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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
A number of London’s top tourist attractions are transformed in ice rinks during the festive season. With eleven rinks to choose from, you are bound to find one near you! And for this year, for the first time ever, the O2 will be transformed, since there will be two artificial 45 metre indoor ski slopes! [...]
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Notte Bianca in Malta is back for the third consecutive year! This year, Notte Bianca will be held in Valletta on the night of 4th-5th October.
All activities during this night are free of charge, which make them accessible to everyone. Throughout the activities which are organised, one has the opportunity to experience Valletta in a [...]
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Sunday, August 10th, 2008
One way of reducing crime and vandalism in heritage/historic sites is to have heritage wardens in the area. The good thing is that apart from preserving our heritage, they would also be there to help visitors on site. One place where heritage wardens have been introduced is Trafalgar Square in London.
The Heritage Wardens are there [...]
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Saturday, August 9th, 2008
A giant screen has been installed in Trafalgar Square, at the foot of Nelson’s Column, to broadcast coverage of the Beijing Games each day from 8am-9pm, starting with the opening ceremony on Friday 8 August. Visitors to the square will be able to keep up to date with how the Games are progressing.
The screen will [...]
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
As a result of an EU Project, in which the Islands and Small States Institute of the University of Malta is participating, a tourist discovery bus service was introduced in Gozo for a trial period of 3 weeks between the 16th July and 6 August 2008. The project is part of Interreg III B Archimed [...]
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
Press Release
24 July 08
Visit London has urged the capital’s hotels, guesthouses and venues to make substantial savings to their businesses by joining the Green Tourism for London scheme.
Speaking to tourism industry leaders at Kew Gardens on 23 July, Visit London Chief Executive James Bidwell said: “We all need to play a part in tacking climate [...]
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