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. [1]