Posts Tagged ‘Australia’


The Bay of Fires in the top of the Blue List of Lonely Planet

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

The Lonely Planet Guide International has appointed the Bay of Fires travel destination “hottest” in the world for 2009. The Australian resort situated on the coast of Tasmania is a sheltered bay, entirely surrounded by forests. The unspoiled corner of paradise in Australia is described by Lonely Planet as “a castaway bay with its white sand beaches deserted end, the clear sea and the sky always blue.

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Wheel conditioning for Sydney

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

A wheel may soon be positioned between Sydney’s iconic Harbor Bridge and Opera House at Circular Quay, this is the latest in the tourism sector in Australia. What is exceptional is that people will have an opportunity to climb aboard the new attraction will be able to enjoy the cool air conditioner that will cool the various booths. For the moment it is only a test, a final decision is expected next month. The wheel 45 meters high was proposed by the Australian Tourist Attractions, and if the project is approved by the Sydney Harbor foreshore Authority, the attraction will be active in definitively by the end of this year or at most to January 2009.

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The 10 best islands in the world, 2008 edition

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

The 10 best islands in the world, 2008 edition, News, Australia, Canada ,Greece, Indonesia, USA ,Chile, Ecuador, Polls

We are always connected with Travel and Leisure that, thanks to the support of his selected panel of users, produces annually ratings on the best tourist destinations in the world.

And after seeing that in the 2008 Bangkok has scalzato Florence from the top of this ranking, I sbirciato those of the 10 best islands in the world, discovering that this year is to top the Galapagos, in the ground.Following are the standings, some shots of these pearls and the answer to the question: among the first 10 are Italian islands?

The Australia relies to Australia to revive tourism

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

The Australia relies to Australia to revive tourism News,Australia, New Zealand

One of the most important opportunities for promoting tourism in recent years… Ripongono really hope many men of the Australian tourism-in emulation that could be unleashed from the film Australia, who will be leaving in the halls of seventy countries in the next winter (in Italy since December 19).

After the excellent success in terms of attention and attendance, the famous Crocodile Dundee in 1986 (then emulated by the trilogy of Lord of the rings that relaunched New Zealand) now hopes to repeat the momentum achieved with the film Baz Luhrmann , In which the role of protagonist was entrusted, not by chance, an Australian diva: Nicole Kidman.

The tourism on the island of kangaroos has suffered from the economic recession and by considerable price of fuel. Now is counting on this story, set during the Second World War and that enhances the natural beauty of the continent, to reverse the negative trend.Just pay the ticket and watch a good film to forget the price of a flight for Australia?