[ March 15, 2010 to March 19, 2010. March 15, 2010 to March 19, 2010. ] www.fallasfromvalencia.com, Valencia, Spain.

The huge cadboard statues called “ninots,” some 700 of them appear throughout the city.  there are firweork dispalys every afternoon in the Town Hall Square at 2pm. This culminates on the 19th of March when they are all burnt except 1

Like a lot of countries, the US hasn’t weathered the recession that well. Like most countries it has decided it needs to raise more money. Like some countries it has decided that tourism is a way of generating additional money. But to get additional tourists it has to advertise and promote itself. How does it do this? By slapping a S10 tax on everyone who wants to visit the country. The money this raises will be matched by up to $100 million of private sector contributions and the whole lot will be spent on promoting tourism.
Sorry it’s not a tax, it is a fee that will be charged every two years when you apply for the ESTA form which allows you to enter the US in the first place. The only people who won’t have to pay will be Americans and those who have had to pay $131 for a visa
The good news is that although signed into law, no date for its introduction has been announced yet.
Will it make a difference? Will it stop people going there?

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[ March 11, 2010 to March 20, 2010. March 11, 2010 to March 20, 2010. ] held throughout County Cavan,
see www.cavanmusic.com/nyah.html for a list of all events and their location