Highlighting Responsible Tourism week, Travel Matters in association with West Africa Discovery are hosting an event with guest speakers Ben Keene from Tribewanted and Chris Hill from Hands Up Holidays.

Voluntourism – good, bad or ugly?

Wednesday 15 February 2012 at 7pm – 9pm

Make Travel Matter Talk @

Harrisons 15 – 19 Bedford Road, London SW12 9EX

For interest to attend, contact Travel Matters by email info@travelmatters.co.uk or tel 0208 675 7878

Responsible Tourism Week is a free, five

A Uttarakhand roadways bus driver of Haridwar - Haldwani route saw a child of spotted deer. The driver grabbed his feets tied and just put in the toolbox of battery and brought with himself. Then suddenly someone informed the SOG Team of CTR. Late night on the arrival of the bus the team stopped the bus and took away the spotted deer child form the driver.

Notably Haldwani City is very near to the world famous Jim Corbett National Parkand spotted deer is one of the most beautiful spices of Deer.

Chardham is very prominent Hindu Pilgrimage situated in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Rightfully connoted as “Char Dham” meaning holy abode of four Gods, the four revered places include Gangotri, Yamnotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath. It’s a long cherished legend that a visit to Chardham will help you attain “Moksha” by freeing your soul from all worldly sins. Therefore Chardham Yatra is considered one of the most blessed one in India, with millions of pilgrims making headway to this sanctimoniou

I'm ashamed to say that I occasionally watch Live with Kelly in the morning (used to be Live with Regis and Kelly - you know what I'm talking about). This week Kelly reported that New York City was voted the number one rudest city in the U.S. What?! Us rude? I'm not a native New Yorker, but have lived here about twenty years, so I consider myself a New Yorker by default. I'm originally from the Southwest of the U.S., where people are so polite it's almost sickening. I almost dread going into sho

It's a bit startling to learn that our passion for travel is second only to our passion for our families.

I learned this from travel trade sites which often have more interesting things to say than consumer travel publications or sites.

The content on Travel Weekly and, say, Hotelmarketing.com is more readable , more useful  than many  travel consumer sites and publications that stretch for hyperbole when describing blue Caribbean waters or some village in Spain.

So when Hotelmarketing ran its list

Clipped Notes

  The introduction of Christianity into Ethiopia dates back to the apostolic era. The book of Acts, chapter 8:27 – 38, tell us that Saint Philip, the Apostle baptized the Ethiopian Eunuch – treasure of Candace Queen of Ethiopia. When he returned to Ethiopia, he spread the good news of the Gospel. When Christianity was accepted as a state religion during the reign of Ezana, the Axumite king of Ethiopia in the 4^th century, there was no resistance and bloodshed as happened in some othe

From the worker's simple outfits in the rice fields to western style business suits in the city, the Vietnamese are conservative in their dress. Visitors wearing shorts are tolerated, even though you may see many shirtless Vietnamese men in shorts.

Wear conservative clothing if you visit a culturally sensitive area such as a temple or pagoda-the less bare skin the better.

Keep in mind that, although tolerant, people may be judgmental. Unfortunately you cannot expect hospitalities at every turn and

Kennebunport is the summer home of former president George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbabar Bush, as the Bush their children, including former president, George W. Bush.

The Bush compound (originally Point Vesuvius, then Walker’s Point), is the summer home of 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush. Located adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean in southern Maine, near the town of Kennebunkport, the property has been a family retreat for more than a century.

Bush Compound, Kennebunkport

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A tourist from Canada has urged Tanzanians to try and climb Mount Kilimanjaro so that they can clearly see, enjoy and value the magnificence this mountain with Africa’s highest peak grants to the country. Raymond Walker, 79,  said so just not so long ago after he managed to climb the mountain up to its highest Uhuru peak and has therefore become the very  first senior citizen to reach at that point on the mountain’s uppermost peak.

He added that he was so happy and so proud of himself being the

Hello everybody!!

In Italy last December 21, for people who are keen on classical music but in general for all who like art and culture, there were a big and emotional event because of the celebration of the “New House of Music Theater” in Florence. I followed the opening concert on TV, directed by Zubin Mehta in a wonderful ambience and excellent acoustic.

If you'll be interested in to know something more around the “New House” you could find out more details in my Blog at, http://bbtarussio.blog

Chardham yatra is one of the most famous yatra among the Hinduism. Usually the Hindus visit Chardham yatra to wash their sins. There are four places in Chardham yatra. They are Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath. Pilgrims start to offer their prayer in clockwise circulation or we can say Parikrama as per Hindu tradition.

If you are going to start your journey of Chardham from Delhi then the first destination after Delhi is Haridwar which is at a distance of 205 kms. It almost takes 6 ho

Jim Corbett National Park is the dream destination for most of the wild life lovers. Every year thousands of tourists from different corners of the world come here to enjoy in this park.

Dhikala tour is one of the major attractions of Corbett National Park. In Dhikala tour the tourists will get the opportunity of having full entertainment of the surroundings as well as wild life. In this national park you will get the opportunity to enjoy some unforgettable moments like proximity to almighty as w

Seeing how traveling technology has evolved ih the past years makes me think, how today's technology would have impacted journeys like the Che Guevara's? This is particularly interesting to me because of the changes that one of the most important journeys of Ernesto (Che) Guevara produced, and continues producing, in society. In 1952 Ernesto Guevara and his friend Alberto Granados took a nine month journey (this I can write today since we have Wikipedia back to check my facts ;)) with the object

For over 100 years the impressive Mohonk Resort Hotel high above the Hudson River has offer excellent accommodations and service for people looking for a place to escape the hectic pace of everyday life. Their Midweek Winter Getaway offered from Sunday to Thursday until March 30 makes a visit even more affordable. With wood-burning fireplaces indoors and spectacular vistas outdoors, Mohonk Mountain House is a wonderland during the winter season. Experience this special time of year with a fanta

A quick and easy day trip from Costa Rica’s capitol city of San Jose is to the Botanical Gardens at CATIE (the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center) in Turrialba.

Just an hour and a half from the Central Valley, you’ll be in a tropical plantation paradise.

Nature lovers, get your cameras ready! Stroll down paths beneath the shade of Costa Rica’s national Guanacaste tree, and under 100-year-old Ceiba trees while you learn their importance in the country’s history and folklore.

Pacz Tours has these fully or nearly intact 2000+ year old pots just discovered this week as road maintenance was being done in San Ignacio on Burns Ave. Main street in town.**Read more   .Tours in the maya world of belize

Caribbean Wеddіngѕ

My aim in this articles are firstly to CONGRATULATE you guys for making a great choice – Caribbean Weddings are so much fun and believe me you will love it!

Secondly. understanding your obligations will take away any stress or fear concerning the who’s, what’s,where’s and the how’

With UK based budget airline easyJet offering service to Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, more visitors from Europe have an opportunity to visit this exciting country, which today's New York Times Travelsection includes among its list of 45-places to visit in 2012.

When I saw Jordan on the listit stirred memories of my trip there a few years ago. I had less than a week so I did a quick hit of three important sites.

The River Jordan - There’s not much water left in the Jordan River and wh