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 Ever wonder how there got to be more than a billion Chinese? Well maybe a visit to the China Sex Museum will provide a few clues.
Hidden away in the water town of Tongli, after being exiled from Shanghai, the tasteful museum delivers honest to goodness sexual history. Sculptures, carvings, pottery, paintings and numerous other artifacts document that people have been interested in sex for
[...click on headline to read full story] Sir Richard Branson, President of Virgin Atlantic, today warned that the UK Government’s plans to increase taxes on air passengers are out of control.
He predicted they would hurt passengers, the aviation industry and seriously damage developing regions such as the Caribbean and Africa. [...click on headline to read full story] Brits are still keen to get their kicks on route 66 despite the weakness of the pound. But when it comes to cheap as chips holidays, non-Euro destinations Turkey and Croatia are proving a safe haven for hard earned cash this year according to the latest figures from international currency experts ICE (www.iceplc.com). Although the value of the Pound against the US dollar has fallen 17.5% since June 2008, sales of the US
[...click on headline to read full story]  Kim Il-sung - the great leader. The next time you find yourself in a queue for foreign currency you can bet your bottom dollar no one is waiting to collect a wad of won. We are talking about the North Korean won of course, which doesn’t travel outside the country’s borders – along with lots of other things, mainly the people who live in the world’s most repressive state. Anyone planning a visit needs to apply for foreign exchange certificates, which gets round to the purpose of this travel piece and an intriguing news release from the much respected Regent Travel. The Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea, a country of 22m hard pressed souls, is at the best of times is a pretty wacky place. I don’t doubt it’s a beautiful country, stuffed with historical and cultural gems, but it, or rather its ‘dear leader’ Kim Jong-il, has a habit of hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Continue reading North Korea – now read the good news  M&SMONEY IS offering to refund in full Mexican Pesos or US Dollars purchased from M&S by customers who had booked a trip to Mexico and have now opted not to travel.
The Foreign Office has warned against all but essential travel to Mexico following the swine flu outbreak. M&S travel money customers can take their unused Mexican Pesos or US Dollars into any of the
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The National Trust Online Bookstore website A new online bookstore will give people the chance to buy in one place for the first time, the full range of books on the unique collections, architecture, landscape and wildlife cared for by the National Trust. The bookstore, at www.nationaltrustbooks.co.uk, offers for sale National Trust books, guidebooks and other titles relating to
[...click on headline to read full story] Bicentenary celebrations for two giants of the classical music world is generating a flurry of tourist related activity in their home countries of Austria and Poland.If you are fans of Joseph Haydn and Frederic Chopin there’s musical and historical delights aplenty in store this year and next.
Two hundred years after his death, Joseph Haydn, is more celebrated than ever. Throughout 2009 music lovers can enjoy the great composer’s music in the buildings where he lived and worked. [...click on headline to read full story]
TURKEY, Egypt and Mexico will see a significant increase in British visitors in 2009 as holidaymakers favour destinations that do not use the Euro. The 2009 travel trends report issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) & ABTA shows the number of Brits going to Egypt has risen by 38% in the last year and visitors to
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