Cultural experiences are among the key reasons many of us travel, and they are manifold - from performances to exhibitions to festivals - as well as explorations of culture in all its manifestitions, including art, architecture, cuisine, crafts, heritage, music, and traditions across a wide gamut.


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The eye-opening cultural experience of attending an Omani wedding

  The female security guard discreetly slips me through a side door and gestures for me to sit at the table in the corner. The Arabic music is pulsating and the room is reverberating with the nervous energy of 400 women. Suddenly, the lights dim and everyone turns to watch. A bride, dressed in a Western-style long white wedding gown with matching trailing veil has a death grip on her bouquet of roses as she takes very slow measured steps down the center aisle towards the “Bride’s Love Seat.”…

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European Capitals of Culture 2025: Chemnitz, Gorizia, and Nova Gorica

Ralf Steinberger, Krzysztof Golik, Eleassar Annually for the last 40 years, the cultural poobahs of the European Union have designated one or more of the continent's cities (and as of 2022 it's been three rather than two), as Capitals of Culture, focusing on their own cultural offerings and allowing them to organize a series of wider cultural events (many with a strong pan-European dimension) - which bring in considerable additional revenue; foster urban renewal; and raise their international…

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Exploring Chinese and aboriginal culture in Taiwan

Stanislav Koslovskiy   Officially the Republic of China, this island with a population of around 24 million – just a bit larger than the state of Maryland and just under half the size of Scotland – has been in the news lately both thanks to its controversial January 13 presidential elections and to its perennial potential (and especially in the context of other current crises in Ukraine and Gaza) as a world flashpoint due to mainland China´s obsession with eventually and forcibly annexing it.…

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A taste of cowboy and ranching culture in Guyana

Carsten ten BrinkThe 5,000-square-mile Rupununi Savannah in the southwest between the Rupunini River and the border with Brazil - was one of the most memorable parts of our trip to Guyana. Home to the Macushi, Patamona, Wai-Wai, and Wapishana peoples, its wonderful to explore via 4x4 and ATV, including  wildlife spotting (such as capybaras and giant anteaters) and overnights at cattle ranches (complete with cowboys") which also welcome guests.   read post  

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  • Ahmed Khattab October 15, 2011 at 3:04am

    dear all

    hope you are all well

    i want to tell you all about the package  i made to help in supporting the Egyptian tourism which is 5 days in Cairo in a 4 star hotel b.b +the air port transfer +the tour of the pyramids and the sphinx and the valley temple with a tour guide

    all these for only 120US$ per person in a double room including all the taxes

    i think this is the best offer any one can find to spend 5 days in Cairo

     

  • Murtaza Kalender October 7, 2011 at 9:56am
    Dear Colleague,

    How are you? Hope you had great business in 2011.

    We would like to extend our invitation to you to meet with us at the ExCel World Travel Market in London 7th – 10th November 2011 to discuss business cooperation together. 

    We are the Incoming and Outgoing Tour Operators, member of ASTA American Society of Travel Agents member, ETOA European Tour Operators Association, ATTA Adventure Travel Association, TURSAB Turkish Travel Agents Association, TIES The International EcoTourism Society  and WRTA World Religious Travel Association members..

    These days, we are excited about our international web-page that we recently finalized working on. With this new web-page, we can do incoming and outgoing together.
    Moreover, agencies and hotels has the opportunity to promote their services for free via our new system. You can also promote your agency, hotel, or yacht company from our web-page by being a member for free!

    Travel Agency Sign Up Form:
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    If you will attend the ETOA Workshop or WTM London, we can meet with you to talk about this new system in a more detailed way.

    Please visit us at WTM London between 7th and 10th November 2011, our stand number is EM 803
    Proposal for invitation to World Travel Market 7th - 10th November 2011, ExCel London
    www.travelshopturkey.com/wtm_london/invitation.asp

    Thank you for your interest in working with us. We look forward to doing business with you in the future. For additional information please do not hesitate to contact us - please see details provided below.

    Best Regards
    Murtaza Kalender
    General Manager

    Web        www.travelshopturkey.com    Email  info@travelshopturkey.com

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  • West Africa Discovery September 28, 2011 at 5:58pm

    9012334854?profile=originalThomas, West Africa Discovery's CEO, will be travelling to Sierra Leone for a research project he is conducting for his MSc in Responsible Tourism Management. As part of his travels, he wants to involve all of you in his journey of discovery (itinerary, experiences, photos, facts, stories, videos, etc...). To start things off, he has plotted his planned itinerary including information about the places he will visit and the things he hopes to do. Regular updates will be posted on this page to keep you involved in his journey.  

     

    To view the Itinerary, click here

    We are also raising funds to buy school material for the communities Thomas is visiting. Here is a break down of the items that we will buy.

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    Rome’s Fiction Festival Hosts World Premieres & Masterclasses B... from Sept.25 to the 30th!

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    Rome’s Fiction Festival Hosts World Premieres & Masterclasses By Top Intl Producers & Talents
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  • Murtaza Kalender August 21, 2011 at 8:56pm
    Dear Colleague,
     
    We have just finalized our new system. It is an international system which enables us to sell your tours and promote your hotels.
     
    If you are a travel agency, please click on our memberships link. You can give your company information and become a member which will enable you to put your own tours to our web-page.
     
    If you are a hotel, you can also become a member and give your information about your prices and availability for the periods that you will put on the web-page.
     
    We will promote your products in most famous tourism fairs, travel magazines and Google, without any charge.

    Best Regards
    Murtaza Kalender
    General Manager
    Travel Shop Turkey
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  • Kitty J. Pope July 28, 2011 at 9:37pm

    Hi guys,

      My youngest daughter Kristina is going to Avignon, France to teach for about 8 months beginning in latter September. Does anyone have any heads up on a place to stay that is reasonable and walking distance and hopefully to train station. Let me know ASAP. Thanks

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