Ellinikon used to be the only airport in Athens some times ago and in its best years it served 13.5 million passengers.
However, it was closed to give the way to more modern air railway station which was built especially for Olympic Games 2004. Ellinikon stayed without people.
Now the company Lamda Development is planning to spend 7 billion euro to develop territory of the airport. According to the intention of the enterprise, at the seacoast the luxury resort will appear along with hotels, residential areas, and shops. As it is written in British edition The Telegraph, 1.5 billion euro will be spent onto roads and other infrastructure, while 5.5 billion euro are intended on construction of 8000 houses, storez, and park with the square of 200 ha. At the moment there are 3000 immigrants and refugees living there, they will be moved to another place.
The company would like to start building works at the first half of the next year. According to preliminary calculations, the majority of buildings will have been ready by 2020.
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.
