Sri Lanka’s central highlands and a protected marine area in Hawaii, the only habitats of severalendangered plant and animal species, have been added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites, the U.N. body said on Saturday.
Sri Lanka’s central highlands were deemed of prime importance because of the pristine forests that are home to the Sri Lanka leopard and other rare animal and plant life.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) today released the preliminary Asia and the Pacific1 international visitor arrivals figures for the months of April and May 2010, showing year-on-year growth in arrivals of seven per cent and 16% respectively. For the first five months of 2010, international visitor arrivals to the region grew by a robust 10% as compared to the same period last year.
“There’s almost no place else I’d rather be than the Twin Cities in the summer,” says New York City resident Fernando Oliveira, who attended Macalester College in Minneapolis/St. Paul and prefers the cultured but outdoorsy Land of 10,000 Lakes to the Big Apple, which he says “gets that nasty summer stench” once temperatures start to rise.
As many travelers know, choosing the right summer destination is essential — and for some, that ideal spot is a city. So what makes a great urban getaway in June, July, and August? Looking at the results of Travel + Leisure’s annual America’s Favorite Cities survey, we found that the recipe is simple:
even if you don’t think you’re that creative
By Cilente Bosman from the Creativity Portal
There is a growing awareness of the importance of creativity for children’s development and organisations such as the International Child Art Foundation (ICAF) are campaigning to “harness children’s imagination for positive social change.”
Schools and educational institutions have a vital role to play in nurturing children’s creativity, but sadly, the educational system often fails to support creativity due to the key focus being on ‘vocational’ subjects such as science. In my Artsbowl blog on “Right brain left brain thinking and creativity”, I expand more on this subject.
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