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Archive for October, 2009
Schengen Countries: Do You Need a Travel Visa?
October 8th, 2009
The Schengen Agreement is an agreement between 24 countries in Europe. It is designed to encourage travel between member countries by eliminating border checkpoints between them. This means that if you enter one Schengen country, you have up to 90 days of continuous travel in all Schengen countries.
The 24 Schengen countries include: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
What does this mean to you? Well, if you are an American citizen traveling to any of these countries for business or tourism and you plan on staying less than 90 days, you don't need a travel visa at all-just
Getting a Ghanaian Visa For An Ecotourism Adventure
October 7th, 2009
Ghana may not seem like an obvious vacation choice, but tourism in the country is gradually increasing thanks to the efforts of the government and local conservation groups.
According to the National Conservation Research Centre, tourism makes up 4.5% of Ghana's Gross National Product. The government of Ghana wants to attract more tourists, enough to make tourism Ghana's principal source of foreign exchange income.
Most tourists come to Ghana for the wildlife-Ghana has successfully created a variety of local ecotourism models to encourage both tourism and conservation. Eco-tourism works because it rewards local communities for conservation with a source of income.
In Ghana, prime ecotourism attractions include the Boabeng-Fierna monkey sanctuary, where black and white colobus monk
Getting an Indian Visa To See The Taj Mahal
October 6th, 2009
The Taj Mahal is one of India's most famous tourist attractions, and with good reason. It rivals the Egyptian pyramids for the title of the largest and most elaborate tomb ever built!
The story of the Taj Mahal is also a love story. The building was built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan for his third and favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. According to Wikipedia, the Emperor renamed his wife "Mumtaz Mahal" after their marriage-the name means "jewel of the palace."
When she died giving birth to their 14th child, the emperor was inconsolable, and ordered the Taj Mahal built as a tomb. The immense white marble building with its familiar onion-shaped dome is unforgettable, and its grandeur assures that the love story of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal lives on even today.
If you want to v
Getting a Chinese Visa for a Business Trip
October 4th, 2009
Did you know that one-fifth of the world's population resides in China? According to Wikipedia, China also has either the third or second largest economy in the world, also (depending on how you calculate it). It is also one of the world's fastest growing economies.
With China's role in the global economy rapidly increasing, more and more Americans are traveling to China on business. If you have a business trip to China on the horizon, you need to make sure you have the proper paperwork: a valid US passport and a Chinese business visa.
To get a Chinese visa for a business trip, you will need the following documents:
Your US Passport
A completed application form
1 passport photo
If you're going on a business trip, you must fill out the part of the visa application that a
Getting a Bolivian Visa for an Ecotourism Trip
October 2nd, 2009
Bolivia is not the most well-known tourist destination in South America, but that may be slowly changing as tourists discover its incredible ecotourism potential. In fact, one of Bolivia' richest resources is its biodiversity.
Currently, Bolivia's natural parks encompass 15.6% of the country, according to the BBC. Just one of those parks, Madidi National Park, is said to contain 11% of the world's plant and animal species.
Ecotourism is also providing new economic opportunities for native Bolivian tribes. For example, as this article in the Latin American Herald Tribune notes, the Tacana tribe runs a hostel for visitors along a river near Madidi National Park.
So, ecotourism not only helps the environment, it also helps local people. In the Latin American Herald Tribune article,
