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Dubai the land of skyscrapers and beautiful buildings is yet again set out to make another wonderful structure. This time it is an artificial island in Dubai ....... "Palm islands" are the artificial islands in Dubai. These islands are named "Palm Jebel Ali", "Palm Deira", "Palm Jumeirah". These islands resemble the shape of the palm tree. These islands will contain major commercial and residential infrastructure. Each of these pal islands will be topped with a crescent. Of these the Palm Jumeirah is the smallest and the original of three Palm Islands. The things that these Palm Islands will have are about 100 luxury hotels, resorts, theme parks, apartments, shopping mall and many more. One of the hotels opened in 2008 was "the Atlantis Palm".These palm islands will definitely be one of the tourist attractions in Dubai. These islands will be over only after 2010[corrext me if wrong].

Hocus Pocus Festival Spain - Magic Festival

The magical city of Granada plays host to this festival of magic. The biggest draws are the magic shows, on stage or in the streets, performed by wll known and famous magicians. "Hocus Nights" is one among the important show. Different types of lectures, workshops and various other interesting programs are performed during the Hocus Pocus Festival. This year, Juliana Chen (China), Marc Metral (France), Gaetan Bloom (France), Die Fertiger Finger (Germany), Mag Lari (Spain) are just some of the most surprising artists who will amaze us with their magical shows.for more information visit "www.turgranada.es". Event will be held from 21-30th of November every year.

Emirates plans to increase flights to India

The biggest Arab carrier, Emirates plans to increase flights to India..... It has shown a growth of 24% in the past. Currently Emirates is operating about 175 flights to various destinations in India Of those 35 flights were to Mumbai, Chennai- 20 flights, Hyderabad- 20 , Delhi - 28, Kochi -14 Thiruvananthapuram - 11, Ahmedabad -10 Kozhikode - 9 and Kolkata - 7. Apart from these Emirates introduced a direct daily flight from Dubai to Durban from October 1. It has joined with indian tourism board to organise "Visit India 2009-10". This may increase the visit of foreigners. For more information visit" http://www.emirates.com". To know the "special offers in Emirates" flights visit Special Offers in Emirates