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France Travel Guide

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France as the romantic country offers its tourists excellent choices of tourism activities and destination such as Cannes film festival, roman ruins, hiking, skiing, golf, wine testing, monumental architecture, castles, history, cuisine and shopping. France with its reputation as the world’s top liked tourist destination, has laid out excellent infrastructure in the form of road, […]

France Arts, Culture and Food

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France has always remained at the forefront of modern art, culture, music, cinema and fashion. Due to its geography and prominent historical events, French culture was shaped by internal and foreign forces and groups. France is at the epicenter of high culture, decorative arts, paintings, cuisine and cultural diversity.
French society is marked by socio-economic and […]

France - Basic facts about Population and Economy

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France was world’s topmost powers from the second half of 17th century. France was the builder of one of the largest colonial empires stretching across Africa and Asia during 18th and 19th century.  France is the third in the list of top countries that generate largest tourism income. More than 80 million visitors flock France […]

France - Basic facts about the Country

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France, one of the most modern countries of the world and European leader, is a founding member of European Union (EU); France is one of the five permanent members of UN Security Council, member of G8, NATO and Latin Union. Table below provides the information about few interesting facts about France.
Official Name
French Republic
Government
Unitary Semi Presidential […]

Austria Travel Guide

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Austria is one of the most favored tourist destinations for international travelers to Europe. Austria has some of the finest lakes, mountains, museums, ski and snowboard resorts, art galleries, music and theater. Austria offers the best skiing tours, hiking trails and mountain biking.
Austria with its multi-cultural cuisine is the most preferred place for gourmet havens […]

Austria - Basic facts about the Country

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Austria, a very prosperous and democratic country, is a member of United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) with origins, which date back to ninth century. Austria is strategically located at the crossroads of central Europe. Austria is one of the few countries that have accepted the concept of perpetual neutrality in the constitution of […]

Austria Tourism Guide

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Nestled in the famous Alps Mountain, Austria is famous for skiing, hiking and mountaineering. Austria, a small and wonderful country, offers everything that a discerning traveler yearns - action, culture, sports, culinary delights, festivals, dances, music, historical palaces, leisure and shopping.
Explore Danube valley with vineyards and few largest and warmest alpine lakes in Europe. Visit […]

Austria is one of the ten richest countries in the world in terms of per capita GDP. As a result, the standard of living is very high. Tourism is the most important part of the overall Austrian economy.  Table below provides the information on few interesting facts about Austria.
Population:
8.2 million people as per July 2008 […]

Austria Arts, Culture and Food

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Austria was the seat of European power and its culture dates back to centuries. Austria’s contribution to arts and especially music is noteworthy. Anton Bruckner, Johann Strauss, Joseph Haydn are world-renowned composers and musicians. Vienna is the main cultural center of innovation in Arts and music and it is also the European capital of classical […]