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The Jordanian government has warned that the growing number of visitors to Petra poses a threat to the archaeological site, reported Sunday newspaper The Jordan Times. Each day, more than 3,000 tourists visit the site of Petra, while the infrastructure of the ancient city allows the host to only 2,000 visitors.

One hundred thousand tourists visited the city in October just as the Ministry of Tourism. Recognizing this, the Director General of the Department of Antiquities Fawwa Khrayshe consider imposing new regulations.

Petra, a World Heritage site in 1985, generating revenues of approximately $ 20 million or 82% of the income of tourist sites in the kingdom.

(Source JMV, Xinhua and Jordan Times)

We all have childhood memories to treasure buried deep within us. Among these, there is a day at Disney with my parents, my uncle and aunt in January 1974. I was 12! I still remember the animatronics, amazing attractions, villages and invented the characters in “Plush” and bone. I returned last month and I found my child’s heart. Amazing course in the kingdom of toddlers … accessible to the greatest.

Written By AeroportVoyage.Com

The trade magazine Hotel and Resort Insider has compiled a list of museums more “trash” of the world. The first five are:

1. The Museum of Medieval torture instruments in Prague. It outlines 60 devices with horrible tortures.

2. The Museum of Bad Art in Boston. Probably the only museum in the world devoted to the work of artists fail.

3. The Erotic Museum in Paris. Located in a neighborhood (Pigalle) known for its sex shops and ladies of easy virtue, there is a large place in the history of prostitution.

4. The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. It outlines 20 000 specimens of human anomalies (including the cancerous mass removed from the jaw of President Grover Cleveland).

5. The Sulabh International Museum of Toilets, New Delhi. Completely devoted to places of defecation.

(Source Cyberpresse)

Your flight was grounded by a storm? You want to save the cost of a night at the hotel? The idea seems preposterous, but sleeping at the airport is usually more widespread than believed among frequent travelers on a budget.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – The first refrigerated range will see the day in Dubai and will allow tourists to keep feet cool on the sand.