Austria

Tourism is an important part of the Austrian economy, representing nearly 9% of gross Austriangross. In 2007, the number of tourist stays overnight is approximately the same for summer and winter, with peaks in February and July / August

In 2007, Austria ranked ninth in the world of international tourism receipts, with $ 18.9 billion U.S.. The arrival of international tourists spot, Austria ranked 12th with 20.8 million tourists.

Vienna attracts mainly tourists, in summer and winter. Salzburg receives about one fifth of the tourists spend the night from Vienna, which was ranked second in the summer. In winter, a number of ski resorts in western Austria Salzburg exceed the number of tourists stayed overnight in Sölden, Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Ischgl, St. Anton am Arlberg, and Obertauern.

Visits to Austria mostly include trips to Vienna with its Cathedral, "Heurigen" (wine pubs) and romantic Waltz music events. Worth a visit are Salzburg, birthplace of Mozart, Innsbruck, capital of Tyrol, surrounded by the Alps, and theDanube valley with its vineyards, for example, or Dunkelsteinerwald Wachau, Melk and Krems, who enters. In the western province of Vorarlberg reaches the Lake Constance in the east of Lake Neusiedl. The three most visited sites in Austria Schonbrunn Palace (2.59 million visitors per year), Tiergarten Schönbrunn (2,453,987 visitors) and the Basilica of Mariazell (1,500,000 visitors) .

Visit important is the size of Austrian skiing, hiking and mountain resorts in the Alps as well as recreation areas for families (eg water witches at Tyrol). The same applies to many lakes in Austria (eg Wolfgangsee and other lakes in the east of Salzburg and Carinthia Wörthersee theSalzkammergut).

For visitors who are interested in Media Arts is Ars Electronica Center in Linz. Since 1979, the center hosted Ars Electronica Festival and Prix Ars Electronica is presented, the higher the price the world ranking of media art.

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Andorra

Andorra has become a major tourist destination in Europe. Andorra has several major ski resorts, including Tarter Soldeu / El and Pal / Arinsal. It is very popular with tourists from Spain, France and Great Britain, mainly due to relatively gentle slopes are ideal for people who have less experience and family. Ski School Andorra is one of the largest in Europe. Because not a member of the European Union, Andorra is able to sell a variety of duty free products, including alcohol, perfume and cigarettes. It is much cheaper than in neighboring countries, and is a lucrative source of revenue for the state. Andorra also has many hiking trails that can be explored during the summer months, when snow has melted. 

Temples and festivals both a key attraction for tourists. Romanesque churches and old houses of interest are located in Ordino, Encamp, Sant Julia de Loria, Escaldes, Santa Coloma, and other villages. The most famous is the Shrine of Our Lady of Meritxell, patron saint of Andorra, between Canillo and Encamp. 

Pilgrims come from France and Spain to honor Sept. 8, the day of the festival boss Andorra. Each of the larger villages have their own festival during which the Sardana, the national dance of Andorra, it's done. 

In 2003, approximately 3.138 million tourists visit Andorra, 72% comes from Spain, fell 3% from 2002. Visitors must present a valid passport to enter Andorra. No visa is required. 

In 2003, the U. S. State Department estimates that the cost of everyday life in Andorra at $ 226.

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Azerbaijan

Tourism is an important component of the economy of Azerbaijan. Abundance of natural and cultural attractions of the country make it an attractive tourist destination. This country is a famous tourist place in the 1980s, however, the war in Nagorno-Karabakh in the tourism industry in 1990 and disabling a negative image of Azerbaijan as a tourist destination.

Only the 2000s that the tourism industry began to recover, and the state since suffering a high rate of growth in the number of tourists visiting and staying. In recent years, Azerbaijan has become a popular destination for religious, spa and health tourism.

Government of Azerbaijan has been the development of Azerbaijan as an elite tourist destination is a priority. This is a national strategy to create a tourism, a large if not the largest contributor to the economy of Azerbaijan. This activity is regulated by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan.

Historic Monuments

Walled City of Baku with the Palace and Maiden Tower Shirvanshah

Ateshgah Baku

Rock Art Cultural Landscape Gobustan

Castles Mardakan

Shaki Khan Palace

National Parks

Delivery of National Park

Shirvan National Park

Ag-Gel National Park

Ordubad National Park

Absheron National Park

Altyaghach National Park

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Albania

Tourism in Albania, but still underdeveloped, has seen a dramatic increase in recent years. Official figures show that 2,089,538 tourists entered Albania from abroad during the first six months of 2008, representing 23 per cent over the same period a year ago. Lonely Planet Albania registered a new record from the list of 10 countries to visit in 2011.

Albania has sporadically visited by prominent figures, including Lord Byron, Edith Durham and others throughout history. However, during the communist regime tourism should not be established. First group of Western tourists allowed to visit in the 1980s. Since the fall of communism, restrictions on access were significantly reduced.

Albania has a long history that dates back to Illyrian civilization, Greece and Rome, and there are ruins and other treasures that reflect the ancient civilization.

Some of the most visited cities are:

 Weight, the city of Thousand and One Window

 Durres, an ancient port city Dyrrachium

 Gjirokaster, Stone Town

 Kruje, balcony above the Adriatic Sea

 Tirana, the capital

 Vlore, a coastal city of Vlora (olives and grapes in the city)

 Lezha, historic diplomatic capital of Albania

 Pogradec, a city poet

 Saranda city honeymoon

 Shkoder, a city that houses, among others, the castle Rozafa

Some of the more popular natural resources, including:

 Albanian Riviera, the coastline along the Ionian Sea includes several cities in the top

 Albanian Alps, part of the range Prokletije in extreme northern Albania

Albania has been dubbed the "New Love Mediterranean."

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Mount Rinjani

Mount Rinjani is a mountain located on the island of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Mountain which is the second highest volcano in Indonesia with an altitude of 3726 m above sea level and located at a latitude of 8 º 25 'latitude and 116 º 28' BT is a favorite for mountain climbers in Indonesia for the beautiful landscape. This mountain is part of Mount Rinjani National Park which covers an area of about 41,330 ha, which will be proposed for addition to 76 000 ha in the west and east.

Administratively, the mountain is located in the territory of three districts: East Lombok, Lombok, Central Lombok and West.
Mount Rinjani with the highest point 3726 m above sea level, dominating most of the views of the north island of Lombok.

In the west, is a caldera cone Rinjani area of approximately 3,500 m × 4800 m, extending from west to east you. In the area of the caldera has Segara Anak (= sea sea, lakes) of the 11 million square meters with a depth of 230 m. The water that flows from this lake to form a beautiful waterfall, which flows through a steep ravine. In Segara Anak many carp and tilapia are often used for fishing. South side of the lake called Segara Endut.


On the east side of the caldera of New Mount (or Mount Barujari) which has a crater 170 m × 200 m with a height of 2296-2376 m above sea level. This small mountain last active / broken since May 2, 2009 and May, after earlier also erupted in 2004.  If the eruption of 2004 has not life, the eruption in 2009 that killed 31 people are indirectly due to flash floods in flight (river) Tanggek the insistence of lava at Segara Anak.Earlier, Mount Barujari ever recorded erupted in 1944 (and establishment), 1966 and 1994.


Apart from the crater of Mount Barujari there are also others who are broken, called Mountain Troupe.

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Gili Trawangan

Gili Trawangan is the largest of three small islands or dyke located northwest of Lombok. Trawangan is also the dam that the altitude is important. With a length of 3 km and 2 km wide, population about 800 inhabitants Trawangan. Of the three Gili Trawangan has the facilities for tourists the most diverse shop "Tir Na Nog, " saying Trawangan is the smallest island in the world is the Irish bar. The densest population east of the island.

Trawangan has shades of "party " is more than Gili Meno and Gili Air, due to party all night every night to turn his show by some of the crowd. Popular activities are conducted in tourists Trawangan diving (with PADI), snorkeling (on the northeast coast), kayaking and surfing. There are also several places for tourists to learn to go around the island.

On Gili Trawangan (as well as two other dams), there were no motor vehicles, because it is not permitted by local regulations. Common means of transporting bicycles (rented by locals for tourists) and Cidomo, simple carriage that are common in Lombok. Trip to the dam and third, people usually use motorized boats and boats.

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Senggigi Beach

Senggigi Beach is a famous tourist site in Lombok. Located on the west coast of the island of Lombok. Senggigi Beach is not at Kuta Beach in Bali, but once we were here want to stay in Kuta Beach, Bali. 

Coastal beaches are still beautiful, but it is still littered with trash because foliage rarely cleaned. Beautiful underwater landscape, and tourists can snorkel as long as the waves are not too big. Ketengah dominant coral reefs causing large waves breaking in the middle. There are also hotels with prices ranging from expensive to affordable hotel is helpful.

Batu Bolong

Pura Batu Bolong, Lombok

About half an hour of walking, visitors can find Batu Bolong in this range. It is a temple built on the reef which is located on the waterfront. According to local legend of the past often lead to a virgin sacrifice to feed the sharks in this place. Another legend recounts the early days, many women who are deployed from there into the sea because of a broken heart. From this place also saw Mount Agung in Bali.

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Nusa Dua and Tanjung Benoa

Nusa Dua is an enclave containing a large international 5-star resort in south-east of Bali. Located 40 kilometers from Denpasar, the provincial capital of Bali.

Nusa Dua is the site of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in December 2008 between 3 and 14 December 2007.

Tanjung Benoa
Nusa Dua enclave in the north is the Tanjung Benoa that includes less exclusive hotels and Benoa village. A multi-denominational, Tanjung Benoa has a mosque, and places Chinese and Hindu worship close by. Many beach sand washed into the sea due to the holder of coral mining for construction materials.

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Eka Karya Botanic Garden

Eka Karya Botanic Garden Bali is a large botanical garden located in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia.

This garden is the first botanical garden created by the son of the Indonesian nation. Management by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and the organizational structure under the direction of the Plant Conservation Centre Bogor Botanical Gardens. This garden was created July 15, 1959. Initially, Eka Karya Botanic Garden Bali is just for cone plant. With the evolution and changes in environmental regulations and spacious, the garden is situated at an altitude of 1250-1450 meters altitude areas is now ex-situ conservation for plants in eastern mountains of tropical Indonesia. Botanical Gardens area was originally only 50 acres, but now widespread to 157.5 acres of botanical garden.

Botanical Collection

Kebun Raya Eka Karya Bali has several collections of plants grouped by kekerabatannya. In addition to collecting the types of plants are also pursued research and development.

Some collections that exist between include orchids, cactus, spikes / ferns, bamboos and palms.

Mileage

Eka Karya Botanic Garden Bali is located in the center of the island of Bali, located in the caldera of an ancient volcano.

For Bali Botanical Gardens can be reached by land for half an hour from Denpasar, about 80 km north of Denpasar to Singaraja. If Singaraja, distance about 40 km south of Denpasar or take a trip on the road half an hour.

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Sangeh

Sangeh is a place of tourism on the island of Bali which is located north of Ubud, Gianyar regency.

Sangeh famous because it is a village where monkeys (monkey) move freely on a hill called Bukit Sari. There was also a temple called Pura Bukit Sari. Monkey here in power and they say that three regions of the kingdom.

According to local legend of Bukit Sari and was there when the monkey Hanuman, a character from the epic Ramayana, the lifting of the Mahameru mountain. Some parts of this mountain fell down there and since then a monkey in power.

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Uluwatu

Luhur Uluwatu Temple or Pura Uluwatu temple is located in the region Pecatu Village, Kuta District, Badung.

Temple is located at the southwestern tip of the island of Bali on the stone bridge and a cliff that juts into the sea and is the Temple of Heaven Sad is regarded by Hindus as buffer 9 of the wind. This temple was originally used as a place of worship a holy priest named Professor Kuturan 11th century.

He lowered the teachings of indigenous peoples from village with all the rules. This temple is also used for worship of the holy priest that followed, namely Dang Hyang Nirartha, who came to Bali in late 1550 and the end of the trip with the so-called sacred Moksah / Ngeluhur in this place. The word is the origin of Pura Uluwatu Luhur name.

Uluwatu Temple is situated at an altitude of 1997 meters. Opposite the temple there is a small forest called base kekeran, serves to support the sanctity of the temple.

Pura Uluwatu pesanakan has several temples, which are closely associated with temples temples parent. It is Pura Pura pesanakan Bajura, Pererepan Pura Pura fungus, Pura Dalem Pangleburan Selonding and Pura Dalem. Each temple has close links with the Pura Uluwatu, especially in the days of his piodalan. Piodalan to Pura Uluwatu, Pura Bajura, Pura Pura Pererepan mushroom and fell Tuesday Kliwon Medangsia Wuku every 210 days. Manifestation of God who was worshiped in the Pura Uluwatu is the god Rudra.

Uluwatu Temple is famous for its right under a range Pecatu is often used as a venue for sports, and even international events are often held here. This beach is famous for surfing waves at a location other than the natural beauty of Bali is indeed very beautiful.

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Kuta Beach

Kuta Beach is a tourist resort located south of Denpasar The Capital kotaBali, Indonesia. Kuta is located in Badung. It is a tourist area and abroad, and became a pillar resort island of Bali since the early 70s. Kuta Beach is often referred to as Sunset Beach (Sunset Beach) as opposed to the beach of Sanur.

In Kuta There are many shops, restaurants and bathrooms and dry places.

 Besides the beauty of the beach, ICT Kuta Beach aussi other offers various types of bars and restaurants as entertainment along the beach of Legian Beach. Rosovivo, Ocean Beach Club, Kamasutra, are among the most crowded clubs along the beach of Kuta.

This beach has a pretty good aussi waves for surfing sports (surfing), particularly for novice surfers. I Gusti Ngurah Rai Field Airport is located not far from Kuta.

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Jimbaran

Jimbaran beach is one of Badung, Bali, Indonesia. Located on the southern island of Bali, about 10 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport. Seafood restaurants It Jimbaran (seafood) as well as international hotels. Jimbaran was once a fishing village.

On October 1, 2005, a series of explosions occurred in this region in the Bali Bombings of 2005.

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Garuda Wisnu Kencana

Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park (in English: Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park), abbreviated pedestal, is a tourist park on the southern island of Bali. This tourist park is located in the foreland of Nusa Dua, Badung regency, about 40 kilometers south of Denpasar, the provincial capital of Bali.

In the garden of this culture, is expected to establish a benchmark or mascot of Bali, the giant statue of Lord Vishnu, who rides the mount, Garuda, as high as 12 meters.

Garuda Wisnu Kencana

park space culturally situated at an altitude of 146 meters above ground level, or 263 feet above sea level.

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Candi Dasa

Candi Dasa is a place of rest or a station located in the regency of Karangasem, Bali. This area is about 90 km north of Denpasar. Candi Dasa go Tenganan distance is only about 10 km.

Candi Dasa is located at Amuk Bay, which is one of famous places to dive. Small islands in the Gulf Amuk (Tepekong Gili Gili IBHA, Gili Mimpang) offers a superb diving experience. However, the dive guides must be notified divers who dipandunya be very careful because the current diving requires a very strong presence and often unpredictable.

Washing machine effect can easily create a panic divers. For this reason some sites declared as a dangerous place for beginner divers.

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Pura Besakih

Pura Besakih is a complex of temples that are located in Besakih Village, Rendang Karangasem regency, district, Bali, Indonesia. Pura Besakih complex consists of a central temple (Pura Besakih Upgrading General) and 18 Pura Assistance (1 Pura Pura Basukian and 17 others). At Temple Basukian is the first time in the reception area of the revelation of God Hyang Markendya Rsi, the forerunner of the Hindu Dharma in Bali now, as its center. Pura Besakih is the center of activities for all the temples of Bali. Some argue that all included in the complex of Pura Besakih, Pura Agung is the temple Updated most important pelinggihnya most buildings, most types upakaranya and is the center and all existing temples in the Besakih complex. In the statue Pura Agung Upgrade or temple there are 3 main symbols of the nature of God stana Tri Murti, namely Brahma, Vishnu and Lord Shiva is the symbol of God the Creator, Preserver and Dewa Dewa fuser / reincarnation.

Philosophy

The physical presence of buildings Pura Besakih, not just a place bersemayamnya God according to Hindu Dharma religious belief, the largest on the island of Bali, but inside it has a substantive relationship with the direction of Mount Agung. A highest mountain on the island of Bali which is considered central government Spirits of Nature, Nature of the Gods, who served as messenger of God to the island of Bali and surrounding areas. Therefore fitting that on the slopes of Mount Agung Southwest has created a building for the sanctity of the human race, Pura Besakih philosophical significance.

Terkadung philosophical meaning in the Pura Besakih in its development contain elements of culture that includes:

Knowledge Systems,

Equipment and Technology Live

civil society organizations,

Livelihoods,

System language,

Religion and ritual, and

Art.

The seven elements of culture is embodied in ideas of cultural form, a form of cultural activity, and form of material culture. It appeared in both pre-Hindu and the Hindu who grew through legendary stadium, scene of ontology and the functional steps.

Overview of Hinduism Dharma

Religion is a doctrine of the divinity. All religions are true. Let us as human beings, protect existing religions around the world. Hinduism was born of civilizations around rivers Shindu, originally from India, circa 5500 BC.

Hinduism in Bali have a place in the heart of the people, because it was considered appropriate to the culture developing at the time.

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Tanah Lot

Tanah Lot is a rock formation in Bali, Indonesia. It is the home temple of pilgrimage, Pura Tanah Lot (literally "temple of Tanah Lot") and a popular tourist and cultural icon for the exotic and general photography

History

Tanah Lot means "Land of the Sea" in Balinese Located in Tabanan, about 20 km from Denpasar, the temple is located off the coast of a big stone that has been shaped continuously over the years by waves sea

Tanah Lot, who claimed to be the work of the 15th century priest Nirartha. During his voyage along the south coast, he saw the beautiful stone of the island and rest. Some fishermen saw him and bought him gifts. Nirartha then spent the night on a small island. Then he spoke to the fishermen and told them to build a temple on the rock because he felt like a shrine to worship the gods of the sea in Bali

Tanah Lot temple was built and is part of Balinese mythology for centuries. This temple is one of seven sea temples around the coast of Bali. Each of the Temple of the Sea was founded in the vision of each other to form a chain along the southwest coast.

At the base of the rocky island, poisonous sea snakes are considered to guard the temple from evil spirits and intruders. A giant snake is said to protect the temple, which was created fromNirata scarf when he established the island.

Restoration

In 1980, the rock of the temple began to collapse and the area around and inside the temple started to become dangerous. The Japanese government then lend to the government of Indonesia amounting to Rp 800 billion (approximately USD 130 million millionto preserve historic temples and other important locations throughout Bali accordingly. More than a third of the "rock" is actually clever disguise Tanah Lot artificial rocks created during the renovation of Japan funded and supervised and stabilization programs.

Tourism

Space leading to Tanah Lot is sold and people have to pay to enter the area. To reach the temple, visitors must pass through a planned series of souvenir market Bali format covering each side of the descent to the sea at the top of the earth cliff, the restaurant also provided for tourists.

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