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Ahmedabad to be included in Unesco`s World Heritage City tentative list

Ahmedabad to be included in Unesco`s World Heritage City tentative list
Times of India: Amdavadis have a reason to rejoice. The city has been officially included in Unesco`s World Heritage City tentative list. Ahmedabad is the only city from India vying for the coveted status. There are over 250 World Heritage Cities across the globe, but none in India.
May 11th, 2011 | News | Read More

Osama Bin Laden hideout is unlikely tourist attraction

Osama Bin Laden hideout is unlikely tourist attraction
Dailymail: Images of the compound where Osama Bin Laden met his death have been broadcast around the world, so it’s perhaps unsurprising that the gruesome site is attracting the attentions of curious sightseers in Pakistan.
May 9th, 2011 | News | Read More

Jantar Mantar at centre of Jaipur tourism

Jantar Mantar at centre of Jaipur tourism
Times of India: The ‘pink city’ has entered a new phase of heritage conservation and tourism with UNESCO declaring the 18th century Jantar Mantar there a World Heritage site last year. The astronomical observatory built by Sawai Jai Singh II, a ruler of the erstwhile Rajput kingdom, is now...
April 22nd, 2011 | News | Read More

India celebrates World Heritage Day on Monday

India celebrates World Heritage Day on Monday
In 1982, a symposium organised by the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in Tunisia proposed observing an “International Day for Monuments and Sites” across the world.
April 18th, 2011 | News | Read More

W Hotels worldwide continues global expansion with the announcement of W Mumbai

W Hotels worldwide continues global expansion with the announcement of W Mumbai
Businesswire: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) has announced plans to open W Mumbai, marking the debut of W Hotels Worldwide in India.
April 8th, 2011 | News | Read More

‘Eighth wonder of the world’ found in New Zealand

‘Eighth wonder of the world’ found in New Zealand
Times of India: New Zealand’s first tourist attraction, dubbed the ” eighth wonder of the world” by international travellers in the late 19th century, has been rediscovered 125 years after it was buried by one of the biggest-ever volcanic eruptions.
April 7th, 2011 | News | Read More
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