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New York

According to hotels.com, American hotel prices have dropped sharply in order to compensate for the reduced tourist season and to attract customers by offering a range of discounts and other promotions.

Similarly, worldwide price drops have occurred, but at the minute, the USA is the worst affected, alongside Asia which also recorded drops of around 17% according to recent observations.

Universal Theme Park, Orlando

Fans of the ever popular Harry Potter now have another opportunity to rejoice as Universal has announced that the Wizarding World of Harry Potter will open in Spring next year at The Universal Orlando Resort Theme Park.

This high-tech mini-theme park will fully immerse fans in everything Harry Potter.  From Hogsmeade to Hogwarts, Universal is pulling out all the stops to ensure that this is a fully immersive ride and one of the best in the country.

Swine Flu, also known as influenza A (H1N1) has currently reached a pandemic status, which means not only is it affecting large parts of the originating country Mexico, but cases have also been identified around the world. The World Health Organisation has now officially confirmed Swine Flu has reached alert level Phase 5, which means it is rapidly spreading via person-to person contact, but as yet no fatalities have been recorded outside of Mexico.

Travel Restrictions
WHO and leading health authorities around the world are not advising any travel restrictions to affected countries, but all non-essential travel to Mexico has been advised against and several tour operators to this country have temporarily suspended their flights to Mexico.

There are any number of adult festivals in the world, some more x-rated then others, but all more or less offering the same kind of fare. But one of the most famous is the Madrid Erotica Festival, formerly the Barcelona Erotica Festival, a yearly event that is held in June.

Tripwolf.com further improves his usability. They integrated hotelscombined.com’s comprehensive hotel price comparison search engine, which scours 30 leading booking sites (such as hotels.com and priceline) to return the best available rates on the web. A similar feature will soon be implemented here too

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Mainly bad news, I am sorry. But this is the truth, and I think to be one of my duties to inform you correctly!

1. Lufthansa rose the prices of the tickets due to record oil prices. Other companies are preparing to do the same.

2. Avoid California, there are huge wood fires, and many of them are out of control. Thus will America maybe become more environmental aware.

3. Protect yourself from the bug bites, they are dangerous, and even lethal. In Greece and Turkey the Congo fever made already 40 victims.

4. Avoid Turkey: Three Germans were kidnapped by a Kurd organization, the PKK. Thus they try to force Germany making pressure against Ankara for the independence of Kurdistan. But the tourists have nothing to do with it, dear Kurd guys!

There are many cultures, and in some places they simply clush. I am nevertheless optimistic about the future of the mankind, a real culture must be able to understand, tolerate and even mix with others. It is my deep conviction.

I found many places where different cultures meet. And I took some photos to share with you; one picture is from the American Mexican border, and the other one in a public market from Germany.

I hope not to bring the slightest offence to any of these cultures.