Archive for the ‘Austria’ Category
Visiting Austria will likely reduce your carbon footprint
By eTN | Jun 26, 2008 A new section on the website of the Austrian National Tourist Office UK and Ireland is highlighting the country’s strong eco-friendly travel options for visitors. Although being green is a way of life for Austrians, they have until now not heralded their green credentials as much as other tourist [...]
June 26, 2008
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Josef Fritzl’s Bizarre Saga Gets A Tourist Twist as Tourists flock to see Austrian ‘House of Horrors’
Residents of the Austrian town where Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter in a cellar and kept her as a sex slave have complained that tourists are flocking to visit the “House of Horrors.”
May 14, 2008
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Health, Wellness Tourism Gaining the Spotlight in Austria
posted by BusinessWire.Com Our Travel and Tourism in Austria report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest market size data (2001-2006), allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth.
March 17, 2008
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Austrian Airlines' Ten-Day Imperial City Steal Package Combines Prague, Vienna and Budapest in One Deal
Austrian Airlines, together with Austrian Airlines Vacation Center, operated by IMTC, Inc., offers a ten-day vacation package combining three consecutive nights in each one of these Imperial cities in Central Europe: Prague, Vienna and Budapest! This "Imperial City Steal" vacation package is available for travel between March 21 – October 31, 2008.
March 5, 2008
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The Tirol’s Winter Keeps Swinging in Austria
INNSBRUCK, Austria, January — Despite a lack of snow in all European winter sports centers, the Tirol – number 1 winter sports region in the Alps – still provides good to very good conditions for skiing and boarding fans from Austria and abroad. The 5 Tyrolean glaciers feature white pistes and sunshine galore and the [...]
January 12, 2007
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WTTC calls upon Austrian Presidency to withdraw taxing of aviation as a revenue source for EU budget
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) the global forum for business leaders in the Travel & Tourism industry, today issued a statement calling upon the Austrian Presidency to withdraw plans for raising funds through the taxation of international air travel.
January 23, 2006
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The Bregenz Festival – a highlight on Austria’s summer calendar
The Bregenz Festival, July 20 – August 21, 2005 What could be more magical than an opera performance on Lake Constance, the lake bordered by Austria, Germany and Switzerland? Visitors like to combine a visit to the Bregenz Festival with outings into the nature paradise surrounding the city, the Bregenz Forest, where fine hiking trails [...]
May 19, 2005
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Cortina in the Italian Alps is the “Queen of the Dolomites”
Cortina d’Ampezzo is a lovely Best of the Alps resort in Belluno Province and a place of happiness and excitement in winter … not only for skiers and snowborders. After a day in this powdery paradise, visitors from home and abroad stroll the Corso, check out designer boutiques and savor the best of Italian cuisine [...]
January 25, 2005
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St. Anton warmly welcomes you to the Austrian Alps
The World Alpine Skiing Championships were held in this lovely Austrian ski resort in Tirol in 2001 and generous investments in conjunction with this mega event benefited the whole resort. The giant ski area boasts 83 lifts and gondolas, 160 miles of perfectly groomed ski trails and more than 114 miles of fantastic powder runs. [...]
January 25, 2005
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Music this Summer in the Alps
Some of the very tools of a musician’s trade come from the Alps. Violin-makers who trace their skills to the 17th century workshop of Antonio Stradivari still work in Cremona, south of Milan, and as far north as Mittenwald, in the Bavarian Alps. International soloists and entire orchestras pack their instruments each summer to attend [...]
June 3, 2004
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