Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport reached 9.5 million during the first quarter of 2009. This is a 2% increase compared to the same period last year and makes it one of the ten busiest airports in the world in terms of its growth during this period.
CEO of Dubai Airports said given the global economic situation and the double digit drop in passenger traffic these results are very positive. He said the results showed Dubai is an important center for business and tourism and also a central aviation hub connecting East and West.
built in the late 1960s, this is a very conspicuous non-Islamic building in Tehran. It is surrounded by the Armenian quarter and a few other church buildings. Telephone: 8889 7980 ...
This small district, straddling the border of Westminster and Camden, was originally a large open field owned by Westminster Abbey. In the seventeenth century, the area began to be developed. The fashionable new neighborhood was centered on a fruit and vegetable market. In the eighteenth century, vagrants and prostitutes moved in, and the area became a notorious red-light distr...
The Children Arts Museum is an excellent destination if you have kids in tow. The museum features children’s art from over 150 countries throughout the world. The museum seeks to promote children’s art worldwide. While you probably won’t be blown away by anything within the museum, your kids might be and will gain exposure to numerous cultures and styles of art. Address: Lille Froens vei 4, 0...
The Zurich Toy Museum, or Zurcher Spilzeugmuseum, is one of the city's most unique attractions. More than 1,200 antique toys are in the collection, dating from the eighteenth century through the start of the twentieth century. The toys are all representative of their times. There are toy locomotives from the 1800s, and early automobiles from the start of the 1900s. The large...