Entries Tagged as 'Places'

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

The 22 Worst Place Names in the World

I have no clue how the former British colonies have come up with names that make a different sense altogether. What amazes me is that some of the names that I will list out are still in usage.
Jane Copland from Drivl has listed 22 places in the World that have the worst names.
Here are [...]

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Thailand is Top Tourism Spot in Asia

Here’s the extract of Asia Travel Intentions Survey 2007: Commissioned by Visa Asia Pacific and PATA, the research conducted between 20 February and 2 March 2007, using an online methodology. The research was conducted by GMI Research in 10 countries: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Sweden, the UK and the US. A total [...]

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

World’s Cleanest Cities

Earlier this month, I had written about World’s most livable cities. On the same lines, Mercer group has a top 25 list for the World’s cleanest cities. The list is topped by Calgary in Canada. Most of the cities (23 out of 25) lie in the Northern Hemisphere. Japan is the only Asian country on [...]

Friday, April 13th, 2007

Indian Beach Destination

You don’t often associate an Indian city which is popular for its beaches and party life. A cow sitting in the middle of a crowded street is the first thing people think of when they hear about India. Let me introduce you to a western-like place. Buckle up and believe what you read.
Goa is a [...]

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

World’s Most Livable Cities

Mercer Human Resource Consulting has published a list of World’s most livable cities. The cities are rated on 39 different criteria which include transportation, political stability, currency-exchange regulations, political and media censorship, school quality, housing, the environment, public safety and others. Mercer is known to give advice to multi national companies like Microsoft, Accenture, Dell [...]