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The Most Expensive Tourist Attractions (and Where to Go Instead)

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You’re a savvy traveler who is aware of how to graph every detail, how to keep away from vacationer traps, and how to be a traveler besides being an asshole. Still, once in a while, even the most intelligent vacationers can’t face up to the want to test off the most famous traveler attractions—even if these sights cease being overrated. When in Rome, you’re going to visit the Colosseum. When in Paris, you want to see the Eiffel Tower. This is the common sense that drives thousands of lots of vacationers to the Great Wall of China, the Great Pyramids of Giza, and all the different Great Tourist Traps of the world. After journey restrictions and security issues due to the pandemic, any long-awaited journey plans you have for this summer season must be well worth each moment. The remaining element you favor as a traveler is to find out that you’ve wasted time and cash solely to be entirely underwhelmed. The feeling of an extreme letdown even has a name: Paris Syndrome. Officially coined a

The Decision to Demonetize: Event, Impact, Narrative, and Meaning

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On November 8th, the government announced that the Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes would no longer be legal tender. The original goals were to eliminate fake currency, inflict losses on those who have black money, and disrupt terror and criminal activities. Later, new goals were added, such as increasing bank credit and making India a cashless economy. According to a cost-benefit analysis, the benefits were relatively minor in comparison to the costs: Expected impact on fake money:    A concentrate by the National Investigation Agency and the Indian Statistical Institute, in 2016, assessed that phony Indian money notes available for use have a presumptive worth of Rs. 400 crore. This is a frequency of phony cash of 0.022%. The size of duplicating of the Indian rupee isn't off the mark with what is seen in different nations, and the systems took on overall to address this incorporate analytical activity against forgers, staged substitution of old series of notes with new notes that have