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Motivated by the upcoming Easter holiday, Viator, the top online resource for finding and booking over 5,500 trip activities at reasonable prices, is now highlighting several exciting travel opportunities for holidaymakers heading to Italy. Some of Viator’s special Easter offerings include exclusive access to several of Vatican’s tourist spots and tickets to Oberammergau, a passion play that is only performed once every decade.
Viator offers more than 70 different tours and activities in Italy, the most frequented European destination among its customers. Activities include a walking tour highlighting Classical or Medieval Rome, ventures through the Colosseum and Catacombs, travels to Pompeii [...]

TUI Travel, which owns Thompson Holidays, was delighted with the remarkable surge in customer demand as travellers ignore the recent economic slump. The company said that bookings for the summer season had significantly risen to 13 per cent in the past six weeks in spite of the nine per cent increase in the selling price of tour packages.
British travellers before had faced weaker pound and currency exchange rates due to the recession, which also hindered most of them from travelling. But as of TUI’s latest figures, holidaymakers are now starting to travel abroad after not doing so for two consecutive [...]

The Mitsubishi group has announced that it will be offering electric vehicles (EV) across Japan in a bid to encourage motorists to adopt the environmentally friendly technology.
The firm has declared that it will shortly begin rolling out the specially designed i-MiEV electric car at nationwide rental outlets over the coming weeks, with the first vehicle due for release at the beginning of next month.
However, the i-MiEV is only expected to attract minimal interest due to the relatively expensive price tag of 4.5 million yen (£32,800) and the lack of a thorough re-charging network. This lack of widespread availability is behind [...]

Chancellor Alistair Darling’s budget has provided funding of £60m toward the development of UK port sites to allow off-shore wind turbine manufacturers and their associated supply chains to relocate to new British facilities.
In announcing the new plans yesterday, Darling claimed that the Labour government would launch a competition aimed at identifying appropriate locations for funding recipients which will be subject to aid approval by the state. This funding is intended to aid the securing of the energy source for Britain, bringing valuable jobs and revenue.
The government plans to introduce a Green Investment Bank which will address the potentially large gap [...]

Before committing to a driving expedition in Europe, make sure that you conforms to local driving requirements. Although those pre-requisites might be somewhat similar to what you have in your country, there are few restrictions that might surprise would-be drivers – especially age limits.
Countries like Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Croatia stipulate that the minimum age of someone renting [...]