National Tourism Day takes place on May 7.

The theme for this year is „Travel Then and Now“.

Challenge:

Prizes 🏆

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To achieve a neat arrangement here, please post any questions and comments in the chat thread CHAT THREAD LINK and ping me there - thank you! ^-^

1. mexico

   
   ^ I loved this trip because one it was my honeymoon. Second it was really beautiful! Lots of really cool things to see. I also loved all the things we were able to do, snorkeling, swimming, drinking, blowing glass, walking on the beach and doing a zipline tour.

2. Netherlands

   
   I would really like to go to the Netherlands. It looks so beautiful there and also looks to have lots of things to do! I also think castles are really cool and they have a lot of castles you can go see or even stay in. I also have several friends that live there and would not mind meeting them.

3. Texas

   
   I would probably send this. What Texan doesn’t have or wear cowboy boots lol!! Plus it has our texas flag on it ^^

4. Italian might be a cool language to learn someday

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6. Outfit Not Found - Hope this is acceptable, she traveled by "boat" to get there :P

   Netherlands 1900’s

   

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New Orleans

[/Spoiler] Not a picture I took myself - it has been a long long time since I went and the pictures are packed XD. I loved the community and the beauty of the city. We visited many historical and modern places, but I would say that the French Quarter was the most beautiful part we visited. 2. [spoiler=Tokyo, Japan]

edit: just realized it said same HA XD

1. Kyoto-Golden Pavilion

Not a picture of myself but one of the places I have been to while on vacation in Japan for last year or so

2. Hokkaido Japan

3. Taiwan-Pineapple Cake

4. Want to be more Fluent in Japanese and Mandarin
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1. Rome's fountains at night! We went (coincidentally, my birthday is in the European summer holidays) for my 15th birthday and I had a fantastic time. ^_^ I loved it there - wonderful pizza, sights, history, general culture and my grandma came too. London in the snow gets a close second, though. ^^

2. Greece! I wanted to visit dearly (I studied Ancient Greek in early high school and have always adored the history and mythology) but the recession happened and we left Europe. I'd love to go someday. <3

3. Hmm. A mini Sydney Opera House? It's a very attractive building.

4. Well, I (sort of) speak three already... let's go with Italian, although I should really brush up on my second and definitely my third. XD

5. Private Outfit Off on a cruise to Greek islands! How marvelous. :D

6. Private OutfitPrivate Outfit Traveling in style in the early 1900s - trying to fit in in her Greek-inspired dress! Traveling with all the necessary gear and accessories by taking a pack mule or two. ^_^

Btw, I love that picture at the bottom of your post - very Tardis-like. xD

Almost exactly one year to this day I went on my very first real vacation. My mother in law invited me to join her on a cruise to Cozumel and Progresso. I had the most amazing time. I have never been on the ocean before, it was such a wonderful experiance. She likes to shop and I do not, so I went on excursions. I got to swim with dolphins! I went to a small village and tour led some underground cenotes, swimming in the crystal clear cool waters was invigorating! I met some great people on the ship, made some friends from all over the country. My favorite part was karaoke night, which was every night! I hope when our life gets back to normal again my husband and I will get to start saving back up to go together. Since the wreck our entire savings is gone... still no clue when he will get to return to work.

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My one wish is that I will get to go to Ireland. My maternal grandmother was full Irish and I'd love to go learn about my heritage. She (and all my other grandparents acrually) passed before I was ever born, so I really never got the chance to ask questions about my family history to people who experiance it.

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If I were to learn another language I think I'd learn Creek, Euchee Creek to be exact, my half siblings father was Creek Indian, I've always held their heritage close to me, enjoying pow wows, holidays, weddings, and funerals with their side of the family always filled me with joy and wonder. Although, not many are left that truly know the language as it was once spoken.

If I could send any item from here in Oklahoma to a friend it would have to be a rose rock from my area.

1. This is a picture I took while I was on a field trip with classmates. Our resort is literally right next to a lake, so during the dawn and dusk it's literally the most beautiful place I've ever been in. I took it while it was getting dark. 2. I'd definitely want to visit Hawaii! Everybody does right? xD The tropical fruits and scenes, with the year round warm climate ^_^ and the stunning beaches... yeaaaa 3. In Beijing, where I live in, it is famous for the tiananmen square, so if there is one available, I'd probably bring a tiananmen square model :D 4. Yes! I'd love to learn Cantonese! Then Korean. Although Cantonese is a part of Chinese, and I speak Mandarin which is also Chinese, Cantonese is like a different language. Need to learn it to be able to understand and speak it. Korean sounds cool too. We travel to Korea quite frequently because it's the closest to us, so I was thinking when/if I had the opportunity to learn Korean I'd be able to communicate with the localers there :) 5. Hmm tourist HA? Outfit Not Found Like this? If I visited there I would try on their clothing and feel their spirit 6. Hmm I'd date back to when Christopher Columbus founded America.. traveling by boat of course :) Outfit Not Found

Closing this now - Didi was in time, only the pictures didn´t show up in her former post so she posted anew.

The most beautiful place I have ever been to is Maui. Maui no ka oi, the Hawaiians say, Maui is the most beautiful one of the islands. The beauty of nature there is amazing. I always marvel how many different sundowns you can discover in all their glory and colors at the exactly same place:

On the contrary, I really would love to see the polar lights one day and spend a couple of nights in this glass igloo hotel in Finland: Outfit Not Found

A souvenir send from my homeplace would be soap formed like a piece of coal and a miner´s towel. :-) The place where I am from is a very industrial spot, much greener nowadays yet we had many producing mines in the past. My own dad and granddad used to work in the mines, my grandad was a steiger, some kind of overman in American, and my dad a high voltage electrician, both working on the 6th floor, that´s around 3000 feet deep. They always wore some kind of coal kajahl as eye makeup. :-)

For learning a language, I would love to learn Danish. Denmark is right around the corner when we visit the German island Sylt in the summer and a place of cozyness, friendlyness and the so called hygge.

…….. and 🎉

[b]The Travel and Tourism Contest has found its winners today, too! Thank you so much for all your beautiful pics, thoughts and HA´s, I love them all! <3

Here are all your gorgeous HAs:

PRIZES 🎁

🏆 1st place goes to - congrats, love! Cute nowadays Japan tourist and beautiful then one. I assumed she travelled by waterway which you have shown in the background? :-)

Please tell me your choice out of the prize gallery! ^-^

🏆 2cd place goes to who showed us the ways of travel in the different times, very cute, congrats, love! ^-^

🏆 3th place goes to for her simple yet very accurate images of Netherland now and then tourists and for showing us that a paper ship can be much bigger on the inside, LOL. Always true to her theme. Congrats, love! ^-^

Runner-up prize goes to for beautiful Japanese vistors - yet they seem to have walked all the way, yes? :-) Congrats, love! ^-^

A shout out goes to for her most cute and beautiful HAs yet alas, the task was to show the same HA now and then and to who showed us two beautiful nowadays HAs. I´ll ping you for a prize pick also when the winners have choosen. I loved your HAs nevertheless. ^-^

Yea it was hard lol ;-; sorry I didn't follow the rules 😭

No need to be sorry, love! ^-^ If I had seen it before, I would have mentioned it to you and you could have changed it. I was so busy with the data regulation these days and only checked for sure when I saw your pics deleted and then didn´t check back.

I was a tad confused as I didn't think making two of the same HA is possible given the theme "now and then" so I just kind of went my ways... 😅 until I saw the other's HAs oops lol

Ah, don´t worry! ^-^ Make a macaron/macaroon HA, it´s fun! :-)

I'm stuck on this XD I didn't know there was a "Macaron" 😅 I only know macaroon haha!

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Definitely by waterway! I imagine a glorious trek cross-country across Europe and through Asia before finally being able to find passage aboard a ship for her trip. After all that, she would definitely be hiring a photographer in order to remember her time there lol

For the prize, my choice would be:

Thank-you so much!!! <3

Sent!

Plese choose your prize, love! ^-^

Yea I know now from the topic :D However I'm looking for ideas aha Can I look at other entries for ideas (when others have posted)?

Ypu still have several days time to do this one. ^-^