A contemporary art exhibition entitled "Point of View"is being held here in Sintra, the UNESCO world heritage site some 30 km northwest of the Portuguese capital Lisbon.
While torrential rain has wreaked havoc across southern China, the north is in the midst of a heat wave, and while humans can escape to air-conditioned rooms, the endangered Siberian tiger is not so fortunate.
As night falls over the lush plains of India’s Kaziranga national park, a small group of lightly armed forest guards sets out on foot to protect the world’s largest population of one-horned rhinos
Drawing on the lessons of launching Disneylands in Paris, Hong Kong and Tokyo, Walt Disney Co. has gone to great lengths to avoid cultural faux pas at its recently opened theme park in China
The theme park business in China saw its biggest event of the year on Thursday when the $5.5-billion Shanghai Disney Resort opened. It is Disney's sixth park worldwide and the largest in Asia, wowing both local and foreign tourists with exotic experiences and Chinese elements.
Even as gates open to the public this week, it's still building to keep customers keen.
The $5.5-billion Shanghai Disneyland set to open in June will blend a traditional Magic Kingdom-style theme park with attractions based on recent Disney and Pixar films more familiar to the Chinese audience.
As the opening of the $5.5 billion Shanghai Disneyland draws near, Walt Disney Co has a challenge. The hold of rival Asian characters such as China’s homegrown Boonie Bears or Big Big Wolf means seven-year-olds like Li Yixuan have less time for Mickey Mouse and Friends.
Tourism and organic farming will be piloted in limited areas of Sanjiangyuan, "Asia's water tower," following the inauguration of the administrative office for the country's first national park.
China's real estate giant Dalian Wanda Group on Saturday opened the first of its ambitious theme park projects, seen by foreign media as a move to challenge Disney's monopoly.
China's largest private property developer, the Wanda Group, opened an entertainment complex on Saturday that it's positioning as a distinctly homegrown rival to Disney and its $5.5 billion Shanghai theme park opening next month.
Groups of residents from remote mountainous areas in Japan and Taiwan planned to work together on projects to lure tourists by promoting local ghost stories, those involved on the Japanese side said.
Dozens of amusement and theme parks in various styles and motifs are springing up in China, giving rise to fears of an impending bubble in the property sector.
Overweight Mike Galvan has endured the ‘walk of shame’ several times after failing to fit in the seat of a theme park ride. It doesn’t help that size restrictions vary from theme park to theme park
Visitors can't take the souvenir balloons they purchased at Shanghai Disneyland on the metro train when they leave－that's one of the bugs discovered during the trial run of the 389.7-hectare park.
A panda park and a highway funded by the Hong Kong government in Wolong opened on Wednesday, breathing new life into the area devastated by the Sichuan earthquake of 2008 – and, in a show of gratitude, the park will be free for visiting Hongkongers.
Hong Kong Disneyland fired an unknown number of staff, including some managers, on Friday, with the theme park only saying the figure was “below 100”.
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