This year several resort complexes changed their clock zone. Innovation is to allow tourists to spend much time at the beach.
Since the 1-st of February 2015, Mexican state Quintana Roo situated on the east of semi-island Yucatan, cancelled season adjustment of hour hand. Due to this fact, the area as well as in winter will remain in the zone of UTC-5 (Southeast Time). Quintana Too includes such popular resorts as Cancun and Tulu'um. Authorities explained new development mentioning the support of tourist business: protracted light day will make rest at the local beaches more attractive. In the same clock zone annually there are Jamaica, Cayman Islands, part of Ecuador, and other states.
Since the 8-th of March, Turks and Caicos islands are entering the new clock zone. Earlier they used to be located in the area of North American time: UTC-5 in winter and UTC-4 in summer (from the second Sunday of March until the first Sunday of November). Now, in order to increase the daylight, Turks and Caicos joined the typical Atlantic Time: UTC-4 in winter and UTC-3 in summer. It allows savoring sunny day at the beaches until 7 pm that is truly important for tourists. Formerly, in winter period (this time is also considered as high tourist season at the islands) sun used to go down at nearly 17 pm.
Austrian air company People’s Viennaline announced the opening of the shortest international flight in the world. The carrier is organizing flight from Switzerland to Germany in the length of eight minutes, The Daily Mail reports.
Nearly thirty French cities have already implemented the idea of the own local currency. Paris is on the turn. The essence of the concept is that citizens of any given city pay their purchases with the currency additional to euro. The stated currency is about to circulate exceptionally within the exact territory.
The boutique-hotel and wine hotel Gospoja became the first wine hotel for Croatia. The hotel includes 58 bedrooms spread onto 22 suits among which there are two of flat type and 5 of a family kind.
Antibes, Dijon and La Baule have been included to the list ‘International travel areas’ of France. The stated status means that in these cities tourists may go shopping in the stores up to midnight and on Sundays.
The experts of travel web-portal Travelbird.nl has defined that the cheapest beach in the world is situated in Vietnam. Cua Dai is located in popular among travelers city Hoi An in the central province of the country Quảng Nam.
English village Kidlington in a majestic way attracted the attention of tourists from Asia. Local citizens are losing themselves in conjectures why the settlement in eight kilometers northward from Oxford became popular among foreigners, as Daily Mail reports.
The service for short-term rent of accommodation Home Away (the analogue of Airbnb) offered to its users to spend a night in the aparthotel unit situated in one of the rooms of Eifel Tower.
The list of landmarks which the tourists want to see in Paris has not changed for 119 years. The Daily Mail comes to such a conclusion studying the Karl Baedeker guide produced in 1897.
The authorities of Thailand claimed about the intention to close for the tourists the resort island. Tachai because those who take rest there make harm to environment.
The edition «The Telegraph» published the list of the best cities for gastronomy tourism. The first place is taken by Tokyo. In total the ranking includes sixteen cities of Europe, America, and Asia.
Forbidden City in Beijing made a blacklist of visitors who behaved in a bad manner within a territory of castle complex. As Yahoo Finance reports, the stop-list includes 2.5 thousand people.
The walking trips are to be organized so as to let tourists climb to the one of the most dangerous mountain of the world Godwin Austen on the border between Pakistan and China. As «The Daily Mail» reports, this year the proposal for the tourists is coming in the market.
The investment into Halal tourism in United Arab Emirates in the nearest five years will make up 350 million dollars. As «Halal Focus» reports, the appropriate forecast is made by the director of the World Halal Travel Summit Andy Buchanan.
