Travel news/2011

December 2011

• Samoa Crosses International Dateline (31 December 2011)

• Medellin has a brilliant Christmas with 16 million lights (29 December 2011)

• South Pole Marks Centenary of Amundsen Expedition (14 December 2011)

November 2011

• Kingfisher Airlines cancels over 80 flights in the last three days (10 Nov 2011)

• ANA Flies First Boeing 787 Dreamliner (1 Nov 2011)

October 2011

• Qantas Airlines Grounds All Flights (29 October 2011)

• [[Travel news#Bangkok floods spark travel alert|Bangkok floods spark travel alert]] (26 October 2011)

• Qantas flights cancelled due to strike (18 October 2011)

• MassKara Street Dance Competition (16 October 2011)

• Cypress Gardens reopens as Legoland Florida (15 October 2011)

September 2011

• Floods hit Thailand (17 September 2011)

August 2011

• Hurricane hits U.S. Northeast (26 August 2011)

July 2011

• South Sudan is World's Newest Nation (9 July 2011)

• Sri Lanka Eases Travel Restrictions (5 July 2011)

June 2011

• Worlds Longest Sea Bridge Opens in China (30 June 2011)

• Athens Under Civil Unrest (29 June 2011)

• World Heritage Sites Added from Kenya, Japan, Ethiopia and More (29 June 2011)

• Macedonia Unveils Controversial Alexander the Great Statue (23 June 2011)

• Violence Resurges in Northern Ireland (21 June 2011)

• Henry Ford Museum Displays America's Emancipation Proclamation (20-22 June 2011)

• China Bars Foreign Tourists from Tibet (16 June 2011)

• Eritrea Volcanoes Cancel Flights (13 June 2011)

• Volcanoes Erupt in Chile (5 June 2011)

• Attacks Continue in Yemen After Ceasefire Agreement (2 June 2011)

May 2011

• Yemen Agrees on Ceasefire (29 May 2011)

• Egypt Opens Borders with Gaza (29 May 2011)

• Cote D'Ivoire Returns to Normalcy (22 May 2011)

• P-Noy National Games to be held in Bacolod (22 May 2011)

• Las Vegas' Sahara Hotel closes permanently (17 May 2011)

• Protests break out in Spain (15 May 2011)

• Lower Mississippi Floods Worst in U.S. History (12 May 2011)

• Southwest Closes AirTran Acquisition (May 3, 2011)

April 2011

• Ecuador Under Volcano Alert (29 April 2011)

• Violence Resurges Between Thailand and Cambodia (29 April 2011)

• Shinkansen Connecting Tokyo and Sendai Reopens (25 April 2011)

• Tokyo Disneyland Reopens (15 April 2011)

• Cuba Faces Worst Drought in 50 Years (14 April 2011)

March 2011

• UN-Backed Forces Take Capital in Cote D'Ivoire (30 March 2011)

• World's Tallest Hotel Opens in Hong Kong (29 March 2011)

• US, France, and UK Bomb Libya (20 March 2011)

• Bahrain Destroys Iconic Pearl Monument (18 March 2011)

• Kyushu Shinkansen Segment Opens in Japan, Despite the Earthquake (12 March 2011)

• Japan Hit By 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake and Tsunamis (11 March 2011)

February 2011

• Museums Reopen in Egypt (22 February 2011)

• Earthquake Devastates Christchurch, New Zealand (22 February 2011)

• End of Daylight Saving Time in Brazil (20 February 2011)

• More Protests Erupt in Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, and Yemen (15 February 2011)

January 2011

• Shinmoedake Volcano Erupts in Southern Kyushu (30 January 2011)

• Protests Rock Egypt (28 January 2011)

• Disney Dream Christened, Begins Maiden Voyage (26 January 2011)

• Riots Break Out Across Tunisia (14 January 2011)

• Flooding Continues to Wreak Havoc in Brisbane, Australia (14 January 2011)

• Over 500 Dead in Brazil Mudslide (14 January 2011)

Mexico - World Heritage Patrimony - January 4, 2010 | Mexico is the number one country in the Americas and the fifth nation in the world with the most World Heritage sites and traditions protected by Unesco; Mexico counts with 29 cultural and natural world heritage sites and 3 intangible world heritage traditions.