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India

Turtuk in Ladakh now open to foreign tourists

Want to go where no foreigner has gone before? Visit Turtuk, in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh.

Brazil

Four Seasons, Jumeirah to open hotels in Brazil

By Fabiola Moura

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and Jumeirah Group plan to open their first hotels in Brazil as rising incomes in Latin America’s largest economy and the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic games genera

Jenin Open To Tourists

Jenin now open to Arab-Israeli and foreign tourists

By Ron Friedman

A busload full of tourists, diplomats and reporters visited Jenin on Wednesday in a pilot of a new joint tourism project between the Gilboa Regional Council and the Palestinian Authority's Jenin Gover

London's First Gay Tourist Office

First Gay Tourist Office to open in London on October 22

The Gay Tourist Office will be the first and only, dedicated, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender visitor centre in London, serving as a vital resource for London's LGBT residents.

China-Taiwan Tourism

Tourist liaison offices to be opened by China, Taiwan

TAIPEI — Taiwan and China will open up semi-official tourist liaison offices, in yet another sign of fast-warming ties between the onetime fierce rivals, an official said here Monday.

New York

On July Fourth Statue of Liberty's crown will reopen for tourists

New York, NY - People will be able to climb to the Statue of Liberty's crown on the Fourth of July, for the first time since that portion of America's most famous symbol was closed to the public for s

Rome

Rome opens monuments to tourists

Rome is offering nighttime visits to the Colosseum this summer and is temporarily opening some ancient monuments that usually are closed to visitors.

UK

Buckingham Palace "should open more to tourists

LONDON - Buckingham Palace should open its doors to tourists more often and the money raised spent on maintaining crumbling royal buildings, a parliamentary watchdog said on Tuesday.

China

China reopens border with North Korea to tourists

By AP

BEIJING — China has reopened its land border to tourists traveling to North Korea after a three-year break, with a group of 71 tourists visiting the isolated country, state media reported Thursday.

Egypt

Egypt to open chambers of so-called 'bent' pyramid to tourists

By The Canadian Press

CAIRO — Travellers to Egypt will soon be able to explore the inner chambers of the 4,500-year-old "bent" pyramid, known for its oddly shaped profile, and other nearby ancient tombs.

Iran

Iran nuclear plant to open for tourists

By presstv.ir

Iran says it is ready to host tourists who wish to visit its nuclear power plant in Bushehr during the Persian New Year holidays.

Partner Region RUHR.2010 To Hold Spectacular Show At Opening

Federal Minister of Economics zu Guttenberg to open ITB Berlin 2009

By eTN Staff Writer

This year’s fair welcomes a celebrity guest: Federal Minister of Economics and Technology Dr. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg will be opening this year’s ITB Berlin.

Mystery Ends

Agatha Christie's country home opens to tourists

By AP

LONDON – The house has everything an Agatha Christie fan could want — except a body in the library.

Vietnam

The 29th ASEAN Tourism Forum opens amid global economic woes

By xinhuanet.com

HANOI - The 29th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Tourism Forum opened in Hanoi on Tuesday, with participants seeking solutions to boost tourism that was heavily hit by global economic d

South Korea

North Korean leader's former home open to tourists

By AP

HWAJINPO BEACH, South Korea — This small stone villa perched among fragrant pine trees is about as close as most people can get to North Korea, in more than one way.

Miami

Versace's Miami mansion opens to the public

By Matt Sedensky, AP

MIAMI BEACH — For years, the iconic South Beach mansion best known as the place Gianni Versace lived and died was open only to the privileged few.

Kraft Durch Freude Prora Opens To Tourists

Nazi holiday resort Prora to be opened to tourists for first time

By telegraph.co.uk

Germany is embroiled in a controversy over a monumental Nazi-era holiday resort on the German island of Ruegen that is to be opened to holidaymakers for the first time.