Tuesday, November 6, 2012

CNNGo.com

CNNGo.com

Build it and they will come? Korea's whopping US$275 billion tourism city plan

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 08:05 AM PST

by Frances Cha

Local news outlets call the scale "astronomical." Some question its economic feasibility.

Either way it is one hell of an ambitious tourism venture.

Called 8City, to be built on the islands of Yongyu-Muui in the port city of Incheon, next to Incheon International Airport, the project in question is the creation of a gigantic 'tourism city.'

Plans for the city include travel and leisure facilities from luxury hotels, condominiums, casinos and shopping malls to a theme park, a water park, a Formula One racing track, a 50,000-seat concert hall, a medical tourism-based "healing town" and a "hallyu town" showcasing Korean entertainment.

An all in one tourism destination that visitors won't want to leave. But not just any visitor.

read more

No nude bunnies: Playboy Club to open in Goa

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 10:10 PM PST

Though its magazines are banned in the country, Playboy will open its first Playboy Club in India, in the beach side city of Goa.

But the iconic bunnies won't be as revealing as they are in other clubs.

To satisfy the country's obscenity laws, Indian company PB Lifestyle, who will operate the brand's franchise in India, says the traditional revealing bunny outfit with bodices, bow ties, bunny ears and bunny tails will be tamed.

"We are clear about one thing: There will absolutely be no nudity. The bunnies will be suited to Indian sensibilities and moral values," says Sanjay Gupta, CEO of PB Lifestyle, in a local India Times report.

More on CNN: Bustless bunny falls flat: Tale of a wannabe Playboy bunny

read more
at 9:53 AM