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Traditional Vienna goes brand crazy in luxury facelift
Half a dozen new five-star hotels, flagship stores for Louis Vuitton, Prada and Emporio Armani: Vienna is undergoing a luxury facelift that is delighting Arab, Asian and Russian tourists.
27 August 2013
Kazakhstan participant of Miss Tourism 2013 to be provided with armed escort
The girl that will represent Kazakhstan at the international contest Miss Tourism 2013 in October in Equatorial Guinea, Africa, is yet to be selected by the jury.
20 August 2013
Kazakhstan Tourist Association comments on 'Chinese visa issue'
The 'visa-free regime' does not mean cancellation of visas, but involves introduction of ADS visas for group travel: president Assanbayeva.
14 August 2013
For one month only, Paris pokes fun at Parisians
A loving couple queues in front of a Parisian cafe. "For the brunch, I've got one table at 6pm", a waiter tells them.
10 August 2013
5 million Chinese tourists to visit Kazakhstan during EXPO-2017
Kazakhstan is expecting 5 million tourists from China during the international exhibition EXPO-2017.
09 August 2013
Kazakhstan and China to agree on visa-free group travel
Kazakhstan mulls signing an agreement on visa-free group travel with China.
09 August 2013
Pollution blamed for drop in Beijing tourism: state media
The number of tourists visiting China's capital fell by more than 14 percent in the first half of this year compared to 2012.
03 August 2013
Almaty tagged most expensive post soviet city
Almaty is the most expensive city for tourism in the post soviet space.
31 July 2013
Tourists flock to Pakistan Kashmir valley in rare boom
Success stories can be rare in Pakistan, but business is booming in one Kashmir tourist spot as the region rebuilds after a devastating earthquake and shrugs off associations with violence.
20 July 2013
Lebanon tourism pays the price for Syria's war
Dia's restaurant in the Lebanese resort village of Aley is deserted. Most years, he caters to thousands of rich Gulf Arab tourists and to visiting expats, but this year no one has come.
29 June 2013
World Cup visitors: beware of Brazil's sky-high prices
Tourists planning to flock to Brazil for the World Cup a year from now should brace for some of the world's highest housing, restaurant and transport prices.
12 June 2013
Turkish Pegasus to bring Kazakhstan tourists from Turkey
169 Kazakhstan tourists who are stuck in Antalya because of Sky Airlines bankruptcy will be transported to Aktobe by Turkish Pegasus.
11 June 2013
Airline bancruptcy gives extra vacation days to 1,000 Kazakhstan tourists in Turkey
Around 1,000 Kazakhstan citizens cannot leave Antalya, Turkey, because of the Turkish air company's bankruptcy.
07 June 2013
Turkey tourism takes a hit but visitors shrug off unrest
Hotel reservations may be down after a week of violent mass protests in Turkey, but plucky tourists on the ground have taken the unrest in their stride.
07 June 2013
Iraq to restore ancient arch to woo back tourists
Iraqi authorities have contracted a Czech firm to carry out a 10-month restoration of the ancient Arch of Ctesiphon as part of a plan to boost tourism to the once-popular site.
31 May 2013
Two Englishmen to horse-ride from Ust-Kamenogorsk to Tashkent
English friends, a writer Jamie Maddison and an entrepreneur Matthew Traver, have decided to ride horses from Ust-Kamenogorsk to Tashkent.
28 May 2013
Kazakhstan to make Baikonur rocket launches a tourist attraction
Kazakhstan wants to make rocket launches from Baikonur cosmodrome a tourist attraction.
28 May 2013
Almaty to get tour buses
Three tour buses will be purchased in 2013 and will start cruising Almaty city right away: official.
27 May 2013
China Nile relic vandal hunted down: report
A Chinese tourist who defaced an ancient Egyptian monument was hunted down by Internet users who prompted his parents to apologise.
27 May 2013
Kazakhstan to develop adventure tourism in western regions
A concept for development of tourism in Kazakhstan until 2020 has been presented.
23 April 2013