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Home-like B&Bs hope to cash-in on tourist influx during games

June 6, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Avantika Shrivastava New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) Hoping to attract a large share of foreign tourists who are expected to flock the country for the Commonwealth Games, owners of bed-and-breakfast establishments are offering an Indian home experience that the tourists may not get during a hotel stay. “I would rather call it a home stay rather than a Bed and Breakfast.

It”s not only about the commercial aspect. I give a lot of personal time including tips for sightseeing, shopping,” says Shalini Shamnath, the owner of a gold-starred B&B at Civil Lines.

She expects the Games to be the “cherry on the cake”. “I am sure that during the Games we will get better business.

Occupancy rate might even be 100 per cent during that time. We do expect better rates from what we normally charge,” she says.

Introduced in Delhi in 2007, the B&B concept aims at provising tourists a taste of authentic Indian culture in a clean and affordable setting. There are around 1,230 ”Gold” and ”Silver” starred rooms registered as on May 23, 2010 in Delhi while the Union Tourism Ministry estimates that there could be around 3,000 such units available for the Games.

Majority of them are located in the posh areas of Golf Links, Defence Colony, Nizamuddin, Jor Bagh, Vasant Kunj and Chanakyapuri. .

40pct of Aussie women have enjoyed holiday romances

May 19, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Melbourne, May 19 (ANI): Forty per cent of Aussie women have gone through a holiday romance, and many of them have even married their holiday sweethearts, a study has shown.

A survey of over 800 female travellers by travel website lastminute.com.au found that 40 per cent of women have admitted to having a holiday fling, an increase of 10 per cent from two years ago.

Meanwhile, 15 per cent ended up marrying their holiday lover, up from five per cent two years ago, with half of the couples having children.

“There has been an increase in the number of Aussie women marrying their holiday sweetheart, which shows that there’s been more on the itinerary than just sightseeing,” the Courier Mail quoted Mia Carter of lastminute.com.au as saying.

“One of our customers said she is getting married this July, six years to the day that she met her fiancé overseas in Europe.

“Another said she first bumped into her man on the ski slopes in Austria, and they’ve now been married for 10 years,” she added.

While the most popular place for women to meet their flings is at a pub or bar, the survey showed that romance could bloom in surprising locations.

“It seems that holiday romances can start anywhere. Some say they first met their holiday honey at places like the beach, on a plane, during a meditation weekend, on the ski slopes and even a nudist colony,” said Carter. (ANI)

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Rain brings respite from severe heat in Patna

May 7, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Patna (Bihar), May 7 (ANI): Tourists and locals in Patna rejoiced on Friday, as rainfall brought respite from the severe heat.

The rainfall, which began this morning, brought relief from the rising temperatures as the showers brought an end to a two month long heat spell.

“It was so hot here that because of the heat all the people were extremely perturbed. But this rain has brought so much relief in this heat,” said Ajay Kumar, a local.

The rain also gave an opportunity to the tourists to leave their hotel rooms and explore the city.

“As it was so hot outside, we preferred staying inside the hotel. But because of the rainfall today, we are enjoying a great deal. I am out with my family for sightseeing thinking that because of the rain the weather will be a little cold,” said Ram Kumar Pardhan, a tourist.

“It is a great relief from the severe heat. It was so hot in Patna that we had planned to leave the city,” he added.

The light thunderstorm and rain has brought down the temperature to 24 degree Celsius.

Patna experienced the hottest April of the past decade with maximum temperature going up to 43.3 degree Celsius.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had earlier ordered to reduce the number of school hours to protect the health of children in the scorching heat. (ANI)

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Jailed driver cops 62yr ban

March 31, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

A man from southern New South Wales has been disqualified from driving for 62 years.

Troy Barry Hund, 30, from Tolland, was already banned from driving until 2065 when police pulled him over in Bourke Street in Wagga last month.

When police asked to see his licence he said he had left it at home and gave a false name and address.

Police became suspicious when he could not remember his own age and date of birth.

Yesterday in Wagga Local Court, the defence told the court Hund knew it was stupid to drive and had been taking his family around to do sightseeing of local flooding.

Magistrate Tony Murray said Hund’s driving record was one of the worst he had seen.

He sentenced Hund to a year in jail and added seven years to his time off the road.

Hund is eligible for parole in July, but magistrate Murray said he is likely to die before he finishes his period of driving disqualification in 2072.

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Foreign tourists collect alms for Varanasi kid suffering from aplastic anaemia

March 27, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 27 (ANI): Foreign tourists currently holidaying in Varanasi took to the streets here on Saturday holding placards reading ”Save My Life” and asking for donations for the treatment of a poor kid suffering from aplastic anaemia.

To help the poor child receive proper treatment and get operated, the foreigners with the aid of several willing locals, took out the procession to seek donations from the general public.

Reportedly, in the course of sightseeing, the foreign tourists spotted Aditya, a six-year-old boy being a victim of Aplastic Anaemia, a condition where bone marrow does not produce sufficient new cells to replenish blood cells.

“I am trying to raise money for this six years old child, who has Aplastic Anaemia. He has to have an operation in Delhi and we are trying to raise 10-12,00,000 rupees here today walking on the streets of Varanasi,” said Chelsi Tubmi, an American tourist.

“So, he can have this operation and it”s going really well. Lots of people are donating,” added Tubmi.
Aditya”s family being very poor was wondering as to how to meet the cost of his operation and other treatment expenses.

“My Grandson”s bone marrow has dried up. His condition is critical. We are very poor and have no money for treatment. We need help. But I don”t know where to get help,” said Radhika, Aditya”s grandmother.
“Further, the doctors also mentioned that if the patient”s bone marrow is not transplanted within two months, he might die of blood cancer,” she added. (ANI)

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Britney, kids taken for a rickshaw ride in NY

August 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Aug 26 (ANI): Britney Spears recently took her two babies on a rickshaw ride for a sightseeing tour of New York.

A bodyguard accompanied the singer and her kids, Jayden James and Sean Preston.

The ‘Womanizer’ hitmaker toured the Big Apple’s most famous sights, reports The Sun.

She later performed at Madison Square Garden, as part of the second half of her Circus tour.

It was first of the three shows she is scheduled to do at the place before she heads to Boston.

Britney’s Circus tour will end with her performances in America and Australia. (ANI)

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Bodies of three recovered from Hudson River

August 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New York, Aug.9 (ANI): The bodies of three of the nine presumed victims of a helicopter-plane collision over the Hudson River have been recovered, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Saturday.

NTSB chair Deborah Hersman says the recovery operations have been called off and will resume Sunday morning, due to compromising tides and low visibility.

The accident happened just after noon between Manhattan and Hoboken, N.J. when a small private plane collided with a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River, leaving debris scattered in the water and on the New Jersey shoreline, sending witnesses ducking for cover, reports the NYT.

The sight-seeing helicopter was carrying five Italian tourists and a pilot, and the plane was carrying a pilot and two passengers, one of whom is believed to have been a child, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at an afternoon press conference.

“This is not going to have a happy ending. This has changed from a rescue to a recovery mission. If anybody had survived, we would have been there,” said Bloomberg.

Both craft are under water and may have sunk to a depth of 30 feet, he told reporters.

Though it was a crystal-clear summer day in New York, visibility is only about two feet in the water, making the recovery process extremely difficult.

The plane, a Piper PA-32, took off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, and the helicopter was a Eurocopter AS 350 owned by Liberty Tours, a sightseeing and charter company, the Federal Aviation Administration said. (ANI)

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Britney goes braless in Paris

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, July 9 (ANI): Britney Spears gave onlookers an eyeful when she stepped out into the streets of Paris without her bra.

The pop princess, presently on her Circus tour, was seen nipping out in a tight yellow dress during a visit to the Eiffel Tower.

The singer was reportedly spending some time with her sons, Jayden James and Sean Preston, while sightseeing the French capital, reports British tabloid The Sun.

And despite reports that she has gone back to junk-food, the Womanizer hitmaker appeared healthy and glowing. (ANI)

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Beer Bikes – Beer Bikes Amsterdam – Beer Bike 2009 – Beer Bikes may be Outlawed in Amsterdam

June 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Beer bikes are essentially pedal powered bars – large bicycles powered by up to 10 people pedalling as they cycle around Amsterdam, drinking beer and singing karaoke.

The Beer Bikes are rented out to tourists for partying, sightseeing or events like bachelor parties and the company renting the bike provides a driver who doesn’t drink. But in the wake of a number of accidents involving beer bikes, Amsterdam city council is considering limiting their use on public roads where other motorists are driving.

An Amsterdam newspaper reported that three women were injured in a beer bike accident two weeks ago and last week there was another accident.

Beer bikes have long been banned from Amsterdam’s red-light district but if this city council investigation deems them unsafe, they may be regulated even more.

Source – http://www.inquisitr.com/26007/beer-bikes-may-be-outlawed-in-amsterdam/

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First sex was painful but pleasurable for virginity auctioning teen

May 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, May 20 (ANI): The 18-year-old Romanian girl who sold her virginity online for 20,000 dollars has revealed the details about her night with the winning bidder.

Pretty Alina Percea had auctioned her virginity on a website so that she could afford to study computing at university, reports The Daily Telegraph.

The auction’s winner was a 45-year-old Italian businessman who made a bid of 8,782 pounds.

The businessman paid for Alina, who underwent two medical examinations to prove her virginity, to fly to Venice where the couple toured the sights before spending a night in a luxury hotel.

Alina said: “I liked the man and got on with him well. He didn’t look 45, and he seemed much younger.

“We spoke in English as I can’t speak Italian and he can’t speak Romanian. He paid me a lot of compliments throughout the day, and he was very funny and charming. We got on very well, and I was pleased he’d won.

“He told me he had a good job, but he didn’t say if he was married or had a family, and I didn’t ask him.”

Alina, who was inspired to auction herself on a German erotic website after reading how American woman Natalie Dylan, 22, from San Diego, had put her virginity up for sale for 5million dollars, had hoped to raise as much as 100,000 dollars through the controversial sale but still plans to go to university.

“The bidding lasted two weeks,” she told Closer magazine.

“I hoped I’d meet a nice man, like in the film Pretty Woman,” Alina says.

“At the arrivals lounge, a man came over, smiled, handed me a box of chocolates and said: ‘Welcome to Venice.’ He looked much younger than 45, short, but nicely dressed, with dark hair, green eyes and a kind smile,” she added.

The two went sightseeing, then to a five-star hotel where they had unprotected sex.

“We kissed, then undressed each other. I’d never done that before, so I was nervous. He laid me on the bed and started kissing my body, then we had sex.

I was attracted to him, so I enjoyed it, even though it was quite painful. We only had sex once, then fell asleep.

Next morning, we had breakfast together like any other couple, and I took the morning-after pill. He told me he’d like to see me again, and I agreed,” she revealed.(ANI)

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Taiwan issues travel alert for Mexico due to swine flu scare

May 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Taipei – Taiwan Monday issued a travel alert for Mexico, as the health minister stressed no human infections of the deadly swine flu have been reported on the island so far. “For their own safety, Taiwan’s nationals are advised to suspend their planned trips to Mexico, 17 of whose states have already reported cases of infections,” said Henry Chen, spokesman of the Foreign Ministry.

About 4,000 Taiwan people visit Mexico each year, mostly for business and sightseeing, according to the ministry.

Taiwan’s health department Monday listed the swine flu in the top category of epidemic and jump-started its anti-pandemic mechanism to ensure health safety on the island.

Health Minister Yeh Chin-chuan said the authorities have already tightened immigration checks on North Americans and Taiwanese returning from North America to prevent a possible influx of the deadly virus.

“So far there have been no confirmed cases of human infections in Taiwan,” Yeh said. (dp

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Demi Moore accuses photog of ‘stalking’, ‘stealing’ her pics

April 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, April 3 (ANI): Hollywood actress Demi Moore has branded a photographer “thief”, after he clicked her pictures without her permission.

Writing on her webpage on social networking site Twitter.com, the actress has referred to an incident that took place while she was shopping with her teenage daughter, Scout, in Paris.

She revealed that the persistent snapper pursued her through the streets of France on March 31.

“If someone takes something without consent for profit, it is theft!” Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

“The photog stealing pics of me shopping, sightseeing w/ (with) Scout squealed and ran like a little girl when I turned my camera and confronted him!

“If it is so okay to stalk and chase then why did he run after hiding in a dressing room… all so I couldn’t take his photo?” she added. (ANI)

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Heavy snowfall in Mussoorie delights visitors

February 11, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mussoorie, Feb 11 (ANI): Hundreds of tourists thronged here to see snow falling. For some, it was a life time experience.

“Today, we feel as if we saw the real Mussoorie which we wanted to see for so many years. After many years, we are feeling so good, enjoying the snowfall, the snacks and sightseeing.” said Charanjeet Singh, a tourist from Ludhiana.

“We came to Mussoorie two days ago to see snow. Last time, we came here in December, but were unlucky. It wasn’t snowing here, but today we are feeling good,” said Amitesh Chanda, another tourist.

Tourists were seen playing with snowballs at the sites such as Laltibba and Gunhill. They were also seen in nearby Dhanaulti area.
The fresh snowfall has caused a dip in temperatures. (ANI)

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