Friday, February 11, 2011

Railway tickets in Ukraine fell. But only on the Internet

State Administration of Railway Transport of Ukraine ("Ukrzaliznytsya") from February 10 this year, equalized the cost of tickets at the box office and online.

"This has been done to promote services for the implementation of tickets through a worldwide network," - said in a press release Ukrzaliznytsia.

Ukrainian airlines compensate for "lost" Egypt is by raising prices in Thailand and UAE

Representative of the International Airlines of Ukraine "on Wednesday at a press conference in Kiev had to answer uncomfortable questions from reporters who asked why, after the riots in Egypt," MAU "inflated prices for tickets to Thailand and the United Arab Emirates.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Deadly waters of the Baltic Sea



Deadly waters of the
In the Baltic Sea on Sunday night with the ferry Silja Festival fell into the water a young man from Latvia.
The representative of the Latvian Coast Guard Liene Ulbina reported that at 2:42 am on the ferry was raised an alarm because a man overboard. Accident took place about 40 nautical miles (about 74 miles) from Ventspils.
First, the crew was searching for a man on their own. Later in the rescue operation had involved a nearby merchant ship, the Latvian and Estonian coast guard, navy and air force.


Area of the accident was searched several times, but found only lifeline, and waistcoat.
The water temperature in the sea now stands at +2 to +4 degrees, and a man in such circumstances can not survive recognized Ulbina. Rescue operations were halted at 7:50.
The young man, born in 1982 - a citizen of Latvia. The circumstances under which he fell overboard, are unknown.

The license for the young tour guide



The license for the young tour guide 14-year-old Japanese Sumati Ivari passed the national exam for bilingual guides, reports Tour Experience. Thus, the mark in the national tourism organizations in Japan, he became the youngest holder of such license. The previous record belonged to 15-year guide.

Child pornography is a dirty hotel



Child pornography is a dirty hotel
Hotel owner, who complained loudly that it was included in the list of "Top 10 dirtiest hotels in USA, is now under arrest on charges of child pornography. Desert Inn Hotel in Daytona Beach, Fla., was included in the list in third. Now the owner of the hotel's 57-year-old Dennis Devlin, located in the county jail on charges of distributing child pornography. The arrest is connected with the alleged facts in the hotel with 13-year-old boy, reported the Daytona Beach News-Journal. Also charged with another 20-year-old hotel employee.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Australian tourist, so like home that took hostage

Australian tourist, so like home that took hostage
At Bali, Australian tourists taken hostage waitress. The incident occurred in a shopping mall Galleria Mall in the morning shortly after its opening. It is assumed that the 27-year-old Simon Montlieu suffering from depression.
As one of the witnesses, Montlieu approached the restaurant waitress MM Juice. At this time, she cut a napkin. Tourist pretended that he wanted to make a reservation, but suddenly took away her scissors and dragged the waitress in the corner. Next Montlieu demanded immediately send him home to Australia.

Bulgaria has nine million tourists, but it is not enough

VisitBulgaria.net Bulgaria has nine million tourists, but it is not enough In 2010 Bulgaria was visited by 9,000,000 tourists, reports the National Council on Tourism in Bulgaria. Minister of Finance of Bulgaria, Simeon Djankov promises to improve the country's infrastructure, and invest 42 million leva in the advertising of Bulgaria as a tourist destination in 2011. Minister of Finance noted that the priority will be the cultural and historical tourism and religious tourism. Will also develop sports and mountaineering. Despite the global crisis of Bulgaria said profit in the tourism sector for 2010.

Tourists are lured into "an abandoned city of Florence"

Tourists are lured into \ "derelict Florence \"
The idea of creating maps of abandoned buildings in Florence belongs to the Italian Giacomo Dzaganelli living in Berlin, who argues that the Germans need to learn to use the unused homes.
In Florence, as in other Italian cities, many of these places. The creator of a new project decided to take care of them and throw them in the lurch. The project is called "Map of abandoned places in Florence." It stands for all the unused space.

Steam Room on tramways

At the heart of Milan, found an unusual sauna - steam room is equipped inside the old trams, which were repaired and put in order the local designers, reported La Republica. It is noteworthy that the sauna is even a tram on the fragment is no longer active ways. According to the authors' ideas, they decided to equip the sauna in the tram, to prove to city residents and tourists that stay in the public transport is not always to be fraught with stress. "This innovative design is intended to show that not all forms of transport must disappoint passengers. In some vehicles you can and relax" - quoted by the newspaper Metro representative design bureau, was engaged in a sauna. As soon as the sauna can visit the residents of Milan and the tourists have not yet been reported. Also, do not specify how much it will cost Seen tram-sauna. Nevertheless, as the designers expected, people showed great interest in their invention.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

The best and worst countries to find work

The best and worst countries to find work

Recruitment company Manpower conducted a survey among 62 thousand employers across the globe about their forecasts for October-December 2010. By bringing these answers, the experts have taken away the percentage of respondents negative mood on the percentage of those who hoped for an increase in jobs. The result was a percentage of "forecast time" separately for each country in which the survey was conducted.

Best results demonstrated Asia, occupying half of the top-ranked countries. Only one country in the region, Japan, fell below double digits forecast to 9%.

Painting on chewing gum

Painting on chewing gum

Ben Wilson - a London eccentric, turns chewing gum on the pavement in the work of street art. Thumbnail image under the feet of passers-by called to add a little color and variety in the daily life of citizens of the metropolis.
Ben Wilson is engaged in coloring gum for six years. From under the brush Wilson had come out of more than 8000 such pieces. The manufacture of a paper takes two hours to three days.

The artist signs his work: sometimes it takes them a phrase «the chewing gum man», but most often it does not have enough space, and Ben is limited to short «BW».