5 MOST EXCLUSIVE HOTEL IN ASIA

1.     Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong

 Although more tempting to stay in Puxi side of the river, Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong gives reason to live in Pudong, Shanghai's financial center.

The hotel is close to everywhere, including from the Pearl Tower (memmberikan hotel bar scene is very close to the tower) and the Shanghai Expo site, so you can easily become a tourist in this city. There is also a luxury that integrates office, residential and shopping center, so that busy business people.

There are 285 rooms in this hotel that offers a direct view to the city center, such as the Bund and the Huangpu River in Shanghai is famous for. The rooms have glass windows from floor to ceiling, equipped with Frette linens and bath, all suitable to relax and calm down from all the commotion in the street below.

2.     W Retreat Koh Samui, Thailand

W Retreat Koh Samui occupies a lonely promontory on the north coast of Koh Samui. The beaches here are stunning, but hotel guests are treated to a much more beautiful scenery; 75 glass windowed villas here have a private pool and overlooks the stunning Gulf of Thailand.

North coast of Koh Samui is quiet and clean W Retreat makes a perfect place to enjoy the golden sand and clear water.

At night, relax in WooBar then danced to the accompaniment of live DJs while sipping one of the cocktails are available. They provide a modification of such classic cokctail Wowtini and various kinds of "moo-hee-toes". Taste is also the option menu of small servings of gourmet food at the bar like a duck and sweet potato curry sus content, or foie gras and shrimp dumplings.

Here there is also a business center and Whatever / Whenever - a unique service that turns your dreams into reality, like soaking in hot chocolate - ready to serve you.

3.     Hullett House, Hong Kong

In Hong Kong who appreciate modernity, Hullett House takes guests through time. The hotel is located at the end of the district of Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. Colonial-style buildings from the 19th century it was once the headquarters of the marine police and is now transformed into a luxury boutique hotel with 10 suites.

Each room (area between 240 to 335 square meters) is designed to reflect a particular period in the history of Hong Kong. Each room is also named after the Hong Kong bays. Although the design of the rooms are quite luxurious, but the attractiveness of each room is the landscape. Hong Kong city seen from the balcony in each suite.

4.     Fullerton Bay Hotel, Singapura

Hotel size is not everything, but the service is primary. In the historic Clifford Pier, Fullerton Bay Hotel has 100 rooms. There are five theme suites and a luxurious Presidential Suite, complete with views of Marina Bay from their balconies.

These charming rooms furnished with rosewood interior, leather, copper and chandeliers and Italian marble floor mosaics are welcome at the lobby. If you had left the room, also visit Lantern, Fullerton bar on the roof of the luxury and style.

5.     One&Only The Palm, Dubai

The most special of One & Only The Palm is located in one of the largest man-made island, Palm Dubai. The hotel offers an exclusive location and hidden in a very luxurious style.

So many beautiful gardens in the hotel complex and a swimming pool waterfalls along the coast, you do not feel the need to see the sights of the tall buildings across the Arabian Sea

If you have not had enough, wait until you taste the breakfast on the terrace overlooking the main pool, lined with palm trees on the edges, reminiscent of water gardens and Moorish Andalusia. This place is really the number one luxury resort.

SOURCE : http://www.jelajahunik.us/2012/06/lima-hotel-termewah-di-asia.html

NEW 7 WONDERS OF NATURE

NEW  7 WONDERS OF NATURE

1)      AMAZON

            Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

The Amazon Rainforest, also known as Amazonia, the Amazon jungle or the Amazon Basin, encompasses seven million square kilometers (1.7 billion acres), though the forest itself occupies some 5.5 million square kilometers (1.4 billion acres), located within nine nations. The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests and comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the world. The Amazon River is the largest river in the world by volume, with a total flow greater than the top ten rivers worldwide combined. It accounts for approximately one-fifth of the total world river flow and has the biggest drainage basin on the planet. Not a single bridge crosses the Amazon.

2)      HALONG BAY

Viet Nam

Halong Bay is located in Quáng Ninh province, Vietnam. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. The bay has a 120 kilometre long coastline and is approximately 1,553 square kilometres in size with 1969 islets. Several of the islands are hollow, with enormous caves, other support floating villages of fishermen, who ply the shallow waters for 200 species of fish and 450 different kinds of mollusks. Another specific feature of Halong Bay is the abundance of lakes inside the limestone islands, for example, Dau Be island has six enclosed lakes. All these island lakes occupy drowned dolines within fengcong karst.

3)      IGUAZU FALLS

Argentina, Brazil

Iguazu Falls, in Iguazu River, are one of the world's largest waterfalls. They extend over 2,700 m (nearly 2 miles)  in a semi-circular shape.  Of the 275 falls that collectively make up Iguassu Falls, "Devil's Throat" is the tallest at 80 m in height. Iguazu Falls are on the border between the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones, and are surrounded by two National Parks (BR/ARG). Both are subtropical rainforests that are host to hundreds of rare and endangered species of flora and fauna.

4)      JEJU ISLAND

Korea (south)

Jejudo is a volcanic island, 130 km from the southern coast of Korea. The largest island and smallest province in Korea, the island has a surface area of 1,846 sqkm. A central feature of Jeju is Hallasan, the tallest mountain in South Korea and a dormant volcano, which rises 1,950 m above sea level. 360 satellite volcanoes are around the main volcano.

5)      KOMODO

Indonesia

Indonesia’s Komodo National Park includes the three larger islands Komodo, Rinca and Padar, as well as numerous smaller ones, for a total area of 1,817 square kilometers (603 square kilometers of it land). The national park was founded in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon. Later, it was also dedicated to protecting other species, including marine animals. The islands of the national park are of volcanic origin.

6)      PUERTO PRINCESA UNDERGROUND RIVER

Philippines

The Puerto Princesa Underground River is located about 50 km north of the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines. It features a limestone karst mountain landscape with an 8.2 km. navigable underground river. A distinguishing feature of the river is that it winds through a cave before flowing directly into the South China Sea. It includes major formations of stalactites and stalagmites, and several large chambers. The lower portion of the river is subject to tidal influences. The underground river is reputed to be the world's longest. At the mouth of the cave, a clear lagoon is framed by ancient trees growing right to the water's edge. Monkeys, large monitor lizards, and squirrels find their niche on the beach near the cave.

7)      TABLE MOUNTAIN

South Africa

Table Mountain is a South African icon and the only natural site on the planet to have a constellation of stars named after it - Mensa, meaning “the table.” The flat-topped mountain has withstood six million years of erosion and hosts the richest, yet smallest floral kingdom on earth with over 1,470 floral species. Table Mountain boasts numerous rare and endangered species. It is the most recognized site in Cape Town, the gateway to Africa, owing to its unique flat-topped peaks which reach 1,086 m above sea level.

SOURCE : http://www.n7w.com/

 

BIG PROBLEM IN BALI TOURISM

      One big problem in Bali is the inequality in the development of tourism in each region / province. Where in fact the strength of tourism in Bali only in focus in the area / region south of the island of Bali, which covers from Ubud, Denpasar and Badung. Where as in the northern region, tourism is only slightly developed, and is inversely related to tourism in the south. We have already started to appear due to problems of inequality in the development of tourism in Bali, the most visible example is, in economic terms.Masyarat in the south generally have sufficient income and are able to meet all the needs for survival, while in the northern region, although many high-income and unable to meet their needs, not least the poor, and even still many who are poor. It was very alarming to see the luxury tourism is very popular in many parts of the world, as well as the largest foreign exchange contributor to the economies of Indonesia, but there are still among the people who did not receive the blessings of tourism. If this is left unchecked, did not rule out the balance of economic and social culture in Bali can be threatened.

        Economic problems are particularly vulnerable in conflict and raises a new issue, for example, just a huge gap between the incomes of each district in Bali, the regency of Badung as a center of tourism in Bali has a very large income, and even more glorious center of the central government government in the capital Jakarta, it is inversely proportional to some districts in Bali,

10 WORLD MOST UNIQUE TOURIST ATTRACTION

10. THE CHOCOLATE HILLS, BOHOL PHILIPINES

Chocolate Hills

            The Chocolate Hills are probably Bohol's most famous tourist attraction. They look like giant mole hills, or as some say, women's breasts, and remind us of the hills in a small child's drawing. Most people who first see pictures of this landscape can hardly believe that these hills are not a man-made artifact. However, this idea is quickly abandoned, as the effort would surely surpass the construction of the pyramids in Egypt. The chocolate hills consist of are no less than 1268 hills (some claim this to be the exact number). They are very uniform in shape and mostly between 30 and 50 meters high. They are covered with grass, which, at the end of the dry season, turns chocolate brown. From this color, the hills derive their name. At other times, the hills are green, and the association may be a bit difficult to make.

            Legend has it that the hills came into existence when two giants threw stones and sand at each other in a fight that lasted for days. When they were finally exhausted, they made friends and left the island, but left behind the mess they made. For the more romantically inclined is the tale of Arogo, a young and very strong giant who fell in love with an ordinary mortal girl called Aloya. After she died, the giant Arogo cried bitterly. His tears then turned into hills, as a lasting proof of his grief.

            However, up to this day, even geologists have not reached consensus on how they where formed. The most commonly accept theory is that they are the weathered formations of a kind of marine limestone on top of a impermeable layer of clay. If you climb the 214 steps to the top of the observation hill near the complex, you can read this explanation on a bronze plaque.

Chocolate Hills

9. MARIANA TRENCH, PASIFIC OCEAN

            The Mariana Trench is located in the Pacific Ocean, just east of the 14 Mariana Islands (11"21' North latitude and 142" 12' East longitude ) near Japan.   As you probably already know, it is the deepest part of the earth's oceans, and the deepest location of the earth itself.  It was created by ocean-to-ocean subduction, a phenomena in which a plate topped by oceanic crust is subducted beneath another plate topped by oceanic crust. The deepest part of the Mariana Trench is the Challenger Deep, so named after the exploratory vessel HMS Challenger II; a fishing boat converted into a sea lab by  Swiss scientist Jacques Piccard. 

             On this site,  you will find information on the main characteristics of the Mariana Trench, its exploration, and its ecosystem. The Biology section of the site covers the fish and various (organisms and microorganisms) of the deep, what makes these creatures unique, and the fascinating ways in which they live and survive. The Oceanography section explores the data pertaining to the Mariana Trench and other deep sea formations.The Exploration section relates some of the events pertaining to the first survey of the MT, and the history of deep sea  exploration.

            We have also included a section on the Mariana Arc, from an article published by NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Magazine Online.  In addition to this, we also added a nautical measurement conversion table, so that you mayIn closing we have added two supplemental sections so that you may continue your research into the fascinating world of the deep.  Whether you are seeking answers to questions about the Mariana Trench, or are simply interested in Marine Biology, Oceanography, or related subjects, we hope our site will help you better understand the mysteries of the ocean floor.

8. PAMUKKALE SPRING, TURKEY

            The hot springs of Pamukkale can be found trickling down the white cliffs of Pamukkale in southern Turkey. The cliffs cascade downward in a widening series of steps from a plateau more than 100m (300ft) high on Cal Da?i mountain. Water constantly bubbles up from thermal springs under the plateau and emerges into the air at around 38°C (98.5°F). As it journeys underground to the surface, this warm water passes through beds of limestone, dissolving calcium carbonate from the rock.

         

THE CURRENT ISSUES IN BALI

Along with the development of tourism in Bali, many emerging issues related to the impact of tourism itself. Start from the increasing number of service businesses in the tourism and hospitality, making the competition becomes more intense, even in a condition could create unfair competition. Besides the problems above, the negative impact of tourism development is simply alien cultures that go without screening it first, causing the danger of cultures, traditions and social values ​​of the people of Bali, which at present can be seen from the tendency of the Balinese glorifying a foreign culture than his own culture when it all could have an impact on the fading cultures of Bali. Start of the Balinese people who went along with "clubbing" in discotheques, the rise of binge drinking, as well as the more severe is easy to get drugs freely, as is known in Bali which is one of the regions in Indonesia that many HIV infected people. Very concerned if these negative things continued to evolve in the absence of proper treatment and effective, so that later can damage the image and social state of society in Bali.

Besides the impact on the field of tourism, these developments also resulted in a considerable impact on various sectors, such as from the emergence of crime caused by the dense population in large cities that arise as a result of the many immigrants who seek work in Bali without the knowledge and expertise provided enough, so it raises a new problem for Bali.

THE BASIC PROBLEM OF BALI

At this time Bali tourism has reached the peak periods and the effect of this achievement is rising standard of living both economically and socially, many hotels, restaurants and tourist facilities that exist and thrive in bali bali create a destination that classy, majestic and elite in Indonesia. Coupled with the increasing number of tourists visiting, not only dominated by tourists from Australia and Domestic tourism in Bali has now been enjoyed by all the tourists from all over the world.

But, behind the greatness of it all, indirectly affecting all sectors of the tourism sector in Bali. throughout the development of economic activities dependent on tourism in Bali itself. The short tourism in Bali at the center and the foundation for development in Bali, whether economic, social and cultural.

Concerns arose, how ‘s Bali without tourism? Is Bali still be standing strong? Can Bali remained stable without tourism?

This is the major points that must be considered as the development of tourism in Bali. how to make Bali a strong and robust both in the economic, social and cultural rights are not affected by tourism development. As happened in 2002 and 2004 post-explosion of the past where the first and second Bali bombings led to falling living standards in Balinese society, both economically and socially. As a result of tourists visiting the lonely, the sacking of hotel employees, the number of drivers and transport service providers are idle, and eventually make a lot of tourism businesses into bankruptcy. Can be said that a bleak period for the Bali tourism sector due to falling causing an enormous impact on all sectors in Bali.

The question is how to make Bali remained stable both in the presence of tourism and without tourism???

 BY : TONY ANDIKA