Tourism is responsible for 8% of greenhouse gas emissions
A study by the University of Sydney (Australia) on the carbon footprint of tourist flows was published in the journal "Nature Climate Change". Global tourism grew by 7% last year. But the carbon footprint of holidaymakers is enormous. Tourism now accounts for...
READING TIME: 1 minInternational tourism : results for the first months of 2018 are better than expected.
International tourist arrivals increased by 6% in the first four months of 2018 compared to the same period last year. These figures, which continue the strong trend observed in 2017 (+ 7%), even exceed the MTO forecasts for 2018 (+4% to +5%). Growth was driven by Asia-Pacific (+8%) and Europe...
READING TIME: 2 minFukami, a dive into Japanese aesthetics
The Fukami exhibition offers an immersion in Japanese aesthetics by sweeping 3000 years of creation. In these depths, the works are balanced by a coexistence of opposites: from the ephemeral against eternity to tradition against modernity through form against chaos, Japanese art is fundamentally moody. Brouillant les pistes et les...
READING TIME: 1 minDeadly rains in Japan
Rescue workers were still trying yesterday Monday to find missing people in mud-covered neighborhoods and in the rubble of homes in western Japan where at least 100 people have already died after torrential rains. Faced with the gravity of the situation, the Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has decided according to...
READING TIME: 2 minSoon low cost trains to London
Rail competition is making its way to France. In the meantime, Getlink (ex-Eurotunnel) should welcome low-cost trains in the...
4 million Lithuanians meet for a flash mob worldwide
Lithuanians will sing their national anthem around the world at the same time this Friday, to celebrate together the...
San Francisco celebrates the ovaly by hosting the Rugby World Cup
Oval ball enthusiasts to meet in San Francisco from 20 to 22 July for the world rugby seven-a-side championship....
Salvator Mundi will be unveiled at the Louvre Abu Dhabi on 18 September next
Salvator Mundi, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, will be unveiled to the public at the Abu Dhabi Louvre on 18...
74 million years later, eggs
Within the Sainte-Victoire nature reserve, paleontologists have just discovered the largest deposit of dinosaur eggs in the world. Since...
Tourism in Unesco’s pay
The World Heritage Committee met yesterday Sunday in Bahrain to select the new sites that will be included in...
