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| May 2006 |
New Stadium planned for
Melbourne
Melbourne is to get another new stadium to add to its list of impressive
sports infrastructure. Melbourne is already the only city in the world with
three retractable roof stadiums. |
Asia's US$4b medical tourism
market
Asia's burgeoning medical tourism industry, expected to be worth at least
US$4 billion by 2012, is proving a windfall for the travel and hospitality
sector. |
Eurovision winners become tourist attraction
The extraordinary success of a wild rock band in the annual Eurovision Song
Contest has turned a little-known group from Finland into a tourist
attraction. |
Nanny state Singapore shows some ankle
When Lee Chin Koon was a member in the 1930s, the Chinese Swimming Club here
offered more than just laps in the pool. There was mah- jongg and blackjack,
too. |
Golden Week benefits China's neighbors
For Hu Mingming, a female Chinese fashion designer, golden week means lying
on the sand at the picturesque
Phuket Island in
Thailand and enjoying seven
days of sunshine. |
Dam a gorgeous tourist attraction
The Three Gorges Dam, the largest of its kind in the world, in central China
has become a popular tourist site which attracted an estimated 100,000
tourists in the week-long May Day holiday |
Pistoia And Its Province
Pistoia in North West Tuscany might not be as well known as
Florence
or Pisa,
but it is a city that offers plenty of charm and culture, without the
crowds. |
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