Saturday, 10 December 2011
Friday, 9 December 2011
Lonely Planet:Best travel Guide
Earth is not a lonely place. It’s crowded with human beings, animals, birds and other beautiful creatures of the god. The world is so big that you need something to travel with. Generally people hire travel guides who charges good amount, but are useful. Smart people carry travelling book guides which help them to know the history of the places to be visited. Lonely Planet is one of the travelling guides who people carry with them when they go to other countries.
Public is not aware of this guide, but the fact is Lonely Planet is the largest travel guide book in the world. It is the largest digital media publisher in the world. It is owned by BBC Worldwide, which bought a 75% share from founders Maureen and tony wheeler. The book aimed at backpackers and low cost travellers who often visit to other countries .Till 2010, it publishes in about 500 titles in 8 languages.
In 2009, lonely planet began publishing a monthly travel magazine called lonely planet magazine in U.K and in 2010 it launched the Indian and Argentine edition.It is alsoavailable in different mobile platforms such as Android or Windows phone as an application.
Lonely Planet T.V allows you to see the destination videos on YouTube at the comfort of your home.