China. All you have to do is be a fan of the Chinese legend, “The Monkey King,” and be able to… Eat a lot of the free bananas … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – When Gary Leung lost his complete sight about 25 years ago, he felt very sad. Leung, from Hong Kong, became so depressed that he contemplated suicide, and believed that facing “rock bottom” would be a daily battle, until he found running his only outlet. Leung was born with a … Read more