A cycle path linking London and Paris will be completed by 2012, French and British local authorities said here on Friday as they formally launched the Avenue Verte (Green Avenue) project.
A cycle path linking London and Paris will be completed by 2012, French and British local authorities said here on Friday as they formally launched the "Avenue Verte" (Green Avenue) project.
"We want to symbolically link the Tower of London to the Eiffel Tower with an alternative mode of transport to the car that crosses landscapes of great quality," said Didier Marie, head of France's Seine-Maritime department.
Pedestrians and Cyclists" UK's New 'Mobile Pollution Sensors'
Pedestrians and cyclists in urban areas of the UK are being transformed into mobile pollution sensors, as part of a Government-backed scheme to monitor air quality.
Pedestrians and cyclists in urban areas of the UK are being transformed into mobile pollution sensors, as part of a Government-backed scheme to monitor air quality.
Cyclists will need to take a ferry across the Channel from Newhaven to Dieppe.
In France, the cycle path will follow a route through Normandy as it winds its way south to Paris.
China to Replace France as World's Top Tourism Destination by 2014
Using the 2008 Olympics as its launch pad, China is expected to replace France as the world's top tourism destination by 2014.
Using the 2008 Olympics as its launch pad, China is expected to replace France as the world's top tourism destination by 2014.
"These (existing dedicated cycle paths) were built for tourism but we quickly noticed they were being used by people going to work," said Matthew Lock, a local councillor from the English county of East Sussex.
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Taiwan Looks to Eco-tourism to Boost Conservation
On a moonlit beach at the Wanan islet off southwest Taiwan, a group of tourists gather patiently to watch a green turtle using her flippers to cover the eggs she has just laid in the sand.
On a moonlit beach at the Wanan islet off southwest Taiwan, a group of tourists gather patiently to watch a green turtle using her flippers to cover the eggs she has just laid in the sand.
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Major Boost In Philippines Tourism
Tourist arrivals in the Philippines for 2007 rose 8.7 percent from the previous year to a record 3.09 million, the tourism department said Friday.
Tourist arrivals in the Philippines for 2007 rose 8.7 percent from the previous year to a record 3.09 million, the tourism department said Friday.
