Tag: culture

UK targets wealthy tourists with luxury “fairytale” vacations

7 December 2010 UK targets wealthy tourists with luxury "fairytale" vacations Britain’s national tourism agency will soon launch a major marketing campaign targeting wealthy tourists and trying to get them to spend more on luxury holidays in castles, stately homes and ... read more

UNESCO Expands List of Intangible World Heritages

17 November 2010 The U.N. culture and education agency has just expended its list of intangible world heritages adding the traditions and 43 other cultural elements from a 11 countries to the protected ... read more

Museum Dedicated to the Life of Jewish Americans to Open in Philadelphia

5 November 2010 Museum Dedicated to the Life of Jewish Americans to Open in Philadelphia A new museum dedicated to Jewish life in America will be opened on November 26. It holds Albert Einstein’s pipe, Irving Berlin’s piano, Jonas Salk’s test tubes and many other ... read more

Jordan Magnuson – Travel Games to Depict a Trip Around the World

20 September 2010 Travel Games to Depict a Trip Around the World   Travel Tweaks readers met Jordan Magnuson about a month and a half ago, when news of his plan to go on a trip around the world and document it by ... read more

Travel, Culture and the Taste of Food

19 November 2009 Did you notice how a country-specific cuisine tasted differently in said country and abroad? Chinese food tastes differently in Germany than it does in China. Italian pizza you have at ... read more