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The sea remains the favourite destination of Italians, among them many as 77% abandon the cities to travel to holiday in seaside resorts, but is growing interest in cultural holiday in the city of art. If 71% continues to have a greater propensity for European destinations, the remaining 29% choose to remain within national borders and enjoy the many wonders of Bel Paese.

Compared with other Europeans risultiamo be those most willing to spend to ensure a nice holiday, but against that, we can count on average only about one week of vacation, while 39% of Europeans holiday last 2 settimane.Il 40% of Italian book their holidays on the Internet and increase those who plan at the last minute rincorrendo the perfect last minute.

This photo shows the Eighth edition of Barometer holidays Europ Assistance on habits and trends of 7 European countries: Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Austria and Belgium, to read the whole record I refer you on virgilio.it

The French capital on June 28 inaugurates a new system of urban displacement along the river. It called Vogeo and service will be offered by green and blue boats in service from the station Austerlitz up in the province, Maisons Alfort (Val de Marne). With five total stops, the stopovers in Paris will be the National Library and Bercy.

This project was founded in 2003 by the demand of transport more environmentally friendly and economic and investment reflects the joint bodies responsible for the traffic in Paris and its suburbs. The experiment will last two years to assess whether and how to extend the service. For now, holders of subscription RATP travel free while the single ticket costs 3 euros. The boats that offered the service are catamarans who stay up to 70 passengers.

If not exactly an alternative to bateaux mouche, since the route reduced by Vogeo, certainly represents an opportunity for tourists to get a budget tours on the Seine. Places that, for a tour of major monuments, there is a convenient service BatoBus: with 12 euro can travel an entire day without restrictions between the stations of the Eiffel Tower, Museum D’Orsay, St. Germain, Notre Dame, Jardin des Plantes, Champs Elisees, Louvre and Hotel de Ville.

Italy is the European country most appreciated in the world. This interesting news emerges from the first edition of Travelers’ Choice Awards Destinations 2008, ranking promoted by TripAdvisor in order to catalogue the 100 most beautiful destinations and drawn on the basis of the votes cast by millions of tourists worldwide.

Include this important ranking well 8 Italian cities in order are: Amalfi, which is square to 13 ° place, Siena (15 °), Florence (33 °), Pompei (36 °), Venezia (50 °), Assisi ( 65 °), Positano (74 °), while Rome square only 87 ° place, no better than Paris and London, respectively to 56 ° and 86 ° place. In the first six positions are instead 2 city of New Zealand, Milford Sound and the town of Queenstown on the shores of Lake Wakatipu.

The earthquake which struck Peleponneso, according to reports the Ministry for Tourism greek, did not cause damage to the Greek receptive. The deaths recorded so far are 2, and no foreigner was involved. No hotel or tourist accommodation has been damaged. But as a precaution and in fear of aftershocks of adjustment also strong, so scientists fear, remain closed schools. Remain open only the University of Patras, but will be closed buildings potentially dangerous.

E ‘to remember that Greece is one of the highest density seismic and that is precisely earthquakes are very frequent. Already last January, southern Greece was hit by another earthquake of magnitude 6.7. But in that case there were no victims.

According to a ’survey Expedia that, with a study conducted by Infratest Tns took into this a sample of 4000 hoteliers, interviewed by the Best Tourist 2008, the Japanese tourists are the best in the world, followed, equal to, from British and German .

The parameters taken into consideration by the research were: Education, Clean, Elegance, sights for cooking and foreign Willingness to spend. The Italians, alas, simply place only at 14 ° place so that, together with the Americans, we are considered too loud, but in compensation, according to this study, primeggiamo for style and elegance.

Among the most spendaccioni are Japanese and Americans, among the least “generous” that the French are even less prepared compared to other nationalities, to learn about foreign languages.

The last of the league? Leggetela entirely on the Republic and perhaps let us know if you disagree or disagree with this poll.