Travel Guides

According to a popular newspaper, the Sunday Times, Italy has been voted the most popular country to visit in the world, thanks to its colorful culture, cuisine and most importantly, fashion.

For many it would seem, Italy is the place to ‘be’ following the economic crisis, and Italy is one of the few countries which has seen economic growth recently.  The tourism industry in Italy has thus been kept afloat because as people are forced to travel nearer to home, a trip to Italy is affordable, convenient and great fun.

Did you hear about Port wine or Madeira wine? I am sure you did. They come from Portugal.

Further, did you hear about Lisbon, Porto, Algarve, Funchal? These are cities or beach resorts in Portugal.

There are many things to say about Portugal, most western european coutry, which is the former roman province of Lusitania. In the Middle Age after the muslim Moors came and invaded the Iberic Peninsula, the spectacular phenomena of Reconquista managed for the independence of Portugal (XIIIth century).

Portugal has only two neighbours: Spain and the Atlantic Ocean. Therefore the portuguese had a strong vocation of explorers and sailors, and the most famous explorer is Vasco da Gama.  In the Middle Age Portugal had one of the greatest colonial empire, with Brazil as a crown jewel. The collapse of this empire and the independence of Brazil caused many problems in Lisbon.

The best places to spend your vacations will suffer the consequences of climatic changes in a few years based on a recent report made by United Nations. Caribbean Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Indian Ocean are at the top of the list. Report shows some countries like Maldives are the most vulnerable to this sort of changes because they don’t realize their dependency for tourism has nasty implications, or just don’t want to do anything.

How will that affect us? The cost of repairs will get huge and prices will explode…