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Saudi Tourists Spend Most In Lebanon
Lebanese Ministry of Tourism released statistics on Sunday showing Saudi Arabian visitors in Lebanon account for 20% of all tourist spending, more than any other nationality. Emiratis followed with 13% of total spending, Kuwaitis account for 12%, Egyptians 8%, and Jordanians 6%.
Arab visitors comprise 41.3% of the total number of visitors to Lebanon. During the first three months of 2009 Lebanon received 297,679 visitors.
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Abai’s Theater
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Address: 110 Kabanbai Batyr Street, corner of Panfilov Street, Almaty Phone: +7(727) 272 7934 +7(727) 2722042 Timings: shows are held several times during the week, depending on the season. Call in advance to find out the show timings, or visit to view the complete schedule on display Tickets: depends on nature and duration of performance. Generally inexpensive The National Stat...
Monkey Forest:
Bali, Indonesia
Home to these playful, naughty critters the forest has become very popular with tourists. Be sure not to wear anything sparkly or shiny and do not carry food with you since the monkeys can smell it on you. Some of the locals there sell bananas and other kinds of fruit to feed the monkeys. You can do that but do not tease the monkeys since they might attack you. In the forest is a small temple and ...
Al-Bab Art Gallery
Sanaa, Yemen
This is the small art gallery/museum that is situated, as the name suggests, right next to the Bab-al-Yemen. It allows passage from the street to the top of the Bab. Although you may just pass the gallery simply to get to the top of the gate to shoot a few photos, the gallery in itself isn’t such a disappointing sight either. It contains artistic work by up-and-coming artists, most of them young, ...
Memorial to the Victims of Communism
Prague, Czech Republic
A prominent sculpture that has male figures at various stages of aridness descending a staircase; a line runs down the centre counts the victims of torture, exile and death which is quite sobering. Address: foot of Petrin Hill ...