Michigan Vacation

By Luc Citrinot, eTN | February, 2010
They are some of the best-known icons of Indonesia’s tourism. Borobudur – southeast Asia’s largest Buddhist temple – and Prambanan – Indonesia’s largest sacred site dedicated to Shiva – have for a long time been major attractions for international travelers. Both are listed as World Heritage Sites and are [...]

The Mission Houses Museum’s new blog ThaddeusJournal.org provides insight into the journey of Protestant missionaries who traveled on the Brig Thaddeus to the Sandwich Islands now known as Hawaii in October 1819. The museum posts daily excerpts from a journal kept by the travelers during the six-month trek. The blog entries are a prelude to [...]

SANTA MONICA, CA – For the second year running, New Zealand has taken the top spot at the prestigious Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards. Whale Watch Kaikoura was named as overall winner at the awards, announced Tuesday at the 30th anniversary of the World Travel Market, held annually in London. They also won the marine [...]

World Tourism Day, celebrated annually on September 27, will be taking place this year in Accra, Ghana. As part of the official celebrations, UNWTO will collaborate with the host country to organize a Think Tank around the 2009 theme “Tourism: Celebrating Diversity.”

This will be World Tourism Day’s 30th anniversary and presents an opportunity to highlight [...]