Travel

It goes without saying that doing business in Asia includes a lot of hotel stays. And for many people, traveling to a foreign place brings with it many different anxieties about the quality of service and accommodations available. However, having an assurance of quality often comes at the expense of originality in chain hotels, because while they can guarantee your experience, they can only guarantee one generic experience.

Indian tourism is now recovering from the global recession. In particular, the last two months' developments encouraged the Ministry of Tourism. After the recession, these two months showed an increased number of tourists. Now, the Ministry is trying to promote it through its new efforts. The slowdown of the past few years was a major setback to the ever-increasing Indian tourism. In 2008, from January-March, around 1.7 million tourists visited India, while during the same period in 2009, only 1.46 million tourists decided to visit India.

KUNMING, China — Two lovebirds in a wooden cage. A dozen turtles in a blue plastic box. Hundreds of black beetles eating watermelon rind. Thousands of mealworms squirming – food for the lovebirds. These animals share space with thousands of others here in Old Kunming. Any can be had for a price. But strange animals are not the only things for sale in this crumbling quarter of Southwestern China’s largest city.