South Korean businesses are sprucing up to receive Chinese tourists during the Lunar New Year holidays, hoping the free-spending visitors bring a welcome boon to their otherwise slow business.

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Shops, hotels and restaurants in downtown Seoul have put up new signs and banners inscribed with New Year greetings in Chinese, rearranged displays and hired Chinese speaking interpreters.

“Sales to Chinese tourists tripled in the past two years.

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With over 13kms of glorious beaches and just 90kms from the city of Almería, and enjoying one of warmest climates in Spain, consider a Spring holiday in the pretty white village of Mojácar, nestling on the hill just over 2kms from the glistening blue Mediterranean below. Sounds like a fairytale? Well, kind ofthere´s a tale  about a certain film-maker.and it´s not a Mickey Mouse story!

Most holiday makers that visit the South of Spain annually head either for the hills of Andalucía or spend a couple of weeks stretched out on the sands of the Costa del Sol.  But a little further along lies the Costa Almería, past the Costa Tropical of Granada and towards the driest and sun drenched part of Spain. In fact

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Avoid the crowds of high season and discover Cape Cod in the winter time! There are plenty of activities as well as restaurants to choose from.

Most visitors to Cape Cod come in the summer to indulge in ice cream, beaches, boat rides and mini golf. Although the Cape is beautiful and full of fun things to do in the summer, it is also a wonderful place to visit in the winter. There are even some benefits of visiting Cape Cod in the winter: no traffic on Route 28 or parking fees at the beach!

Its worth considering a trip to Cape Cod in the winter.

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Last week, I shared some information about Super Bowl Village as a fun option for both locals and visitors to enjoy the Super Bowl 46 atmosphere. But if quiet contemplation and creative artistry is a little bit more your speed, then let me suggest taking in the sites of 46 for XLVI, a public art project on display throughout the city.

This is a partnership between the City of Indianapolis and the Arts Council of Indianapolis to showcase the cultural vibrancy of the city. Both local and national artists have created 46 murals that don walls around the city, from Speedway to Broad Ripple to South and Capitol. A

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DFDS Seaways and LD Lines have revealed plans to operate joint ferry routes between Dover and Calais, which would create 300 jobs.

The ferry companies announced their intention days after SeaFrance went into liquidation following the ruling of a French court that a €200m bail-out of the ferry operator was illegal.

DFDS Seaways and LD Lines said in a joint statement: “We can confirm that we have continued to pursue opportunities to establish a new route between Dover and Calais,”

“Our intention is to operate two ships under the French flag to be manned with French seafarers.

“To

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