Middle East
Biggest World building projects for Tourism
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008As the rest of the world’s growth is finally starting to outpace the US economy’s growth, most of the new huge building projects are happening overseas and we tend not to hear about them, at all. Well these projects are massive, elaborate, beautiful, gaudy, and seem to be a fixture in future urban landscapes [...]
Budget Airline Nas Air launches in Saudi Arabia
Monday, February 19th, 2007Nas Air, the first no-frills budget airline in Saudi Arabia flew for the first time February 17. This first flight, basically for media and publicity purposes, was led literally by the CEO, who is a trained pilot.
The ticket fares offered by Nas Air reportedly have the potential to be dirt cheap. I say [...]
Goodbye Budget Lebanon
Thursday, July 13th, 2006With the recent Middle East conflict between Israel and Lebanon, it’s starting to look like Lebanon will no longer be an attractive budget travel destination.
Just when it started to seem like Lebanon was starting to revitalize after their past conflicts with Israel, they started to get involved again. Economically, I do not see the [...]
