You are interested in tourism? If yes, the tourism records below will make you excited.
1. Most expensive tour
The price for a trip to International Space Station costs ranges from Pound12.5 million to Pound 22 million. There are 7 persons taking this luxury trip since 2001.
2. Most expensive room price
With the price of about VND 1.4 billion/night, you will enjoy deluxe service in Royal Penthouse room of President Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland including a marble bathroom, a high-class Steinway piano, private terrace overlooking Geneva lake.
3. Largest hotel lobby
Hyatt Regency hotel in San Francisco, U.S.A has the largest lobby in the world with 107 m long, 49 m wide, and 52 m high – equivalent to a 15 storey building.
4. Largest restaurant
Bawabet Dimashq in Damascus capital, Syria has 6,014 seats with kitchen area of 2,500m² and 1,800 staffs on peak hours.
5. Oldest museum
Established in 1660, Royal Armouries Museum in Tower of London, England is the oldest museum in the world.
6. Highest swimming pool
That is swimming pool of Ritz-Carlton hotel at the top of ICC building in Hongkong. The pool is situated at 188th storey of 474 m high above sea level.
7. Highest roller coaster
The roller coaster Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure park in New Jersey, U.S.A has the maximum height of 139 m.
8. Highest building
At present, the building Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the highest with 828 m. However, its record could be broken in the future by Chinese building Sky City One of 838 m high and Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia is expected to be over 1000m in height.
9. Highest abandoned building
That is Ryugyong hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea with current height of 330m. The construction of hotel stopped since 1992.
10. Heaviest bulding
Palace of Parliament in Bucharest, Romania is believed to be the heaviest building in the world. It was built from 700,000 tonnes of steel and bronze, 1 million m³ of marble, 3,500 tonnes of crystal glass and 900,000 m³ of wood.
11. Largest strategic airlift cargo aircraft
Antonov An-225 is the world’s largest aircraft with maximum weight of 640 tonnes.
12. Longest wharf
The wharf southend on Sea in Essex, England is the longest in the world with 2,15 km. It was opened since 1889.
13. Largest cruise ship
With capacity of 6,318 guests and length is approximately equal to three and half regulation size football fields, Allure of the Seas is believed to be the world’s largest cruise ship.
14. Largest aquarium
S.E.A. Aquarium in Singapore has 49 habitats containing 38,7 million liters of water. This is home to more than 100,000 marine animals from over 800 species.
15. Largest active volcano
The world’s largest volcano Mauna Loa in Hawai, U.S.A looks like an arch roof with more than 120 km long and 50 km wide.
16. Coldest place
No place could be colder than Russian Vostok research station located on the snow surface of the ice plateau of Central Antarctica. The lowest temperature measured at this place was -89,2°C. This is also the coldest temperature recorded on planet.
17. Hottest place
It is Death valley in California, U.S.A with measured highest temperature is 56,7°C
18. Wettest place
The village Mawsynram in India set Guinness record for the highest average annual rainfall of 11,873 millimetres.
19. Driest place
Since 1964 to 2001, average annual rainfall in Quillagua of Atacama desert, Chile is 0,5 mm only.
