An initiative by the Brazilian Tourist Board in partnership with Sebrae will offer immersive and multisensory experiences promoting the world’s largest biome to international tourism. The lushness of the Brazilian Amazon, a unique place of connection with nature, its colors, flavors, rhythms, culture, and ancestry. The Visit Brasil Gallery – Amazon, an initiative by Brazilian Tourist Board (Embratur/Visit Brasil) in partnership with Brazilian Service of Support for Micro and Small Enterprises (Sebrae), brings an immersion into the world’s largest biome to the heart of New York City from September 23 […]

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To those who are mapping out a trip to the Philippines, Manila, being its capital city, would first come to mind. It is interesting to note that your visit will certainly surround the entire bailiwick of Metro Manila. This planned route might take you to the old-world Intramuros (which is in the city of Manila itself), home to Spanish-era landmarks like Fort Santiago, Manila Cathedral, San Agustin Church museum, Casa Manila museum with its horse-drawn carriages; to the collosal Mall of Asia and casinos of Resort World complex in Pasay, […]

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Located on opposite ends of the coast, both New York and San Francisco offer a rich variety of experiences and activities on but for different reasons. New York is an older city and certainly much larger often overwhelming for first time visitors which is why signing up for New York Tours is a good idea. They sell all new York attractions, Hop on Hop off Bus tickets, other activities and combination experiences. New York City offers great sensory stimuli and delivers a rich diversity of food, visual, noise or experiential […]

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—Approximately 5 Million Visitors Expected During Holiday Season, Spending an Estimated $3.5 Billion Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve— New York City (Sept 30, 2014) —NYC & Company, the City’s official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, is encouraging visitors to book travel to New York City in time for the 2014–2015 holiday season. Starting in November, New York City is transformed into a beloved holiday destination with celebrations throughout the City’s five boroughs. From annual favorites like Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and New York City Ballet’s The Nutcracker to smaller, […]

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John M. Edwards finds a six-month circumnavigation of Australia offers much more than empty Outback vistas of red dust and rock formations. but what better way to end you stay than plopping down at a hostel in Perth where everybody knows your name, one-legged pub crawls are the game, and where the Yanks take home the “Americas’s Cup” trophy once again! Writing about New Year’s Eve the day after is an annual letdown, unpublishable, an egregious hangover, so I’ll step into my nuclear time machine and root out the most […]

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NEW YORK — There are 8 million stories in the Naked City; on this night, one of them is mine. The producers of The Moth Radio Hour have invited me to come to New York from Kentucky to tell a story at one of their Mainstage events at a Manhattan club, and I am feeling pretty naked myself. The emcee is about to call my name, and then I’ll be standing onstage before an audience filled with people who look as if they just came from the party scene in […]

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I’m not a serial killer, I swear! No, that is not something a serial killer would say. I’m innocent, I swear! Okay, maybe that’s something a serial killer would say. But the point that I’m trying to make here is that (other than the fact that I’m not a serial killer) is that I’ve always had a morbid fascination with the insides of the human body. Err…okay, that sounded creepy. (I’m really not helping my case here, am I?!) Let me paraphrase: I’ve always been amazed by the functions of […]

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New York really is the city of dreams; with so much to do all day and all night, this city never sleeps and neither will you and your itinerary if you’re after a jam-packed schedule full of things to do and activities to keep you on your feet! The Big Apple has a lot to offer when it comes to attractions but the most thrilling element of it all is the electric atmosphere, the hustle and bustle and the interesting people you meet along the way. If you are travelling […]

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With so much happening on any given day, visits to new York City can be easily be organized by themes. This, the largest city in the United States is not a city that sleeps easily. There is something for everyone at all hours of the day and night. As it should be, the metro here never stops running – all day and night 365 days a year. You won’t be bored here – New York is an eclectic mix of cultures from all corners of the world – one of […]

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In a city as celebrated as New York, first-time visitors are usually overwhelmed with the sheer amount of things they simply must do. From buggy rides in Central Park to trips up the Empire State – not to mention the stores, museums and restaurants you’ll need to fit in too – where do you begin? But who’s to say you need to replicate the New York experiences seen on your cinema screen or in tourist guides? Sure, there are those activities that are a must for first timers, but the […]

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New York City attracts more tourists, both Americans and international travelers, than almost any of the other cities in America. There is so much to do here that it’s a desirable destination every time of year, but it can be hard when you’re trying to decide what to do while you’re here, what not to do, and how to go about it all. Do see a Broadway show. All of the best Broadway shows get a lot of hype, and they’re definitely worth every mention. Many of the shows on […]

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Times Square is an experience of bright neon signs, camera toting tourists, yellow taxis, tourist buses as well as significant noise including the NYPD & ambulances screaming through at random times. This experience is all packed into several blocks along Broadway. If you want to have your mug in many photos or videos from travelers from around the world, the sidewalks of Broadway near Times Square would be a great place to station yourself. This is people watching at its best. Nights are filled with lights and in the heart […]

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Two-Night “First Time in New York” Package Makes Manhattan Memories New York, April 20, 2010 – Armchair travelers who for years have seen New York City’s myriad attractions through a lens on everything from “Law & Order,” “Sex and the City,” “Seinfeld” and “Ugly Betty” to (most of ) Woody Allen’s films, “Ghostbusters” and “Sex in the City,” the movie, but have not ventured into the five boroughs, are now enabled by the Crowne Plaza Times Square’s First Time in New York package. It assures Big Apple virgins see all […]

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