Bern, Switzerland (romandie/ats, Fre) – The upper house of the Swiss parliament Tuesday voted a package of SFr9 million in additional money for Swiss Tourism, from 2008-2011. The money would go to marketing in countries where inflation is hurting the group’s budget. The lower house still needs to vote and it is traditionally less generous.
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When I travel, I drink wine. In fact, I usually organize my travels around learning about it because wine isn't a beverage, it's a culture.
Max the stork bids Swiss summer farewell, heads south
Lake Geneva region, Switzerland (Tribune de Geneve/ats, Fre) – If you feel like summer is ending you are not alone: Max, a stork born in Avenches, Vaud in 1999, has just headed south from his summer home in Lake Constance. He is the longest-living satellite-tracked bird in the world and his previous nine migratory trips […]
TRAVEL FEATURE / Tibetan thumbing lessons
My life’s hitchhiking experience, at age 19, was two rides for a total distance of under 20km, both in my home country of Switzerland. And then I found myself in Tibet with no means of transport and low on cash. I could have joined one of the many tour groups of foreigners heading into this […]
Swiss roads dept. promises to study Vallorbe/Orbe semi-autoroute
Vallorbe and Bern, Switzerland (20 Minutes, Fre) – Federal authorities say that in 2008 they will reconsider the need for a median strip metal divider on the semi-autoroute that runs between Orbe and Vallorbe, although the stretch meets national safety standards. An accident last Friday’ that killed two people is the eighth in six years. […]
Don’t steal! Blog spam and the theft of a traveller’s tale
How many people do you know think it’s okay to reproduce an article from a web site? Most, including you? Wrong: it’s illegal unless you’ve asked and received permission, and it’s getting easier to chase people who steal material. This includes spam bloggers. If you think spam is limited to e-mail and blog comments, or […]