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The top 25 destinations in the world include Greece (photos)
The Travelers' Choice Award-winning destinations sifted through millions of reviews of grand cities and exciting trip ideas to come up with a list of top 25 destinations for 2015.
1. Marrakech, Morocco
Reviewers pointed to the "magical place" with its markets, gardens, palaces and mosques.
2. Siem Reap, Cambodia
3. Istanbul, Turkey
4. Hanoi, Vietnam
Asian cities prominent destinations according to survey
Asia has become a quite popular tourism destination over the last few years and several Asian cities have managed to find their way onto the list of most popular cities in the world.
Euromonitor International who recently published data on the list of cities which drew the most visitors in 2013. Asian cities are dominant.
Four Turkish cities in top 10 for economic performance among world cities
Four Turkish cities entered the list of the world's top 10 best performing cities economically in 2014, according to a report by the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program.
?zmir, Istanbul, Bursa and Ankara made the top 10 among 300 cities worldwide in the report, released as a part of the Global Cities Initiative, a joint project of Brookings and JPMorgan Chase.
Three AirAsia Jets Involved in Minor Incidents in Thailand, Philippines
Three further incidents involving AirAsia jets took place on Tuesday, causing no heavy injuries or casualties.
The news of the incidents came as it was being confirmed that the debris and the bodies found in the Java Sea were from the QZ8501 flight that went missing on Sunday.
Americans suspected of trying to ship baby body parts flee Thailand: police
Thai police said on Nov.17 two Americans suspected of trying to send infant and adult body parts in parcels to the United States had fled the country.
A baby's head, a baby's foot sliced into three parts, a heart and a "sheet of skin" with tattoo markings were found in parcels on Saturday after staff at a shipping office in Bangkok scanned the packages, police said.
Sofia Hotels In Top 10 Of World's Cleanest
The hotels in Bulgaria's Sofia are in the Top 10 list of cleanest hotels in world capitals, shows a list of the Hotel.info portal.
The ratings are formed on the opinions of more than 6 million users of the tourist portal, who rated hotels in world capitals.
Most clean are the hotels in Tokyo, while the dirtiest are in Kiev.
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Thailand: It’s Quiet Out There
âItâs quiet out there. Too quiet.â
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Thailand Under Martial Law
Thailand's army has declared a state of martial law to "preserve law and order" amidst the ongoing political and social crisis in the country.
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Thai Court Orders PM Shinawatra to Step Down
Thailand's Constitutional Court has ordered Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down over abuse of powers.
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Vietnam Airlines Planning to Launch Sofia Flight - Report
Vietnam Airlines is reportedly interested in opening a direct line from Hanoi to Sofia.
The idea will be officially proposed during the visit of Bulgaria's Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski and Transport Minister Danail Papazov to Vietnam from April 5-9, Standartnews reports.