Ecuador is so clever. You know those stickers on your bananas, the one’s that say “Ecuador Bananas?” Don’t be so quick to toss them. Ecuador’s new tourism campaign is called the “Banana Ambassador” and revolves around those too-easy-to-ignore stickers.
What’s in a name? A lot, especially if your town or city is called Dull or Boring. You can actually find these places in your atlas. You’ll find one in Scotland (Dull) and the other in Oregon on the States-side. These two places have teamed up to create “Dull & Boring Day”, not to be missed!
We don’t mean it literally, but North Korea is celebrating a record year for tourism, especially for visitors coming from Europe. Tourism numbers have jumped increasingly since 2009 and show no signs of stopping.
It was only last week we were admiring the best ferris wheels around the world. Looks like we’ll have to amend our post as Dubai will soon be home to the world’s biggest observation wheel.
Germany’s capital is had a tough summer tourist season. There were just too many of them for the locals to deal with. Tough being popular, isn’t it? They’ve just taken tourist bashing to the next level, and isn’t pretty.
Turns out that Google Earth can be used for a lot more than just looking at your house from space. Archaeologists are finding new and previously undiscovered sights around the world using Google’s satellite technology. The latest case is in Egypt.
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