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Ayurveda Resorts in Kerala Gear Up for the Monsoon Season

...ith the monsoons making a grand entry into Kerala, tourist resorts and ayurvedic spas are all ready with rejuvenating health packages. The rainy season, experts say, is the best time for Ayurvedic treatment. Although Ayurveda evolved centuries ago in India, it has only in recent years that it has become a...

Ramdev Starts Yoga Camp in Shimla

...pecially prepared on the outskirts of this popular tourist destination for the week-long course that ends May 22. Organisers said some 10,000 people, including Himachal Pradesh governor V.S.Kokje, attended the first day of the course. The state transport department has made special arrangements to run bu...

China to Replace France as World's Top Tourism Destination by 2014

...ertake the United States, the world's number three tourist destination, this year in terms of foreign visitor...d about five billion dollars, according to China's tourist board. Meanwhile, foreign tour operators and airlines are expanding services to meet growing dema...

Mealaka Virus Will Have a New Name

...e choice "an insult" to Melaka, which is a popular tourist destination because of its historical sites. "Melaka is a good state, beautiful and peaceful, not the birthplace of diseases," The Star daily quoted him as saying. Ali said the state government would lodge a formal protest with Malaysia's health ...

Hong Kong's Shopping Spree Surges On, and on

Just west of Hong Kong's bustling Tsim Sha Tsui tourist district, bamboo scaffolding stretches like a web over a swathe of reclaimed land surrounded by tower blocks. It's a seemingly unpromising piece of real estate, but by the end of this year should be home to a massive new complex devoted to Hong Ko...

Galapagos on UN Endangered List

...heory of evolution. It is Ecuador's most popular tourist attraction. The islands' growing tourism has lured thousands of workers' from the poor mainland to work in construction, restaurants and cruise ships. Some bring non-native species such as goat that compete for food with centenarian tortoises. "The ...

Health Tourists Put Spanish Service Under Strain

...h on the walls of the Foyetes health centre at the tourist trap of Benidorm explains to would-be customers: "If you don't speak Spanish come with someone who does. You'll get better service." At Benidorm-Villajoyosa hospital "health tourism" is a taboo subject. At the entrance stands Beth Wilson, a 65-yea...

Huge Rise in AIDS Cases Among Nepal Housewives

...s on Chitwan district in southern Nepal, a popular tourist destination, where health workers have reported the presence of a substantial number of commercial sex workers. "But the national AIDS prevention programme lacks strategies to prevent infection among housewives," said Poudel. In 2005, 5647 people i...

Now You can Marry in a Mughal Ambience, If You Wish to

...n this bustling and congested town that thrives on tourist traffic to and from Shimla are also happy with the plan to open a portion of the garden for weddings. "It will help us with business. I hope that the idea catches on," said shopkeeper Rattan Lal. The gardens were built by Nawab Fidai Khan, a fost...

Kerala Government Battles With Chikungunya On All Counts

... as well. Alappuzha district of Kerala, a favorite tourist destination with its popular houseboats appears to...hit with the maximum Chikungunya deaths. The other tourist destinations affected by the disease are the districts of Kottayam, Ernakulam, Kollam and Thiruvanan...

Dengue Deaths in Cambodia This Year Exceed 2006 Toll

... Siem Reap province, home to the Angkor temples, a tourist drawcard, was the worst affected. Medical staff have been sent to the countryside to reinforce poorly equipped and staffed rural clinics. But ignorance remains the biggest challenge in combating the outbreak, Ngan Chantha said. "People are stil...

Indian Luxury Hotel Boss Calls for Major City Clean-up

... clean-up of its filthy cities or suffer a drop in tourist arrivals . "We have to clean our cities or risk losing tourists," said P.R.S. Oberoi, the chairman of the EIH Associated Hotels group, which includes the five-star Oberoi chain. "Water is a big problem, power is a big problem, the roads are a mes...

Curative Qualities of Tamil Nadus Kuttralam Waterfalls

...ttralam resorts, and recharge yourself. Annad, a tourist from Kanyakumari, said: "I have been coming to Kut...ake oil massage and enjoy boat rides. Malathi, a tourist at Kuttralam, said: "We went to the main waterfall first, since there was a great gush of water; the...

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