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Costa Rica Tops World as the Greenest, Happiest Country — Happy Planet Index

Costa Rica is the greenest and happiest country in the world, according to a list by Happy Planet Index that ranks nations by combining measures of their ecological footprint with the happiness of their citizens. The HPI is developed by the New Economics Foundation and it shows the average years of happy life produced by [...]


Udaipur, India Voted World’s Best City for Travel in 2009

Udaipur, India, also known as the “Venice of the East,” was voted the world’s best city for travelers in 2009 in an online poll by Travel + Leisure magazine. Rounding up the top 10 cities are Cape Town, previous year favorite Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Chiang Mai, Florence, Luang Prabang, New York, Rome and San Francisco. [...]