Showing posts with label Tourism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tourism. Show all posts

Monday, July 27, 2015

Stunning drone images of hidden islands and turquoise waters show Eastern Europe as you've never seen it before

  • Lithuanian photographer Karolis Janulis captures Lithuania, Croatia and Slovakia using an airborne camera
  • His work focusses on compositions that capture people going about their days such as commuting or relaxing
  • Before he made use of a drone, the photographer would seek out vantage points from rooftops and hot air balloons
By BECKY PEMBERTON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 15:07 GMT, 24 July 2015 | UPDATED: 00:02 GMT, 25 July 2015

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Postcards from border country: Walls, waterfalls, a line in a library and the divider you can see from space are among some of the world's most unusual frontiers

  • While some border crossings are marked by signs, others are consist of heavily-guarded fences that span for miles
  • The border which separates India and Pakistan hosts a 'flag lowering' and gate closing ceremony each evening
  • In the Dutch town of Baarle-Nassau, a complex border with Belgium is clearly marked with iron pins throughout
By KATIE AMEY FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 07:32 GMT, 21 July 2015 | UPDATED: 17:41 GMT, 21 July 2015

Saturday, July 11, 2015

9 tourist attractions that are dying

Death by tourism: 9 sites at risk

By Milena Veselinovic, for CNN
Updated 0448 GMT (1148 HKT) July 9, 2015

Dying tourist attractions 9 photos

Machu Picchu – "Tourism is not regulated well enough and the massive influx is putting a strain on sites all over the world," says Stefaan Poortman, executive director of the Global Heritage Fund. "The most well-known sites like Angkor or Machu Picchu are really swamped with tourism."
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