16th December 2013 Washington DC, USA
Washington truly epitomises the holiday spirit. It’s my first holiday season here, and I’m seeing firsthand the spirit of giving across the city. Bell-ringers collecting for the homeless. Toy drives in offices all across town, including our own. Washingtonians’ generosity is making an impact from local neighbourhoods to the far side of the globe. This […]
2nd June 2011 London, UK
Caroline Wilson, Vice Consul, British Embassy Dubai writes: With 100,000 British residents in the UAE, many of the 1 million tourists per year are visiting family and friends. They take the opportunity to hang out in the sun, enjoy the vast shopping malls, the unique skyline and the huge selection of restaurants and bars. […]
16th December 2010
The UK and international press have reacted with intrigue to the suggestion that Chernobyl, site of the 1986 nuclear disaster, could be a new tourist hotspot. In fact as some reports have noted, it has been possible to visit the site, along with the nearby abandoned Soviet-era city of Pripyat, for several years. I visited […]