Diary of a rail fan in Kansai,Japan(Ver.2)

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Why don't you enjoy cheap flight on the condition that・・・

Ryanair grows in Middle East with new Jordan flights
http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/04/news/ryanair-jordan-tourism/index.html

When I flied to Morocco, I boarded Ryan Air's aircraft. One of the troubles I encountered was that I had to pay additional fee unless issuing tickets by ourselves before boarding.
Since I had no chance to use a copy machine in Morocco, I had to pay that.

Though I don't know whether there are readers who want to use Ryan Air to go to Middle-East from Europe, I want you to pay attention to that.

Why are there tourist traps?

edition.cnn.com
Basically, if there are many food retailers in Venice, they will compete to serve more delicious food with lower price.
But, actually, it's not the case. It means that Venice doesn't have enough restaurants to serve tourists.
So, what the local government of Venice has to do is to financially support those who want to open osterias or restaurants.
Otherwise, Venice will have bad reputation about attitude of welcoming tourists and then will lead decrease of tourists turnout. Before that, Venice has to take measures for tourist traps to maitain its worldwide fame.

京阪プレミアムカー+南海ラピート英語、中国語放送(English and Chinese announcement on Keihan Premium car and Nankai Rapiit)

この電車の6号車はプレミアムカ―です。乗車券のほかにプレミアムカー券が必要です
Car No.6 on this train is premium car. To travel on the premium car, a ticket for a premium car seat is required in addition to the regular ticket.
本次列车六号车厢是豪华车厢。除了车票外,还需要购买豪华车票

Thank you for taking the Nankai Railway. This is the Rapiit α Limited Express bound for Namba.
On the way, we will be making brief stops at Rinku-Town, Izumisano, Tengachaya, and Shin-Imamiya.
Please take your ticket and confirm your seat number.
The service corner is located in car No.3. Restrooms are located in Cars No.3 and 5
We will be departing shortly.
各位乘客,欢迎您今天乘坐南海电车。本次电车是开往难波的特急。
电车即将发车,请销侯。

This train is reserved seating only. Please confirm car number and seats number on your limited express ticket
,and sit in an assigned seat.
本电车全车厢对号入座。请确认特急车票的车厢号。????

Your attention, please. Passengers using the Rapiit Limited Express must purchase a Limited Express ticket in addition to the regular fare.
An adult limited express ticket is 510 Yen for a regular seat, or 720 Yen for a super seat.
各位乘客,请注意。乘坐特急,Rapiit的乘客需要都是购买普通车票和特急车票。
普通座位,成人票张510元。超级座位 720元。欢迎乘坐。

Why don't you hesitate to reopen the hole?

edition.cnn.com
Archeologists have to pay attention to safety, when they dig the covered hole.
Since it was built when strength of architecture was not calsulated strictly, it may collapse easily.
So, they have to cooperate with experts of construction companies to proceed the hole.

Why don't they unify it internationally?

Nationwide transport smart card to be launched
http://www.metro-report.com/news/news-by-region/europe/single-view/view/nationwide-transport-smart-card-to-be-launched.html

Unification of transportation cards in one country is going on elsewhere.
But, I've never heard unification of them between a couple of countries.
I guess it's barred by difference of currency. Then, it seems to be possible to carry it out in EU.
I wonder why it's not realized.

Why do you feel cost-effective, when you find a dollar house?

Italian town Ollolai sells $1 homes to lure new residents
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/ollolai-italy-one-euro-homes/index.html

Even if homes are cheap enough to buy, the price itself is not the only one we have to pay to live in the house.
There will also be maintanance fee like repairing tiles.
In addition to that, we will have to purchase vehicles to live in countrysides.
Considering these factors, it's not cheap to buy this house, if you live in urban areas without vehicle.

Why do they describe the rail as if it's been newly opened?

Yeongdeok – Pohang line opens
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/asia/single-view/view/yeongdeok-pohang-line-opens.html

This article includes sentences which may cause misunderstanding.
It's true that Yeongdeok - Pohang Line newly opened. But, the sentence below is not correct.
"the 36.7 km Taehwagang – Ilgwang section of the Donghae Line is scheduled to open in late 2019, connecting with the 28.5 km Busan – Ilgwang route which opened in December 2016."
Strictly speaking, the Taehwagang - Busan section has already been built more than 70 years ago. But, this section is under double-tracking and electrification to be an urban rail of Busan. So, as the urban rail, the sentence above is true.