Globetrotting
Off the beaten track
Turtle Island in the Venezuelan Caribbean located north of Caracas. The government is working to encourage tourism
in the island. Photo: AFP/Federico Parra
A film set in the desert where numerous Star Wars scenes were filmed in Tunisia. Tunisia announced a fundraising campaign to reclaim the set for Mos Espa — hometown of Anakin Skywalker, (Darth Vader in series), from the encroaching desert. The tourism ministry and several organisations launched the campaign for the restoration of the site, damaged by shifting sand dunes. Photo: AFP / noor
People bathe at a hot spring in Loutraki or Pozar near Aridea village in Greece. The country has nearly 700 hot springs known to have curative properties, but just over 100 are accessible and even fewer have been commercially exploited. Photo: AFP / Louisa Gouliamaki |
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