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Sri Lanka is a beautiful tiny island located in the Indian Ocean in Southern Asia, Sri Lanka is a land faced with many environmental challenges, including deforestation and the erosion of coasts due to mining. In addition to these issues, the CIA World Factbook reports that the wildlife is threatened by poachers, pollution and the expansion of urban areas. Slender Loris The slender Loris has extremely thin arms and legs. Its face is dominated by huge round eyes which give it excellent night vision and enable it to hunt for insects during the night. Populations of this small primate are declining because their forest habitats are being destroyed for logging, agriculture and development. The Lorisidae comprises the African angwantibos and pottos and the Asian lorises. These species are thought to share a common ancestor with the bushbabies of Africa (the Galagidae) and the lemurs of Madagascar. The fossil record of the lorids extends back to the Early Miocene (20 million years ago). In the past there has been considerable confusion over slender loris classification. Most authorities now recognize two species of slender loris: Loris tardigradus (with 2 subspecies, both occurring in Sri Lanka) and Loris lydekkerianus (with 4 subspecies, occurring in both India and Sri Lanka). The name slender loris derived from its slender arms and legs. L. tardigradus is smaller than its relative the grey slender loris (L. lydekkerianus). Its small face is dominated by huge round eyes and prominent ears, which are thin, rounded and hairless at the edges. The soft dense fur is a grey or reddish-brown color on the back, depending on the subspecies. The underside is whitish-grey. The species has no tail. The highland slender loris (L. t. nycticeboides) has shorter, thicker limbs relative to body length, a larger head, and thicker fur which completely cover the ears. It superficially resembles the Asian slow loris (Nycticebus coucang). This species is among the most social

Perfect rain forest is the highest pleasure of adventure and challenge lover. There are many routes for trekking, something like, to tenuously superb waterfall--that has never been entered by everybody, or on top of Sky-scrapper Mountain--which just feisty someone will find there. These pathway might necessitate trekker to hike above one mountain and an additional, and take overnight camping for days. In reality, it is not that too hard if visitors take fine preparing. Walking in the pow Most of the trek is trekking in the pow even although it is flat. However, it is not easy to trekking. An untrained person needs to dress in suitable boots. Have to see toward with walk on the full-size rock by using the middle of foot stepping on the rock. The greatest routes is pursue the understanding persons. Trekking in the Jungle In the forest is fantastically humid with hot during the day as the airflow is not so well, in particular in the dale. You need to apply more power to alter the warmth. The troubles are the sticky; your sweat are not able to dried up speedy so will make you suffer uncomfortable. So if you be aware of fantastically burning, could do with to finish and rinse your face to settle down but not take a seat in the water. Be supposed to not wear thick clothes but be dressed in stretched covering shirt. Climb the Steep Hill as you necessitate to bring into play supplementary influence to climb up hill for 15 time weigh against to the flat. Take a deep inhale for added oxygen and come to an end shortly do not walk extremely fast. require to bring into play hands to hold the brushwood so will help your knee. Take some candy to offer supplementary power. Cramps Preventing What time you walk for several times, your body will lose more water then will source cramps. Cramps are from the strain in muscle so require to sit downstairs and put your legs higher to help the blood flows in good health. Take several salt to refresh the salt with the intention of

Obama administration officials defended themselves on Wednesday for making initial statements earlier this month that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was safe to fly, despite a battery fire that had occurred on a tarmac, the Associated Press reports.

Oktoberfest is one of the largest festivals in MuOktoberfestnich and attracts the largest number of tourists; over 6 million in the world. Started in 1810, the origin of this festival comes from the Bavarian culture. The festival occurs annually during the last week of September to the first week of October.

Kampil Fair is a Jain confederation occurring once every year at Kampil town, which occasion gives a festive look for the entire town, while Kampil enjoys historical importance from Epics of India.

There are many reasons for last minute bookings and the internet has made the hotels' job easier in fulfilling them. Experience has taught the industry that late bookings will occur regularly and it is ready.

Paraiba is one of those gemstone that comes in every colour of the rainbow, and multicolour. The rarest colour would have to be the neon blues of paraiba tourmaline. The original find was made in Brazil, but recently similar material has been coming out of Mozambique. Many dealers still call this Paraiba Tourmaline is a gemstone which has been popular since the days of the Roman Empire.Tourmaline belongs to the three sided crystal system and occurs as long, slender to thick columnar crystals that are usually triangular in cross-section. No other common mineral has three sides. This mineral group is chemically one of the most complicated groups of silicate minerals.

Every single industry demands professionalism from the people who are working in the field. The field of truck drivers or the transport industry is not an exception in this case. The business owners also wish to have complete dedication and a professional attitude from the truck drivers whenever they are on duty. The modern ELD devices or Electronic logbooks can ensure this occurs. The use of Electronic logbooks for truckdrivers is increasing day by day because there is a chance of making the drivers more responsible towards their daily duties because of this technology.

Etihad airways take care of every facility and problem that can occur during the air travel. Hence read this blog and checkout the customer services provided by Etihad airline for the convenience of passengers.

AS MANY AS 84 percent of business travelers in the U.S. expect to take at least one trip to attend conferences, conventions or trade shows in the next six months, according to a survey from the U.S. Travel Association. They also expect to resume traveling at a slightly slower pace, about 1.6 trips per month, compared to 1.7 monthly trips pre-pandemic. The Quarterly Business Travel Tracker by J.D. Power said that less than one in 10 U.S. business travelers are uncertain if they would travel in the next six months. Meetings and events are not occurring and corporate policies restricting business travel are listed as reasons behind this. USTA forecasts that business travel spending was still down 60 percent from pre-pandemic levels in 2021. However, the latest data shows a clear shift in American business travelers' desire to return to in-person meetings.

THE NEW YORK City government implemented new regulations last week, enabling oversight of short-term rentals. These rules now mandate hosts to register with the city when renting their homes for less than 30 days, and AAHOA issued a statement supporting the law. Under this rule as of Sept. 5, platforms such as Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com are required to confirm a host's registration approval before processing fees. Failing to register a rental listing could lead to penalties of up to $1,500 per transaction for these platforms, while hosts themselves face potential fines of up to $5,000. "[The Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement]'s initial phase of Local Law 18 enforcement will focus on collaborating with the booking platforms to ensure they are using the city's verification system, that all verifications are occurring correctly, and that the platforms stop processing unverified transactions," said the OSE's website.

U.S. HOTEL CONSTRUCTION increased slightly in December after 25 consecutive months of decline, according to STR. Projects in the later stages of development saw a reversal in their decline and luxury projects were up. There are 159,344 rooms in construction during the month, up 0.3 percent, over Dec. 2021. As many as 213,066 rooms are in the final planning state, an increase of 15 percent over last year. STR pipeline data added that 240,092 rooms are under planning, a decline of 15.6 percent. New York City, Phoenix and Dallas are set to see the largest supply percentage increases from current construction. The luxury and upscale segments would see the most supply. "While the overall pipeline continued to contract year over year, December showed strength in the later phases of development," said Alison Hoyt, STR's senior director of consulting. "Over the past year, we've seen late-stage pipeline rooms consistently decline from 2021 levels, while rooms in the planning phase often showed double-digit growth. We started to see a change in this pattern in November, when final planning rooms significantly jumped year over year and planning rooms came down pretty firmly. The same occurred in December, with the only difference being construction increasing slightly over 2021. When looking strictly at volume, the in-construction phase has been fairly stable throughout the year, remaining under 160,000 rooms and showing month-over-month increases from July through October and again in December."

STEERED BY SEVERAL factors, including the strong performance by several hotel brands, the Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index increased 1.4 percent in April to a level of 5,430, STR said in a statement. Growth is slowing, STR said, but will continue for the next quarter or more. "Hotel stocks increased in April, and the gains were driven by outperformance from the global hotel brands," said Michael Bellisario, senior hotel research analyst and director at Baird. "RevPAR trends have remained solid in the face of growing macroeconomic uncertainties and continued banking turmoil, and first-quarter earnings generally have surprised to the upside with positive full-year estimate revisions occurring. The Hotel REITs declined more than 2 percent in April and underperformed the RMZ, while the global hotel brands gained just over 2.5 percent and outperformed the S&P 500's return by 100 bps." According to STR, the Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index fell slightly behind the S&P 500, which was up 1.5 percent in April but came in above the MSCI US REIT Index, up 0.7 percent. The hotel brand sub-index jumped 2.5 percent from March to 10,178, while the hotel REIT sub-index dropped 2.6 percent to 1,045, it added. "The industry continues to revert to normal patterns and calendar shifts with growth slowing as forecasted," said Amanda Hite, STR president. "Monthly demand fell year over year for the first time since the recovery began in April 2021, but that decrease can be attributed to an extra Sunday on the calendar this year versus last. Without the extra Sunday, which is historically a low-performance night, demand would have been slightly up from last year. ADR, on the other hand, grew 3.4 percent, while RevPAR was up 1.8 percent - the lowest increase of the recovery thus far. Despite slowing growth, we expect the industry to see further gains throughout the summer and fall."

U.S. EXTENDED-STAY HOTELS set new records for demand, ADR, RevPAR and room revenues in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to a report from hotel investment advisors The Highland Group. Also, the report showed rate resistance is apparent at lower price points due to recession and the economy extended-stay segment reported nine consecutive months of declining demand and three successive quarterly falls in occupancy. According to the Highland Group's "U.S. Extended-Stay Hotels: Fourth Quarter 2022" report, mid-price extended-stay hotels reported their second consecutive quarterly decline in occupancy in fourth quarter. Similar occupancy declines occurred for about two years starting in mid-2015 before ADR growth moderated and occupancy recovered. Extended-stay hotel supply growth was the lowest since 2013 during the quarter, below its long-term historical average for 20 consecutive quarters. The last time extended-stay supply growth was consistently near its current level was from 2010 fourth quarter through third quarter of 2014. "Extended-stay hotel RevPAR was more than 12 percent higher than in fourth quarter of 2019. There were 567,770 extended-stay hotel rooms open at the end of the quarter. Excluding 2020, the 6,481 net gain in rooms open over the last year was the lowest annual increase since 2012. Room nights available increased 1.2 percent over the last year which was the smallest annual gain in supply for nine years," the report said. "Fractional net economy and upscale segment supply gains compared to 2021 are largely due to re-branding moving rooms between segments in our database, de-flagging of hotels which no longer meet brand standards, as well as the sales of some hotels to multi-family apartment companies and municipalities."

THE RECENTLY PASSED federal $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill contains important gains for the travel and hospitality industries, according to several advocacy groups. That includes the Omnibus Travel and Tourism Act and the creation of a position in the Department of Commerce to coordinate travel and tourism industry strategy. AAHOA, the American Hotel & Lodging Association and the U.S. Travel Association all welcomed the passage of the spending bill that was signed into law by President Biden on Dec. 23. All cited the OTTA legislation created by U.S. Sens. Jacky Rosen, Democrat of Nevada, and Republic Roger Wicker of Mississippi through the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. What is the OTTA? The elements of the OTTA include the Visit America Act, which authorizes the creation of the new position in the DOC. The new assistant secretary would coordinate a strategy across multiple federal agencies to increase travel and tourism nationwide through annual goals and recommendations. "This means the industry will finally have a seat at the policy table after decades of advocating for this to occur," said Laura Lee Blake, AAHOA president and CEO, in LinkedIn.com post.

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While in India it is pretty obvious that summer is not the time to travel and discover India , however we still sometimes take that weekend break to a nice resort in a not so weather-friendly destination- this is where the problem occurs.

An important task before embarking on an international journey is booking a flight ticket. Once this is done, the rest of the journey takes place smoothly on most occasions. However, there may be circumstances where carriers may get delayed or cancelled altogether. Though these events are extremely rare and occur only once in a while, delays can be caused due to a number of unavoidable reasons.