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The Lonely Planet guide book series initially expanded to cover other countries in Asia, with the India guide book in 1981, [14] and expanded to rest of the world later on. [15] Geoff Crowther was renowned for frequently inserting his opinions into the text of the guides he wrote.
Singh has contributed to around 50 Lonely Planet books (usually as senior author) including many editions of the bestselling India guidebook, as well as Rajasthan, Aboriginal Australia & the Torres Strait Islands, North India, Mauritius, Réunion & Seychelles, Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway, South India, Australia & New Zealand, Delhi, Melbourne, Sydney and Africa.
Globe Trekker (sometimes called Pilot Guides in Australia, Spain and Thailand, and originally broadcast as Lonely Planet) is a British adventure tourism television series produced by Pilot Productions. The British series was inspired by the Lonely Planet travelbooks and began airing in 1994.
Sujata Stupa, also Sujata Kuti stupa or Sujata Garh, is a Buddhist stupa located in the village of Senanigrama slightly east of Bodh Gaya in the state of Bihar, India. It lies directly across the Phalgu River from the town of Bodh Gaya, where Gautama Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. It is a walk of about 20 minutes, from Bodh Gaya ...
Wheeler organised two Lonely Planet travel summits in 1994 and 1997. [6] [7] Wheeler has been the driving force behind Lonely Planet's corporate contributions programme established to provide financial assistance for humanitarian projects in developing countries. The next step of her philanthropy is in creating the Planet Wheeler Foundation by ...
This would grow into the Lonely Planet empire, a name derived from a misheard Joe Cocker song (the lyric was, in fact, "lovely planet"). [2] They married and had two children, Tashi and Kieran. [2] In 1980, the publication of a guidebook to India effectively doubled the size of the company. [5]
Daniel McCrohan is a British travel writer and guidebook author who has contributed to more than 30 Lonely Planet guidebooks to countries in Asia. [1] He has also written a number of guides for Trailblazer, including the 2019 edition of the company's seminal guidebook, the Trans-Siberian Handbook.
Varanasi is one of the most prominent tourist places in India. The city attracts millions of domestic and international tourists. [1] The temples across the city attract pilgrims. The ghats and the Buddhist site Sarnath attract tourists from abroad. Varanasi is one of the oldest cities in the world, which makes it rich with cultural heritage. [2]