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Chinese developers are commemorating the late Michael Jackson by building a scaled-down replica of his Neverland Ranch on an island off Shanghai, a state-run newspaper said on Friday. Investors in the project, which will cost about 100 million yuan ($15 million) to build, hope it will open on Chongming island ahead of next year’s Expo in Shanghai, the China Daily newspaper reported. [source]

Luxe bath in one of the hotels.

Tourists from Europe that travel between July 1 and November 30, 2009 to the Taiwanese capital Taipei, can get a one night stay in the finest hotels for a Euro. This is an initiative of the Taiwan Tourism Bureau. How does it work?  Tourists who booked a holiday to Taiwan in VNC Asia Travel books or a stopover in Taipei and fly with China Airlines and Eva Airways, via VNC Asia Travel can see if there is availability in one of the many accommodations that participate in the Euro project . Is the application confirmed by the hotel, the Taiwan Tourism Bureau coupons should be displayed during the check. Important to know is:  People from Europe can join in with this action. Hotel Coupons are valid for a night .  The rooms are including breakfast . More information: www.taiwan.net.tw

India gets this summer a new tourist attraction with the Gandhi tour. Historians, supporters and even immediate family members of the former leader of the Indian people, take tourists to its birthplace in Gujarat and the place where Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi. “It’s nice to see that from the rest of the world there’s still interest in the peaceful ideas of the late Gandhi”, said Varsha Das, director of the National Gandhi Museum near Rajghat. This summer, tourists can visit the birthplace and even drinking tea with a member of the Gandhi family. There are bidsessies and workshops followed on the same spinning wheel that Gandhi used to hand-woven clothing to protest against imported textiles. Another tour operator offers a four-hour excursion along the place where Gandhi was assassinated in 1948. A guide that tells the story of that fatal day in January.