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A new tourism campaign has kicked off in New York, encouraging visitors to travel outside the city’s traditional tourist zones for a slice of the ‘real’ Big Apple.

Dubbed ‘Neighbourhood x Neighbourhood’, the scheme promotes lesser known areas and attractions across the five boroughs of New York, starting this week in the suburbs of Bushwick, Fort Greene and Williamsburg in Brooklyn.
Although increasing numbers of visitors to New York now travel past the borough of Manhattan, the majority of the city’s 52 million tourists per year stay put on the famous island, home to iconic attractions such as Central Park, the Empire State Building, Times Square and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
New York city Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, said in a statement: “Visitors to New York City should know that in every borough of our great city, there are neighbourhoods with great restaurants, shops and cultural institutions.

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Film fans in Seoul are heading to the city’s art museum, for the last chance to catch an in-depth exhibition, showcasing the work of celebrated director Tim Burton.

In the last few weeks of its world tour, the South Korean instalment of the exhibition opened at the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) in December, after travelling to New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Melbourne and Paris.

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Business is booming in Miami, after an influx of tourism has spurred a flood of hotel and attraction openings throughout the city.

The unprecedented hotel boom has already seen visitor growth this year in Miami go from strength to strength according to Smith Travel Research, with tourist numbers in January increasing by 17.5 per cent compared to 2012.
So far this year, the only other U.S. city to top the glamorous Florida destination was Washington DC, after an influx of guests travelled to the capital for the January presidential inaugurations.

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One of America’s most scenic railway journeys between San Francisco and Chicago is marking 30 years of service this year, encouraging visitors to take the time to traverse the landscape by train between the two cities.

The ‘California Zephyr’, previously known as the ‘Silver Lady’, has been passing through some of the most spectacular scenery in the United States since its first departure in 1949, ceasing operations in the seventies before being taken over by national railway company Amtrak in 1983.

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A clamour of glamorous globetrotters are set to descend on Melbourne this weekend, as the 2013 Formula One World Championship kicks off in the city on Friday.

Starting the season in sunshine, the Australian Grand Prix will be held at Melbourne’s Albert Park for the 18th consecutive year, where thousands will gather to enjoy the qualifying rounds and 58 lap street-circuit race.

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A remote beach in Italy has been crowned the world’s best by a poll of travellers, who also named a Welsh beach amongst the top ten seaside locations on the planet.

The survey, based on reviews submitted by the public to the popular travel website TripAdvisor, placed the unspoilt Rabbit Bay on the Italian island of Lampedusa in the top spot.

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The countdown is on to this year’s London Marathon, where a record number of participants are expected to turn out for the challenge, following a surge of interest after the capital’s 2012 Olympic Games.

Taking place next month, the London Marathon is one of the world’s biggest races, passing the city’s most iconic sights along the 26.2 mile route.

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Sun seekers in Europe are heading to Greece, where the tourist industry is springing back to life after visitor numbers dropped dramatically in 2012.

Summer bookings to Greece from Britain, Germany and the Netherlands have already increased by 10 per cent this year compared to 2012, when tourist income in the country dropped by 4.6 per cent to 9.89 billion euros.

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