Salam Tourism Magazine 21 | Page 69

Russian traveler sets record on round the globe solo balloon voyage Fedor Konyukhov started his trip around the world using his hot-air balloon (Morton), where he landed in a desert area of Western Australia about 20 kilometers away from the town of Bonnie Rock. Few hours before landing in bonnie rock, the hotair balloon (Morton)  reached Northam, Western Australia, where the trip started on the 12th of July. The Russian traveler succeeded to set new Roundthe-World record for solo balloon trip. It took approximately 11 days, 5 hours and 31 minutes for him to fly around the world, covering 34950 kilometers. Which Arab country is ranked as The Best Maritime Capital of the World? The "Hellenic Shipping News" website published a topic, highlighting Dubai - The Capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE) as one of The Best Maritime Capitals of the World. Moreover the site expected Dubai to be ranked the seventh among the World’s Best Maritime Centres by 2020. According to Menon Business Economic Group's report, Dubai is ranked on the top 10 Maritime Centres in The World; and fourth among the world’s top five “Headquarters for Operators of Ports” The same report mentioned that, Dubai is ranked sixth in both “Ports and Logistic Services’ and “Global Logistics Level” and tenth in both the “Size of Navy Fleet Owned by Owners’ and the “Size of Fleet Managed’’.