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Melbourne’s Southern Star Wheel To Get ‘World First LED Lighting System’

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9:15PM January 30, 2012 | Danny Allen

Does Melbourne need a 120m-tall observation wheel? The troubled attraction opened in 2009, shut down after cracks were spotted, and fixes were still underway last November when strong winds broke holds and the spinning wheel almost killed workers. But now, reports CNET, the engineers behind the London Eye have been brought in for a new design featuring 21 glass cabins and 3.6km of LED lights. More »


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Moscow Hopes To Boost Tourism With Giant Ferris Wheel

8:00AM November 26, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

The London Eye has become a major tourist attraction for the city, so Moscow is hoping a similar structure will attract more visitor’s to the Russian capital. Except that theirs will be the world’s tallest, with a unique spokeless design. More »


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Even The Civil War Had Tourists

11:41AM August 5, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

If it was 1861 and you knew there was a big land battle in the neighbouring town of Manassas, Virginia, what would you do? You would grab your telescope, pack up the family carriage, and check it out, of course. More »


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Tourists Can Now Dangle Precariously From CN Tower

8:00PM May 11, 2011 | Seth Abramovitch

This is not going to end well. The CN Tower, which stretches 116 stories above the Toronto skyline, its “main pod” hovering there like some sort of malevolent spacecraft, will now invite tourists to stroll around its perimeter. There will be no fences, no ledges, no plexiglass walls. NOTHING, in fact, standing between you and a 365m plunge – save for the janky, sure-to-malfunction cable that binds your harness to an overhead railing. More »


Science

$US150 Million Will Ensure Your Seat On A Trip Around The Moon

2:40PM April 29, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Wanna get away (in 3-5 years)? Why not book a reservation aboard the not-so-spacious Soyuz spacecraft, where you, a Russian cosmonaut and some eccentric, anonymous billionaire can spend an intimate week in the stars, floating past the moon. More »


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Come One, Come All To Chernobyl-Land! (Mutations Cost Extra)

5:20PM December 14, 2010 | Adrian Covert

One of history’s worst nuclear meltdowns took place 25 years ago, when a reactor exploded in Chernobyl, Ukraine, contaminating everything within 50km. Now, the European country is ready to open up the once-radiated area to citizens and tourists alike. More »


Lingerie Maker Hopes To Promote Tourism With Talking Bra

12:40PM November 12, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

I’m not really sure if being welcomed into the country by a bra which speaks three languages will encourage anyone to visit Japan, but I certainly do appreciate lingerie maker Triumph’s valiant effort to promote tourism in Tokyo. More »


Entertainment

Jenolan Caves Offering Tours In Klingon

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11:33AM August 26, 2010 | Nick Broughall

If you like your holidays to include a certain quota of nerdism, then your next holiday needs to be at Jenolan Caves in NSW. They’ve just announced the world’s first self-guided cave tour available in the Klingon language. More »


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See The World From Your Couch: Pompeii Ruins Now On Google Street View

2:00PM December 5, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

The Pompeii ruins are one of the most tourist-visited sites in the world, which is one reason to stay home, sit on your couch with no pants on and enjoy the ruins on Street View. It’s pretty gorgeous. [Google] More »


The Future Of Tourism Is…Robot Sex?

8:00PM August 18, 2009 | Danny Allen

At Australia’s Tourism Futures conference, futurologist Ian Yeoman (of New Zealand’s University of Wellington) forecast artificial resorts with robot staff, and yep, even robot prostitutes could become a reality. More »