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Lake Hillier is a saline lake on the edge of Middle Island, the largest of the islands and islets that make up the Recherche Archipelago off the south coast of Western Australia. It is particularly notable for its pink colour. A long and thin shore divides the Southern Ocean from the lake.

Lake Hillier is about 600 metres (2,000 ft) in length by about 250 metres (820 ft) in width.[2] The lake is surrounded by a rim of sand and a dense woodland of paperbark and eucalyptus trees[3] with a narrow strip of sand dunes covered by vegetation separating its northern edge from the northern coast of Middle Island. The most notable feature of the lake is its pink colour. The vibrant colour is permanent, and does not alter when the water is taken in a container. The source of the pink colour is considered to be due to the presence of the organism Dunaliella salina.[4] Air is the best mode of transportation for viewing the lake.

23/03/2015

ARABIAN TRAVEL MARKET 2015 SET TO BE BIGGEST

Arabian Travel Market (ATM), the foremost travel and tourism event in the Middle East, is right around the corner and has been heralded by a dynamic video trailer.

The event, a key meeting place for inbound and outbound tourism professionals, takes place at Dubai’s World Trade Centre from May 4 - 7, 2015, where travel insiders can “meet the world” in four days, under one roof.

For 21 years, ATM has been the premier travel expo in the Middle East, and will this year see more than 30,000 delegates from the world’s leading travel companies, hotels, airlines, tourism boards and premier media outlets arrive for meetings, networking events and seminars.

The 2015 edition will feature the inaugural ‘ILTM@ATM’ – the inclusion of exclusive program from the International Luxury Travel Market, dedicated to high-end travel and targeted at affluent decision makers as well as media delegates.

Families Valued

The overarching theme of this year’s ILTM@ATM is family travel. According to data collated by Thomson Reuters in late 2014, family tourism accounted for 12.5 per cent of the global tourism market in 2013 and was valued at 129.92€ billion. That number is predicted to increase to more than 167.04€ billion by 2018, with 4.79 percent annual growth until 2020.

The GCC is a large driving force for that growth, across a wide range of global destinations. Of all the Gulf countries, Saudi Arabia proves to be the top source market, according to a report published by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI).

In 2012, Saudi families accounted for 15.87€ billion in spending, followed closely by the UAE and Kuwait with spends of 9.37€ billion and 6.87€ billion respectively.