Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) opened new tourism offices in Rome and Milan and this is expected to increase Italian tourist arrivals. The ADTA chairman said “The opening of these offices sends a clear signal to the international tourism industry that Abu Dhabi is maintaining its long term vision of attracting 2.7 million hotel guests to the emirate by 2012.
On Wednesday 50 member Italian delegation led by Italy’s Tourism Minister arrived in Abu Dhabi to mark the occasion.
Take a walk a little off the center of the city to see the war side of Bucharest. Collections in the military museum give a word by word account of the wars that Bucharest has gone through and the revolution that the city faced. Outside, the yard displays a collection of tanks, guns and helicopters that were used up until the 20th century. The recollections present a very true picture of all Wars ...
The Nami Jefet Memorial Library was built in 1951. Now fully updated and computerized it lists over 250,315 titles written in almost a dozen languages. The Archives Department, with material collected since the early days of the university, is a treasure house of information, chiefly about AUB and Lebanon. ...
At 421m, the Kuala Lumpur Tower is the sixth largest telecommunications tower in the world. It was constructed between 1991 and 1995 for Telekom Malaysia. Because it is built on a hill (Bukit Nanas, or Pineapple Hill), the KL Tower actually appears taller than the Petronas Towers. Malaysia’s Islamic tradition is reflected here. The interior features Arabic script, and other...
A very interesting addition to the list of museums in Bucharest is the Natural History Museum in the center of the city. This museum has a collection of over 300,000 exhibits and illustrations that trace the evolution of the earth through history. The exhibits are very impressive and you are guaranteed to be lost in the display for hours. Some exhibits also show how species evolved and have adapte...