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 It is noteworthy that the sauna is even a tram on the fragment is no longer active ways.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.

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».

ARC relies on the Polish tourists

Minister of health resorts and tourism of Crimea, Alexander Liev believes that the flow of tourists from Poland to the peninsula should be increased by inventing the Poles interesting tourism product.

At the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea on recreational, health resort complex and tourism A. Liev explained that one in three Poles over 40 years, said in Russian, as he taught it in school. In addition, in the Crimea are five Catholic churches. This, according to officials, would be sufficient to attract the attention of Polish tourists in Crimea. Moreover, for this population need to build a concrete proposal. "For example, 24 [December] of the Polish Christmas, we are considered low season. We must all put together and done in the form of tourism products for the Poles "- called on the minister.

Berlin has closed three of "attractive" prize

Over the past year in Berlin, was recorded 20 million tourist nights. Thus the popularity Berlin beat Rome (18.6 million overnight stays), finishing third after London and Paris among the most attractive tourist capitals of Europe, according to Welt.

"This is a huge success," - said the Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit. In order to get their first 10 million tourist nights per year, Berlin took 55 years, but the increase in this figure to 20 million comes just over a decade.

Nevertheless, the catch in the coming years, London (45 million tourist nights) and Paris (33.9 million overnight stays) Berlin is unlikely. On the figure of 30 million overnight stays German capital expects to leave no earlier than 2020.

Swiss ski resorts like the 'regular' customers

Ski resorts in Switzerland have decided to encourage the loyalty of its customers from year to year does not change the selected one direction. As a reward loyal customers may be asked anything: from a bottle of champagne and up to the jewelry with a picture of the Matterhorn (the so-called picturesque mountain in the Swiss Alps). 

As these or other resort regions of the country behave in relation to the loyal visitors? On this issue have tried to answer the study's authors, which has long held a site Htr.ch. The results forced analysts raised his eyebrows. It turned out that the only resort that has not yet developed a clear vision of the treatment of "loyal subjects", is the famous Alpine St. Moritz. It explains the head of sports and entertainment areas of this resort Berthold Martin (Martin Berthold), they resort to the principle of "live as you want and wherever you want." True, he added, they have scheduled a series of events, including an invitation to visit patrons. They are presented with a book, champagne or a bouquet of flowers. Representatives of business community, who are constantly booking of the same hotel in St. Moritz, the resort offers a complimentary glass of wine or a glass of spirits.