Olympic venues open to tourists for China's National Day holiday

BEIJING - The Olympic venues will open to tourists during the week-long National Day holiday between Sept. 29 and Oct. 5, an official told a news briefing on Monday.

Beijing Olympic venues to open to tourists in October

BEIJING - Beijing's Olympic venues will open to tourists during the week-long National Day holiday beginning Oct. 1, an official said on Wednesday.

Pentagon to be tourist site as new Sept. 11 memorial opens

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon announced Thursday that it would become a tourist destination when a new memorial building for the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 opens next month.

Romania’s first exclusive tourist complex to open in a former ammunition warehouse

Bega Group, owned by businessmen Marius and Emil Cristescu will finalize this autumn in Orastie (central Romania) the first stage of the investment in Arsenal Park, Romania’s first exclusive complex

Island's newest tourist attraction opens in Ocho Rios

JAMAICA'S tourism offerings has been boosted with last Saturday's opening of the Mystic Mountain Rainforest Bobsled Jamaica - an environmentally-friendly attraction in Ocho Rios, St Ann.

Iraq opens airport aimed at tourism

A new airport has been opened in Najaf, Iraq's Shiite holy city, with Nuri al-Maliki, the prime minister, making the inaugural flight.

Church set to welcome tourists

Parish churches are to be encouraged to open their doors to tourists under plans approved by the Church of England on Sunday.

Tibet reopens to foreign tourists

BEIJING - Tibet will be reopened to foreign tourists from Wednesday, China's official Xinhua news agency said, after the region was shut off to foreign visitors following riots there in March.

Next hot spot . . . Libya?

CYRENE, Libya - From thousands of miles of pristine Mediterranean coastline, to sweeping desert sand dunes and ancient ruins that rival Greece and Italy, Libya has a lot to offer travelers looking for a rare, off-the-beaten-path destination -- but obstacles remain.

'Armenia's Stonehenge' opens as tourist site

YEREVAN - Authorities in southern Armenia have opened a 5,000-year-old prehistoric monument dubbed "the Armenian Stonehenge," but known locally as Carahunge, as a tourist site.

The monument, located some 200 km (124 miles) away from the capital, Yerevan, consists of over 200 shaped stones, some bearing smooth angled holes of 4 to 5cm in ... read more

Roman settlement in Bulgaria open to tourists

The Roman town Nikopolis ad Nestum, near the current town of Gotse Delchev, in South-Western Bulgaria, will be opened for tourists from June 1 2008 onwards, after its restoration and preservation.

Tibetan region in Sichuan opens to foreign tourists

CHENGDU - Four major natural attractions in the Aba Autonomous Prefecture of Tibetan and Qiang Nationalities in the southwestern Sichuan Province began to receive foreign tourists over the May Day holiday, which started on May 1.

Laos opens Vietnam war caves to tourists

Laos has opened up a remote wartime hideaway, 30 years after the end of the Vietnam war.

The secret cave city hidden deep inside the mountains of northern Laos was home to revolutionary leaders who survived nearly a decade of US bombing.

Central Vietnam’s biggest eco-tourism area to open

Central Vietnam’s biggest eco-tourism area in Quang Ngai Province is expected to welcome its first guests on April 30, the project’s backer said Sunday.

Ministry of Tourism to open India Tourism Office in Beijing

India Tourism Office in Beijing will be inaugurated on April 7, 2008 by the Union Minister for Tourism & Culture Smt. Ambika Soni. This will be the 14th overseas office for Ministry of Tourism. The India tourism Office in Beijing is being inaugurated as per agreed plan of action for India-China Friendship Year Celebrations during 2007.

Monte Cristo’s treasure island unlocks the door to tourism

The secluded and mysterious island where the Count of Monte Cristo found buried treasure in the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas is to be opened to the public.