RIVER CRUISES – AN ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITION

Tomas Haupt -
When thinking about cruises most people think of huge, floating hotels carrying up to 3,000 passengers who lie in the sun the whole day, or at least the time they do not spend eating at one of numerou ...

DUTY FREE SHOPPING – DOES IT STILL PAY OFF?

Dan Rang -
One can make a bargain in a duty free shop but not always. In Europe it pays off to buy alcohol and tobacco in these stores but if you are an EU citizen traveling within the EU duty free shopping is n ...

TOURISM IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC DECLINING

Theodore Slate -
Tourism is suffering world wide mostly because of the global crisis. The downturn negatively affected even the Central Europe and the Czech Republic. ...

DEAD SEA DRYING FASTER

Daniel A. Tanner -
Dead Sea is drying faster and faster. It is caused mainly by the increased water consumption in the upstream of Jordan River and also by industries that vaporize the sea’s water to gain valuable miner ...

WINTER OLYMPICS 2010 FIGHTING OFF THE CRISIS

Andrea Hausold -
The 2010 Winter Olympic Games taking place in the Canadian cities of Vancouver and Whistler face serious economic challenges. ...