Sat 5 Sep 2009
WHO: Kerri, 36, and Rick Walter, 51, of Derry, N.H.
WHERE: Japan
WHEN: One week in March
WHY: “I taught English in Japan from 1998-2002 and wanted to go back and visit some friends and have Rick see where I lived,’’ said Kerri Walter. “We picked March because we wanted to try and see cherry blossoms.’’
HONEYMOON VOYAGE: In what was also a belated honeymoon (they were (more…)
Mon 27 Apr 2009
Stay a little longer
Singapore is working hard to persuade travellers to make a stopover rather than transit to other destinations. Its Fabulous Singapore Stopover Package has a range of discounts including six hotels dropping prices to $1 for the first night’s accommodation, a free prepaid mobile phone card and vouchers for purchases at the retail and food and beverage outlets at Changi Airport.
You can also avail yourself of free ground transfers to and from the airport and unlimited use (more…)
Mon 2 Mar 2009
The Yangon municipal authorities of Myanmar will renovate the astrology museum in Yangon to attract more visitors after it took over the management of the museum from the Ministry of Culture, according to Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) Sunday.
The renovation of the astrology museum, which lies inside the People’s Square, covers adding up-to-date astrological equipment such as sky projector as well as beautifying the environment by growing shade-providing trees (more…)
Thu 13 Nov 2008
Wrapped in his yukata, Rob McFarland finds unexpected entertainment at a traditional inn.
I’m sitting at a bar in a cruise ship-style atrium wearing a dressing gown, listening to a Mexican band singing La Bamba. I’m surrounded by dozens of similarly dressed Japanese, most of whom are smiling and clapping along as if this is a perfectly normal way to spend a Friday night.
It sounds like the sort of bizarre dream brought on by too much cheese before bed. What’s weirder still (more…)
Mon 13 Oct 2008
Tropical Fruit World, an agri-tourist farm, research park and tourist attraction located on Australia’s Gold Coast, is attempting to lure more Japanese tourists.
Aymon Gow, Operations Manager at Tropical Fruit World, has enlisted the help training and consulting company, TravConsult, to educate his team to successfully interact with Japanese tourists.
Gow said; “With direct flights from Japan to the Gold Coast due to commence on 1 October, we engaged TravConsult to help give our team that edge (more…)
Mon 13 Oct 2008
A Japanese businessman who trained for a 10-day flight aboard the International Space Station is suing the US-based space-tour operator, Space Adventures, to get back the US$25 million he paid for the flight. News.com.au has reported that Daisuke Enomoto, 37, completed his training and planned to fly to the station aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule in September 2006. However he was pulled from the three-member crew a month before liftoff, to be replaced by Dallas businesswoman Anousheh Ansari.
Enomoto (more…)