Saudi prince to visit Spain as part of global charm offensive. Prince Mohammed bin Salman, shown here at the United Nations last week, has been on a charm offensive. Photo: Bryan Smith/AFP. AFP. [email protected] · @thelocalspain. 7 April 2018. 01:51 CEST+02:00. Saudi Arabia's crown prince […]
Category: Mediterranean
Formentera, Ibiza, Spain
Vintage Travel (01954 261431; vintagetravel.co.uk) is an independent villa specialist that has been in business for more than 20 years and offers some gorgeous traditional properties in Mallorca and Menorca, which tend to get snapped up quickly for July and August. New on their list […]
Castile-La Mancha, Spain: A destination for all seasons
“But we know that the affinities between the two countries can generate other volumes of traffic, and already from the first two months of the year with +17% of arrivals from Italy, we have evidence of the good opportunities from the Italian market.” Finally, to […]
Get to Know Wind & Wine Croatia
Croatia has been making wine for more than 2 millennia and, if you haven't had the chance to experience it, now may be the time. A new adventure travel company, Wind & Wine Croatia, combines luxury yacht cruising in the Dalmatian Islands with a culinary […]
As Shared Scooters Invade, San Francisco Decides Who Belongs Where
They appeared one morning in San Francisco, rolling in like the city’s iconic, chilling fog. They coasted through car-clogged streets at a brisk 15 mph, bearing a fleet of dorkish men and women in khakis. Over the course of a few short weeks in March, […]
Tourism contributes directly 10.9% of Croatia’s GDP in 2017 – WTTC
ZAGREB (Croatia), April 4 (SeeNews) – Croatia's tourism and travel industry contributed 39.78 billion kuna ($6.6 billion/5.4 billion euro) directly to the country's economy in 2017, equivalent to 10.9% of its gross domestic product (GDP), the World Travel&Tourism Council (WTTC) said. The direct GDP … social […]
A Nighttime Underwater Spectacle Off the Coast of the Philippines
A moon jellyfish with larval fish in the Maricaban Strait of the Philippines. A juvenile flying fish with a pygmy squid under its fin near Aurora, Philippines. A juvenile trevally surfing a dead mangrove leaf in the Tanon Strait of the Philippines. A larval crab […]
Strike causes French railway chaos, with more to come
No trains are expected to be operating between France and Italy, Spain and Switzerland, the railway company said. The strike's impact immediately was visible on Tuesday. Passengers hitched rides on traffic-clogged roads and shared travel tips online. At the Gare de Lyon station in eastern […]
Zipline’s Blood-Toting Drones Aim for American Skies
When I first visited Zipline, two years ago, the startup was operating out of a pile of shipping containers, in a cow-filled field on the Pacific Coast, in Northern California. Now, when I round the corner on the dirt road leading to the startup’s new […]
FIA arrests illegal Pakistani immigrant deported from Greece
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested on Sunday a person who illegally went to Greece and was deported from there. FIA sources said that Muhammad Mansha who was sent to Greece by a fake travel agent was detained and deported by Greek authorities. The […]