Traveling Europe

People have always visited cemeteries, war memorials and other sites tinged with tragedy. Most times this is considered a legitimate part of our historical education. After all, how else will we learn about history and perhaps help it not repeat itself?Recently though this type of tourism has been given a name: dark tourism. It has synonyms - grief tourism, holocaust tourism, prison tourism - but they all tend to share a relationship to violent death and involve visits to places that have seen tragedy.There appears to be a subset of dark tourism, known as disaster tourism. While dark tourism tends to refer to tragedies that are man-made, disaster tourism is usually used to single out places hit by natural disasters.Dark tourism draws crowds. Popular sites include: Nazi concentration camps in Europe, where millions died during World War II Ground Zero, where the World Trade Center twin buildings once sat air .. more»

The idea is not to say that tourism in typical European cities or in the US and Canada is decreasing, because of course it isn't really. But if we take a comparative study of the evolution of tourism during the recent years we may see that the touristic growth of these typical places compared to the one related with more exotic ones is pretty low. Everything indicates that the best travel destinations are about to change soon.If we take a broader look at the world, we can discover that a recent trend for countries that are on the way to develop have found that tourism is a great way to create some income to finance their projects. Sure, the strategy is not wrong in the first approach. If we don't have the money, we bring it from the outside. This should work and in fact it does work, but not .. more»

Yogyakarta is a city in Indonesia known for its famous recreation place. One of the most interesting tourism places in Yogyakarta, Indonesia is Taman Sari Water Palace. This place is rich with the historical background. Placed in the South of Malioboro, the most famous shopping place in Yogyakarta, Taman Sari is often visited by foreign or domestic tourist. Taman Sari is known for its old building complex consists of some room, pools, and tunnel.Taman Sari building complex has European architecture as the architect indeed made some travel to Batavia before to learn Europe architecture. The first place to visit is usually the Bathing Pool called Umbul Pasiraman. In the past time, the Sultan would enjoy his time in a high storey building. The Sultan would watch the women swam in the pool before asked one of them to accompany him in the inner room. The second interesting building is Sumur .. more»

Japan, Italy, Spain, Latin America, China and Eastern Europe are some of the best places to be an ESL teacher and earn good salaries. Though cost of living in Japan is high and many companies have folded up due to recession, Japan is still a wonderful place to spend a year or two and earn good salary. To learn English, Japanese people are willing to pay a sizable amount as they feel they are unable to master computers due to their lack of English knowledge. With a vibrant and changing culture Japan offers a wide pay packet that can help you pay off your mortgage or loans back home.Moreover, the requirements to teach are simple. You do not need a tefl certificate to teach English in Japan. Besides visa sponsorship, a subsidized apartment, partially-paid national insurance, and help with setting up of bank accounts are also offered to English teachers. .. more»