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...small luxury hotels represent just a corner of the overall market in India, where business is booming. For the luxury and five-star categories, the occupancy rate is 88% during the peak October-to-March tourist season, and it's close to 100% in the largest cities, says Javed. With a total of 89,000 hotel rooms, India is far behind other markets: New York City alone has more than 72,000, and in Asia, Bangkok, for example, counts nearly...
Since Praga is rarely included in regular guidebooks, you might want to start with a visit to the Info-Praga tourist information center halfway up Zabkowska Street at No. 36, tel: (48-22) 67 00 156, www.infopraga.pl. "We advise tourists what to see but also which streets to avoid," says Julia Plachetka of InfoPraga. "Nothing bad ever happened to me here, but the legend of dangerous Praga is still alive...
...never at Bandhavgarh, a rugged forest in the center of the country. The park's modest size means that it is likely to have the highest density of tigers of any Indian park (the population is estimated at around 50), and it buzzes every morning and evening with tourist jeeps racing toward the spot where the latest tiger sighting has been made. There's not a lot of other wildlife to see in Bandhavgarh, but stay there for a couple of days and spotting a tiger, as it lounges in a bamboo knoll or makes its way toward a family...
...property crime has dramatically decreased over the last several years,” Catalano said. According to Sociology Department Chair Robert J. Sampson, an expert on community crime, Harvard might be a unique case among American colleges when it comes to crime. “Harvard is a major tourist destination and every day, thousands of visitors descend upon campus,” said Sampson. “What that means is that there are many more people at risk for crimes than just those who live here, and this extra population presents more danger for crime...
...renewable three-month tourist visa allowing him to stay in the European Union, says he is under "very, very high pressure" from European governments to make peace. He says peace talks are not possible while government attacks continue in Darfur and before international forces are on the ground to enforce a cease-fire. He also insists that displaced families receive compensation and help in returning home to their villages; promises by Western governments of support for rebuilding the shattered region have been more vague...