Travel news/2011
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December 2011 edit
- 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 edit
- ANA Flies First Boeing 787 Dreamliner (1 Nov 2011)
October 2011 edit
- 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 edit
- Floods hit Thailand (17 September 2011)
August 2011 edit
- Hurricane hits U.S. Northeast (26 August 2011)
July 2011 edit
- South Sudan is World's Newest Nation (9 July 2011)
- Sri Lanka Eases Travel Restrictions (5 July 2011)
June 2011 edit
- Worlds Longest Sea Bridge Opens in China (30 June 2011)
- Athens Under Civil Unrest (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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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. [1]