Travel and Tourism

It's Saturday at night, and we are in downtown Budapest. There are a lot of people from here to there, but above all a huge number of young people who walk, filling the bars and pubs.

This is very cheap accommodation, and who seek hit by its price, at the expense of things that normally assume charge as part of the fare paid. If you wanted to book a place now in Oktogon Easy Hotel in Budapest, would see that the price is approximately EUR 35, while at other times of year can be achieved by less. It is a fairly economic value, especially Europe.

If you intend to visit India, can you miss out on the Taj Mahal at Agra? Especially when it has bagged a place in the Seven Wonders of the World list for a second time? When the great Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan built this monument in 1631 as a tribute to his wife Begum Mumtaz, on the banks of the river Yamuna, little did he know that his token of love for her would stand out as an eternal marble masterpiece for thousands of years after.

Yesterday I was looking data for the second inning on the limits of tourism, and as part of that process I found some more data on how prices have escalated hotels in some cities. Below, I copy the list of 10 cities with the highest average price per room, measured in euros, and next.

One of the key points of the policy of Dubai to ensure a continued occupation of its luxury hotels is the betting sport. Thanks to their large revenues from the sale of oil, have large incomes, they can dump in promoting tourism there.

We took the train from the Keleti station in downtown Budapest, and four hours later we were in Bratislava. The ticket cost something like 12 euros. Having overcome some problems with the reservation at the first-Devin had been canceled, and the new reserve was slow to arrive-we could go out and give a tour of the historic centre of Bratislava. It's small, but a great beauty, particularly at night.

In 1950 it had no hotels. Today is one of the destinations world's fastest growing market in international tourism. Dubai has a policy quite clear: to position itself as one of the favorite destinations for travelers from higher income. And a goal inwards: make the product less and less dependent on crude oil, which eventually will run out and get the bulk of income from other activities. Tourism is one of them.

A few days ago, the Argentine daily Clarin published a note on "narcotours." These guided tours in Medellin, where one can visit a number of places connected with the life of Pablo Escobar, the head of drug cartel who was known by the name of the city. An excerpt from the note:

In an English mixed with paisa (local accent), an enthusiastic guide the company tourism "Medellin Experience" began its tour of nine hours in the bowels of the places that marked the life of the great capo, considered in due course by the Forbes magazine as one of the ten richest men on the planet. The journey costs 139 dollars per person and includes transportation from the hotel, guide service, refreshments, lunch and medical card

In mid-2006, in this blog published an entry on the relationship between oil and mobility, from an article by James Künstler, who posed the hundred years between 1950 and 2050 would be remembered as "the century of mobility." For Künstler, depletion of oil reserves will lead to a complete crisis of global paradigm of mobility, for the simple reason that there is no replacement for oil in sight, at least with similar costs.

Coney Island is far from Manhattan. And not just because of the long journey needs to be done by subway. It is far because it is simply another world. It is a colorful space, mixing games, beach, fast food places and souvenirs. Someone said there "popular culture"? It is one of the most famous amusement areas in the United States, although the real estate threaten to end his current appearance.