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Salon is the main tourist destination on the Costa Dorado, and millions of visitors each year the town chose to spend their holidays in Tarragona. Foreign tourists and young people fill the streets and beaches of the city. This particular year is expected influx of tourists from Russia, and that due to Arab riots have changed destinations in North Africa by the Catalan coast.

Beaches Salon no shortage: leisure guests can enjoy a swim in the Playa de Levanter (the principal), the Pointe, the Capelins or Long Beach. The city has several beaches: Lenguadote, Marisa Vinyl, Calla Font, Calla Pena Carved and CRANCS.

The promenade Jaime I (where the famous Fuentes Laminose, conferred by the architect Carless) extends along the Levanter beach, and this is where most tourists are concentrated for walking, ice cream or giant cocktail. That if they can, because the local public relations Paso do not lose a second time to find customers. It is impossible to walk five minutes straight without one approach, always with his charming smile and offer you enter is undoubtedly the best place in Salon.

Snoopy’s, Port au Prince, Tropical, Pasha and essential Pacheco are a must: nightclubs full of young people throughout Spain and abroad wanting to have fun and meet new people. For a more relaxing evening, pubs like Kiss or Too much or cocktail from the promenade are a good choice.

During the day, there are several places and attractions in the city to be visited, as the Church of Santa Maria del Mar, the Monument to Jaime I, Casa Bonnet, Park Salon, La Maia Catalane, Torre Vela or Faro.

Do not leave without having set foot in Salon its surroundings: the city of Tarragona is only ten kilometers away, and Reus to nine. El Mercado de la Boquerón in Barcelona and La Ramble is not far away: the city comes in just over an hour (125 kilometers).

As a finale to a holiday in Salon, Port Ventura theme park. Perfect for a day of laughter, entertainment and thrills.

For 10 days, the Puno region has been banned as a tourist circuit in six countries, mainly as a result of recent social unrest in that area.

For operators (hotels and restaurants) is unfortunate that people in countries like USA, France, Germany – especially – do not want to visit Puno, where the main attraction is Lake Titicaca, as they not only affect the economics of region because the impact would also be reflected in the regions of the Macro Southern Region.

The president of the Chamber of Macro Tourism Southern Region, Rafael Conejos, and Puno recover the tourist circuit, tour operators will require about a year and the first step would be for the Peruvian embassy talk to the foreign ministers of foreign countries to Puno convinced that it is back to normal.

“The second alternative for the tourist flow into Lake Titicaca not decrease, it is that promote domestic tourism Prompter highlighting the wonders of Puno has properly and shared with the neighboring country of Bolivia,” he said Rafael Conejos.

The tour packages are sold abroad in the South promoting the Anzac Lines, Coca Canyon, Lake Titicaca and Machu Picchu, Puno also receive 20% regardless of tourists Arequipa.

Southern Regional Chamber of Tourism Micro is confirmed by the regions of Ica, Arequipa, Moquegua, Tacna, Puerto Maldonado, Puno, Cusco, Huancavelica, Ayacucho and Apurimac.

The turnover of tourism businesses through the Internet has increased 40 percent from 2007 to 2010, the year that reached 7,000 million Euros in sales in Spain, among tickets, accommodation bookings and tickets.

This was said today the director of the Center for Innovation in Tourism under the Government of Andalusia called “Andalucía Lab”, José Luis Córdoba, who has participated in a forum organized by Husband and which has analyzed the tourist trade through Internet and social networking.

Indicated that turnover of 7,000 million is 8.5 percent more than the previous year and 40 percent more than in 2007 and stressed that “there is scope for significant growth.”

In this sense, the director of Andalucía Lab specified that50 percent of travel tickets bought in Spain in 2009 was acquired in the network as well as 45 percent of accommodation bookings and 25.5 percent the tickets.

Therefore, stressed the “economic importance of social networking as an engine of profitability for our business” and the need to “adapt to new trends and key market.”

Tourist trade market through the network, Cordova explained that benefit, especially intermediaries such as travel agencies “on line” that account for 35 percent, while the traditional “have been an 8 percent and hotels a 10.”

A Madrid-based company rents iPods specially prepared for sightseeing in Madrid through a variety of applications that can be useful for those visiting the city.

Thus, the price of 39 Euros per day, visitors can use an I phone 2 that comes with 29 applications installed, including the Metro in Madrid, the audio guide that explains the Prado Museum, Google Earth, City Maps 2GB (preloaded with full map GPS) applications relating to time or rental cars can be purchased for your stay in the capital.

PadInTheCity explains on its website, the operation of the service has to go through several steps: the client reserves the phone on the web by selecting the dates you want to have him make the payment with credit card, you leads to the location indicated (egg hotel) and then collect it after use.

Those responsible for the initiative, which are two young, explained that “among other advantages, the tourist or business traveler does not have to carry maps, guidebooks heavy, electronic equipment at airports, to pay costs of ‘roaming’ iPod have owned, have another device to use the Internet, translators, etc… ”

“Everything is integrated in this low-cost solution, reserved from the convenience of the Internet and delivered directly to the hotel, just for the time spent in the city and enjoy the experience of the phone,” added.

The Riviera Maya is one of the touristiest areas of Mexico near Cancun. Mexican authorities decided in 1999 to give a boost to this area of ​​the Caribbean coast, and today are visited by millions of tourists every year. It extends for 120 km of coastline and 200 km in its entirety, and extends from the town of Puerto Morelos in the north to the town of Punta Allen in the south. The Riviera Maya belongs to the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
This beautiful Caribbean area housed in the old one of the most enigmatic civilizations in history. So along the Riviera Maya monuments and buildings numeroros find a must to visit this ancient culture.
In the continental region the climate is semi-tropical, with an average temperature of 26 degrees Celsius and can reach 35 degrees Celsius in summer. The highest temperatures are recorded between May and August. The rainy season covers September and October.

Currency

The official currency is the peso. One U.S. dollar equals approximately 10 Mexican pesos, which varies according wings exchange market fluctuations.
Weather
The Riviera Maya is semi-tropical, with an average temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and can reach 35 degrees Celsius in summer. The highest temperatures are recorded between the months of May, June, July and August. The rainy season covers September and October.

Tours and vicinity

Puerto Morelos
Small town just 30 minutes from Cancun has the second largest reef in the world in their vicinity, offers wonderful beaches and nautical spectacle that has to be visited offers a wide variety of hotels, places to stay and local maritime travel . Awesome for snorkeling, diving and kayaking.

Playa del Carmen
It is the city with the largest population growth and cosmopolitan of the Riviera Maya, the city offers its visitors hotels in the Riviera Maya in various categories, silver, gift shops, paint shops, sculpture and contemporary art as well as national, will find silver shops, restaurants of national, international, from Asia to the Mediterranean, a lot of fun at the famous beach mommies instead of artists and celebrities. You will also find the best fun in the Caribbean in Pubs, Clubs and clubs along Fifth Avenue and pedestrian beautiful cobblestone street, renowned worldwide for being the most beautiful women and men in the world. It also has a small area called Playacar hotel, where they are more upscale hotels and all inclusive or all-commercial areas, residential areas, an aviary and a golf course, from the main dock move thousands of tourists want to travel to Mexico’s most famous island, Cozumel.

XCARET
Tourist park and eco-archaeological water where they learn about the flora and fauna of the state of Quintana Roo various water activities are the attraction of this charming park where you can perform activities like diving, snorkeling and swimming with dolphins. Located just 15 minutes from Playa del Carmen, Xcaret was opened in 1990 and today is one of the most visited of Mexico. Xcaret has beaches, bays, rivers, underground rivers, caves, aviary, coral reef aquarium, turtle, butterfly, apiary, and orchid greenhouse, the recreation of a Mayan village, Mexican cemetery and diverse local fauna such as jaguars, toucans, flamingos and macaws. In the cultural sphere, consists in a show where you stay the night admiring the ball game and Mexican culture. Just as traditional food and dances of all states of the Mexican republic.

Puerto Aventuras
Exclusive residential and hotel development with a high level of safety and marine environment calm and hospitable. The game comes with a beautiful Marina the best equipped in the state, also has beautiful beaches and low waves, a golf course with 9 holes. Within this development in Riviera Maya hotels with golf and tennis club, beach club, bilingual school, shopping, craft shops, restaurants, pubs and bars. Puerto Aventuras offers a number of activities both for those seeking rest and rejoice with nature as to those seeking to enter the world of water and Mother Nature to explore the resources offered this enchanting destination.

Akumal
It is a residential tourist destination known worldwide for environmentalists due to their Yalkú beautiful lagoon where snorkeling, and appreciate the most spectacular reefs close to the beach. In Akumal also found several cenotes for diving or swimming. In the town there is a small museum created by the CEA (Centro Ecologico Akumal). South to 4.6 km away is Aktun Chen, one of the world’s most beautiful cenotes in which there is a cave with three passages that offer stalactites and stalagmites with its beautiful natural water hole inside.

Xel-Ha
The second largest natural aquarium and beautiful the world is also an amusement park l promotes conservation of flora and fauna, is ideal snorkeling and scuba diving where you can watch and wonder at the majesty of marine life.

Tulum
One of the most beautiful archaeological sites in the world, only at the seashore, astounded by turquoise waters and a small beach where passengers take daily baths and sunbathing while enjoying its main pyramid. Tulum was a sacred city inhabited only by priests and priestesses.

Airport Information
Cancun airport is the second most important in Mexico and is the largest international passenger throughout Latin America. It has 3 terminals and hosts more than 11 million people a year. The airport is 50 km from Playa del Carmen. For more information.

Local Transportation
The Riviera Maya has several means of transportation from buses that run every corner of the Riviera Maya, to the taxi services located in the main attractions of the Riviera.

Huánuco, Oaxaca | Two well-known brewery workers were attacked by a swarm of Africanized bees, reported Fire Huánuco, who were released the day yesterday went to fight in all three swarms in this tourist destination.

According to information from Fire, at approximately 17:33 pm yesterday were asked the help to come to control a swarm of Africanized bees, where two people had been stung by these bees.

An employee and a security guard at the brewery, identified as: Ever Garcia Aguilar and Artesia Vasquez were with various insect stings

when firefighters arrived, they were also attacked by these inflamed bees that were inside the building.

Leonardo Vasquez, Fire Commander here, reported yesterday that went to two appeals more to combat swarms, one at the Sector I and another outside the offices of the State Transit. In total yesterday fought three swarms.

In this regard, the Fire Department commented that the bee stings incidents increased during the spring or warm weather, because at this time is when swarms divide and migrate to other areas.

In this regard, the recommendation of the fire is:

-Stay a minimum distance of 200 meters of each swarm and not attack them.

-Suspend any activity near the swarm and avoid sudden movements.

- Avoid dark colored clothing and perfume or plush and unpleasant odors.

- Do not use fire or explosives insecticides to try to exterminate them.

- Avoid catching the swarm if you have the proper experience and avoid the use of honey if it has occurred.

- Do not destroy swarms hunting traps and not allow children to approach them.

- Keeping the land of brush and household predisposing nesting bees.

- Keep garbage cans covered

- Be careful when going to the cafes and soda fountains in the open.