Martinique honours Father Pinchon
The Musée du Père Pinchon opened its doors a few weeks ago in Fort-de-France. A museum entirely dedicated to Robert Pinchon, a pioneer of biodiversity, who devoted his life to theology, philosophy and the natural sciences. The space houses its large archaeological, botanical and ornithological collections. A set of...
READING TIME: 1 minArt blows in Asia
Asia does not only offer souvenir shops for tourists. Many countries now have fabulous museums but also exhibitions that bring together local and international signatures. It's another way to travel and discover wonders. La Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB) is open The BAB...
READING TIME: 4 minIn India, the creation of nature reserves displaces people
In nature reserves, can we reconcile human presence and preservation? There are many nature parks in India, causing conflicts between residents and nature conservation associations. The expulsion of entire villages for the protection of the tiger raises the question: are we in an ecological logic or in a primarily tourist...
READING TIME: 5 minIn Egypt, tourism threatened by parliamentarians ?
Egypt has been announced as the fastest growing tourist destination by the World Tourism Organization (WTO) in terms of increasing the percentage of visitors from one year to the next. However, Egyptian parliamentarians sometimes make comments that risk undermining these efforts after the attacks on the Copts and absurd...
READING TIME: 3 minIn India, a holiday that goes wrong
India is a gigantic country with a population of more than 1.2 billion people. It is almost impossible to...
Tourism : Which is the most visited city in the world ?
For the past ten years, Mastercard’s Global Destination Cities Index has provided an interesting analysis of the world’s most...
Who can still challenge the Gulf companies ?
Singapore Airlines has just made the longest flight in the world from Singapore to New York in 17h25 minutes,...
United States – Monaco: tourism
Beautiful prize harvest obtained by the representative office of the Direction du Tourisme et des Congrès de Monaco in...
Odyssey Deccan named Best Luxury Train in Asia at World Travel
The Deccan Odyssey, India’s best luxury train, made history at the World Travel Awards (WTA), being named Best Luxury...
Direct trains from Hong Kong to mainland China
Hong Kong may be a Chinese « Special Administrative Region » since 1997, but it is increasingly connected to the continent....