Acquisition will extend iconic travel guides across multiple media platforms. BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, has acquired Lonely Planet, the leading travel information group, in a deal that will build the Lonely Planet franchise around the world.

Dagbladet, Oslo, from Norway has become the best travel website. Communities strengthen readers’ loyalty towards “their” newspaper, according to Ifra XMA Cross Media.

Contest Invites Quality Video Uploads for Cash Awards & National Cable TV Exposure for Top Nine Videos. Travellers around the world are getting into the act, taking their travels straight to video as user-generated sites proliferate on the Web.

The New 7 Wonders of the World have been announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday, 7 July 2007 by The New7Wonders Foundation. Finally the Great Pyramids of Egypt got some amazing company. The new wonders are much younger, but also very interesting. The Great Wall of China won the vote.

Get most out of your tours by staying healthy. Make your journey safer regarding health risk and accidents. On WHO`s - World Health Organization, website you can find useful advice and updated information about medical precautions and safety matters. The organisation provides both general information and specific information about each country regarding health risk. It will help you to plan a safe and healthy trip.

The World Heritage Committee finalized 29 June 2007 this year’s additions to UNESCO’s World Heritage List with the inscription of three new sites: Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius (Serbia), Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (Azerbaijan), and Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico.

The World Heritage Committee inscribed 22 new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its ongoing session in Christchurch. The new inscriptions include 16 cultural properties, five natural and one mixed, cultural and natural.

The New 7 Wonders of the World will be announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007 - 07.07.07. The organisation behind the voting is The New7Wonders Foundation. It was created in 2001 by Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber, with a mission to protect humankind's heritage across the globe. Be a part of making history. Vote for your favorite candidate and receive a personalized New7Wonders Certificate featuring that monument.

New countries who were represented on the travel fair are Slovakia, Panama, Peru, Latvia and Bulgaria. The Norge was open for public from Friday 12th – Sunday 14th January. Representatives I talked were little bit disappointed due to the drop in number of visitors compared with previous the year, but I could observe a large number of visitors rushing in on Sunday afternoon.

New countries who were represented on the travel fair are Slovakia, Panama, Peru, Latvia and Bulgaria. The Indonesian representatives hope that tourists will rediscover the country after the tragic tsunami disaster. The name Indonesia was derived from "indos nesos", meaning islands near India. One of the greatest attactions in Indonesia is the Borobudur temple.

I was delighted to observe that Peru was represented with its own stand this year, the tour operator Coex Amazon. It’s so much undiscovered in the country, especially in the dense jungles. Coex Amazon is established and managed by a mixed marriage between Peru and Norway: Laura and Øyvind Wesseltoft. According to Lonely Planet it's the multicultural layers of great civilisations that make Peru so intriguing.

The Norway International Meeting and Travel Fair - Reiseliv 2007, opened to the general public at 14.00 O`clock on Friday 12 January. Here eager travellers could explore opportunities and find their own dream holiday. They could choose between 1 000 000 destinations in 1 place! One of the most interesting travel companies was GO - Gonow.no, who is new established in the market and has a new approach to attract and reach potential travellers.

The Norway International Meeting and Travel Fair - Reiseliv 2007, opens to the general public at 14.00 O`clock on Friday 12 January. Explore the opportunities here and find your own dream holiday. There are 1 000 000 destinations in 1 place at the travel fair. More than 1 000 exhibitors and 67 countries are directly represented. You will also find good exhibition offers, competitions, interesting travel presentations and entertainment for the whole family.

The Norwegians are still waiting for the snow to fall, especially in Oslo, but anyway the Christmas celebration has started. And of course the Santa Claus has already started to hand out presents. Both in Drøbak and Savalen in Norway, it`s said that the real Santa Claus live. Julenissen, as it`s called in Norway, has achieved international celebrity status. From his home in Drøbak, an idyllic maritime town 30 minutes south of Oslo, he receives visitors from all over the world. Julenissen serves as a symbol of modern Norwegian cultural values, and perhaps this is why he makes such a splendid ambassador for Norway throughout the world.

In this article you find extract from stories and selected photos from exciting journeys during 2006. Our freelance journalists around the world have the ability to tell stories that make it interesting for others to read. Their journeys are about unique adventures, dramatic, explorations, discoveries, breaking of records, ventures and meeting of nice people with different lifestyle and culture than themselves. Here are our highlights from 2006......