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Top 10 Travel Agencies in Nigeria and Contact Details Although there are many online travel services, but a traditional travel agent can be as much a fundamental part of the trip as comfort is to traveling! The role of a travel agent in Nigeria has been increasing with times and today everyone count on them for executing most of their travel plans, so that they can rest easy and simply enjoy their trip. It is the duties of travel agents to help and advise the travelers about the constant changing of schedules and airfares, packages for vacation, and lots of travel information the traveler may not be familiar with. Choosing a reliable local travel agent can be an important decision, since how we travel and our comfort will probably be decided by the travel agents. You must verify the information provided by the travel agents, to be on a safer side and reduce your travel hassles. In case of International travel, deciding on a proper travel agent becomes more imp...

Get paid to travel: become a travel photographer Do you have what it takes to become a travel photographer? Our team of experts share their tips and advice... "Every muppet with a camera and a plane ticket thinks that they can be a travel photographer”.  Steve Davey , Wanderlust’s photo expert, and author and photographer of Unforgettable Places To See Before You Die , is discouraging, but he’s got a point. You might like the sound of swanning around the world, clicking the shutter now and then, but there’s more to being a travel photographer than that. Getting up at stupid o’clock to catch the perfect sunrise, carrying a camera that’s heavier than four backpacks, and missing out on the travel experience because yo...

___ History of South Africa People who shaped South Africa's History: Jan van Riebeeck, Paul Kruger, Daniel François Malan, Oliver Tambo, Hendrik Verwoerd, Steve Biko, P. W. Botha, F. W. de Klerk, Joe Slovo, Chris Hani, Winnie Mandela, Eugene Terreblanche, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu. European Arrival. Jan van Riebeeck (21 April 1619 – 18 January 1677) of the Dutch East India Company, VOC, was a Dutch colonial administrator and the founder of Cape Town. He was the 1st Commander of the Cape Colony (Kaapkolonie) from 1652 until 1662. Although human settlement in the subcontinent extends back thousands of years, racial conflict dates from the Dutch arrival at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652, when the Dutch East India Company [Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC, existed 1602-1798] established a resupply station at Cape Town for its fleet...

Why tourists still have a passion for Paris    Tourists in Paris walk past the Eiffel Tower. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Image Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ B oris is going to choke on his crumpet. Figures published this week show that France has retained its status as the world's top tourist destination, with 83 million foreign visitors in 2012, and Paris remains the most visited city in the world with 33 million tourists a year, half of which were foreign visitors. This, of course, means a massive influx of revenues, estimated by the French government's tourism arm, DGCIS, at £31bn for 2012. As years go by, with France and its capital doggedly staying at the top of tourism charts, observers cannot refrain from expressing bewilderment. After all, Paris is no more the cultural capital that it was in the 1900s, the 1920s or even just after the war when it briefly regained its intellectual supremacy be...