Dedicated security lane for passengers wearing Bunad
In the event of May 17, a lot of travellers are expected at Avinor Oslo Airport. In keeping with tradition, passengers wearing a bunad will have dedicated security checkpoints. “There are large numbers of travellers in the days around May 17, and the preceding day up to 100,000 people will...
READING TIME: 2 minIs tourism harmful to the environment ?
Tourism, whose spectacular growth is expected to continue, now accounts for 8% of greenhouse gas emissions, weighing more on the climate than previously estimated, according to a recent study. Between 2009 and 2013, the sector's global footprint increased from 3.9 to 4.5 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent (GtCO2e), or +15%, or...
READING TIME: 2 minTourism Remains Safe Despite Merapi Phreatic Eruption
Yesterday, on Friday morning, 11 May 2018, Mount Merapi in Sleman Regency of Yogyakarta spewed volcanic ash of 5500 m resulted from the phreatic activity. The volcanic ash rained on the surrounding areas of the region, yet no casualty has been reported....
READING TIME: 1 min1954-1962, In the Eye of Algeria
Asking the question of how the Algerian war was photographed - and on this point there is a considerable mass of photos - often amounts to resurrecting a memory, to establishing a disproportion between the photos of amateurs, those of professionals, those of the French army as those rarer...
READING TIME: 2 minTunisia celebrates the Ghriba in complete safety
Thousands of people participated in the Jewish pilgrimage to Ghriba, Tunisia, which ended last Thursday evening without incident, under...
Japan keeps the fire sacred
Japan, with dozens of active volcanoes, is located on the famous Pacific fire belt where many earthquakes and volcanic...
The world’s largest dinosaur arrives at Chicago’s Field Museum
The iconic T-Rex at the Field Museum (Chicago Museum of Natural History) will undergo a major renovation in 2018....
Marvel’s superheroes now invade Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)
The avant-garde Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle will be hosting today, Saturday, April 21, the largest exhibition ever...
Istanbul new capital of major arts
No one has ignored the intense cultural bubbling of the Turkish metropolis for some years now. The urban monster...
Algeria in mourning
It is not a tourist event but we cannot ignore the crash of an airplane in Algeria which is...
