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Expo plans tours for participants - Travel

11/10/2018, 4:49:28 AM
undefined ✔ The Bund.[Photo/Xinhua] The organizing committee of the China International Import Expo has organized 45 city tour routes to help participating merchants gain a better understanding of the city and its industrial strengths ✔ Experience Shanghai Culture Visitors will walk along Yuyuan Road, an old street in Changning district that is said to be the most representative of Shanghainese style


Gansu leverages cultural heritage to boost tourism - Travel

11/10/2018, 7:42:49 AM
undefined ✔ To further enhance the appeal of the Dunhuang tourism circle and Jiuquan, the culture of the ancient Silk Road and the art of the grottoes should play a pivotal role, noted Li Ping, a researcher from Dunhuang Research Academy during the forum ✔ In this sense, it's necessary to create a standardized value-assessment system for the industry


Queen Elizabeth II: The monarch has to do this one thing when she goes to the airport

11/10/2018, 6:06:01 AM
QUEEN ELIZABETH, 92, is the most well-travelled monarch in British history, but what happens when she travels? Does she go through the airport in the same way as everyone else? ✔ When he becomes King, however, he will be able to travel without one, just as the Queen does now ✔ It is granted when you enter Australia if you are a member of the Royal Family (that is, the Queen’s immediate family) or their personal staff or media representative or a person accompanying them as a member of their official party ✔ When the Queen travels abroad she will always take one very important person with her - and it’s not a member of her family


Discover wild animals on magical trip to see the Northern Lights in Finland

11/10/2018, 4:36:40 AM
SEEING the Northern Lights is up there on my bucket list with skydiving and seeing West Ham win the Prem – no matter how unlikely that last one might be. So when I was invited to Finnish Lapland to… ✔ We started our day trip by fuelling up on pizza from Pizzeria Ruka a wise move to avoid alerting the critters with a rumbling belly I thought ✔ It sealed an unforgettable trip full of bucket-list experiences to tick off ✔ See today's best travel deals Get email alerts of the best deals straight to your inbox


You'll love Gran Canaria's amazing grub and endless restaurant options

11/10/2018, 4:36:44 AM
AS Coldplay singer Chris Martin once said, looking cool is all about wearing the right trousers. So I doubt he has ever had to borrow a pair from a waiter half his height and twice his waist size t… ✔ AS Coldplay singer Chris Martin once said, looking cool is all about wearing the right trousers ✔ It was great for my 16-year-old daughter who flopped on a sunbed, earphones in, natch, exhausted after a gruelling couple of months of GCSEs ✔ Anyway, you need to check it out as soon as you arrive because it quickly gets booked up


30% of Brits have visited a spot just to take a picture for Instagram

11/10/2018, 7:56:08 AM
Some Brits are taking their Instagram obsession to the next level, with 30 per cent saying they visited a spot just to take a picture, and it's no surprise that bloggers are among the worst offenders. ✔ Plenty of us are guilty of taking a few too many photos to capture the perfect snap for social media, or letting our food get slightly cold while waiting for the best lighting ✔ 'I think some remote and under promoted destinations in the UK can only benefit from an influencer posting a photo and showing it off to the world,' she explained


Brixham: The Devon town that lays claim to the 'best view in the UK'

11/10/2018, 7:47:00 AM
All right, we’re done here. ✔ Move along, folks – we have a winner for best view in the UK, and that’s that ✔ A picture of the Daymark, a 79ft stone edifice near Brixham in Devon, has won a snapper called Will Milner the Adobe Prize at the Landscape Photographer of the Year awards ✔ That stretch of the Cam would make a decent shipping lane


Flights: Is it possible for a plane toilet to overflow? Aviation mystery explained

11/10/2018, 5:05:42 AM
FLIGHTS: Plane toilets are unpleasant places to be even at the best of times due to how cramped they are. If you’re on a long and busy flight, they can be pretty grim by the end of it - but can they overflow? ✔ Flights: Experts have revealed that it is is pretty much impossible for a plane toilet to overflow (Image: Getty Images) It is highly unlikely a plane toilet would overflow, Gomez told Express.co.uk ✔ These tanks can be up to 64 litres and on large aircraft they will have several 64 L tanks rather than increase the tank size, Tony adds


Queen Elizabeth furious after foreign leader did THIS during state visit

11/10/2018, 4:12:46 AM
THE QUEEN is known for being reserved and polite in public. However, she was once angered by a foreign leader during a state visit to the UK after they put the health of her corgis at risk. ✔ Queen Elizabeth: Mobuto Sese Seko visited the UK in 1973 (Image: Getty) The visit was controversial at the time, and the dictator was later found to have embezzled £12 billion as well as caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people through his regime


Google Maps Street View optical illusion: Can you spot what has really happened?

11/10/2018, 7:07:12 AM
GOOGLE MAPS Street View has captured some very weird things in the world, and one man played a very clever prank - but can you spot it? ✔ Google Maps Street View: Can you spot the optical illusion ✔ Spotted near the Big Bend campground in Michigan was a young man ✔ Google Maps Street View: The man pranked the camera by appearing three times (Image: Google Maps) It is actually a very easy thing to do when it comes to using the 360-degree camera


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