Thailand Dive & Golf Expo 2010

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) in cooperation with the N.C.C. Exhibition Organizer Co. Ltd.(NEO) is organizing a great travel fair
“Thailand Dive & Golf Expo 2010” during 20 – 23, May 2010 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. Keen golfers and all those
fascinated by the underwater world are invited to look for tourism goods and services at very attractive prices, from hotels with golf courses,
brand-name golf equipment, seaside resorts, diving trip packages, to latest diving equipment. The event is held alongside the “Wonderful
Thailand 2010” to create a full-cycle travel fair, with all types of tour programs to choose from at your leisure.

This spectacular travel fair comprises 3 major parts, Part 1 – For Scuba Divers and Adventure Tourists, presenting full-cycle goods and services,
such as resorts, diving courses, diving equipment, diving trips, live-aboard boats, kayaks, equipment for trekking, rock climbing, archery, and
cameras, Part 2 – For Golf Lovers, with the most attractive packages, from accommodations with golf courses nationwide, a wide array of
brand-name golf equipment at special prices, and challenging activities such as “One Putt, One Hundred Thousand Baht”, “The Longest Drive
with Simulator” and “Putting Contest on 18-Hole Indoor Artificial Greens” for the first time in Thailand, and Part 3 – For Those Keen on Limitless
Travels, where you can choose destinations that suit your lifestyle in Wonderful Thailand and Wonderful Two Seacoasts, with tour packages
from fanciful resorts by the sea or on the hills, pleasure cruisers, eco-tours, and numerous interesting packages.

Get ready to shop around for attractive tour packages and choose to enjoy diverse tourism activities in the styles that suit you at the “Thailand
Dive & Golf Expo 2010″ and “Wonderful Thailand 2010” during 20 – 23, May 2010, 11.00-21.00 hours at the Queen Sirikit National Convention
Center, Bangkok, Thailand.

To get more details visit TDEX – Thailand Dive Expo – Bangkok Thailand – Scuba Diving Trade And Travel Show For Asia

New sculptures added to Cancun’s underwater museum

by Staff Writers From: news.com.au February 25, 2010 11

THE Cancun and Isla Mujeres Underwater Art Museum is a step closer to becoming the world’s largest underwater museum by adding three new sculptures.

The sculptures – Dream Collector, Man on Fire and The Gardener of Hope – were carefully submerged to a variety of different depths throughout the national park.

Created by British/Guyanese artist Jason de Caires Taylor, the sculptures were placed near natural reefs and marine life in order to create an artificial habitat.

Pictures: Underwater art

Dream Collector features dozens of bottles containing messages of encouragement sent from around the world, while Man on Fire has 75 holes planted with fire coral.

One of the messages reads: “May our hearts, never become as hard as our heads,” by Roberto Diaz, President of the Cancun Underwater Museum.

The Gardener of Hope depicts a young girl lying on a garden patio.

The sculptures have been created with PH neutral concrete that will allow algae and small invertebrates to flourish, boosting the local ecosystem. The appearance of the sculptures will change over time as the coral reefs and marine life grow.

Nearly 300,000 tourists flock to the area each year and it is hoped that the underwater museum will lure them away from the area’s natural coral reefs – which has been damaged over the years.
Jaime Gonzalez, the national park’s director, says the museum will help restore the natural reefs.

“The underwater museum will draw many tourists, allowing us to give a rest to the natural reefs. It’s like a restoration process.”
The museum plans to install more than 400 concrete sculptures off the coast of Mexico from artists around the world.

Each individual work of art will be life-sized and will consist of themed galleries such as “The Quiet Evolution.”

The museum opened in November 2009 with only three human-sized sculptures.

Mr Gonzalez said there should be nearly 250 sculptures in the underwater museum by April 2010.