AMSTERDAM CRASH APPEARS FIRST ON TWITTER

Theodore Slate -
Microblogging site reveals the Turkish airlines disaster before mainstream media. Eyewitnesses put details on Twitter before the journalists knew about it. ...

SWISS TOURISM EXPECTS A DOWNTURN

Anna Luebke -
Despite great results in 2008, the global financial crisis is expected to hit Switzerland in 2009. British, American and Japanese markets are expected to decrease the most. ...

SLUM TOURISM IN MUMBAI GROWING IN POPULARITY

Andrea Hausold -
The recent award winning movie Slumdog Millionaire won many hearts. It has brought into focus an area where tourists were unheard of before. Now, they are queuing to come to Mumbai’s poorest areas. Sl ...

GREEN CAPITAL AWARDS FINALLY ANNOUNCED

Justin N. Froyd -
Stockholm and Hamburg recently became the first two European cities to receive the European Green Capital Award. Their dedication to improving the environment has impressed the ‘jury’ and hopefully, m ...

MINIATURE WONDERLAND: A TRULY GRAND ATTRACTION

Samuel Dorsi -
One of Germany’s most bizarre tourist attractions is to be found in Hamburg. The Miniature Wonderland is only 8 years old yet already a record-breaker. ...