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Vietnam has emerged as a popular South-East Asian tourist and business destination during the last twenty years. The country has been registering an increasing flow of visitors, which has averaged 4 million foreign arrivals during the 2011. Some of the more popular Vietnamese destinations include Saigon, Hanoi, Hue and Hoi an.
Before visiting Vietnam, however most foreign nationals must apply for a Vietnamese visa. In general there are two main types of visas for Vietnam, which are suitable for visitors from abroad.…
If participating in abduction or tornado-chasing tourism is not thrilling enough for you, you can try staying overnight in a real prison.
Prisons all over the world that have once operated as real jails, are now reopened to function as tourist attractions, museums and hostels. Spooky tours are organized at night, and you can even choose to sleep there as well.
Here are some famous ‘prison’ destinations:
Alcatraz in San Francisco is one of the most famous prisons in the world as it has a reputation for being impossible to escape. It is located on an island in the San Francisco Bay, and is …
Tornado-chasing tourism is becoming quite popular lately, the University of Missouri has recently found out.
Every year, between April and June about 1,200 tornadoes occur in the U.S. in an area called Tornado Alley, which covers Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma states. Texas reports the most tornadoes annually than any other state in the U.S. followed by Kansas and Oklahoma.
For the chance to witness a tornado in this area, tornado tourists pay between $3,000 and $5,000 for one- or two-week tours. Then, they are taken on vehicles and might travel as much as 500 miles a day to reach the tornado-location. Despite the modern technology …
