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If you have ever dreamed of sleeping underwater or on a bed bobbing over a crystalline sea, then get ready for these outrageous luxury hotels which are the future of tourism industry.

They are still under construction and due to open in the coming years, as CNN reports.

Shimao Wonderland InterContinental (Shanghai, China)

Escalating conflicts have hit the tourism sector in Turkey?s eastern region after June 7 elections and a peace process bid gone wrong. 

The International Short Tourism Film Festival is an annual 4-day event that runs from October 21-26, with daily screenings, held during the works of the YPERIA International Convention on Culture and Tourism.

Fourteen countries have issued security warnings on Monday 12, October to their citizens following the deadly bombing attacks occurred last weekend at Ankara, Turkey concerning the increased risk of terrorism in the country.

Germany’s fifth-largest tour operator is reducing early booking prices until January 30, 2016. This means that guests will be treated to early booking prices of as much as 2.5% on average, while prices will be kept stable for bookings from February onwards. More than 180 hotels will be offered exclusively on the German market.

A group of 44 travel and tourism professors from Slovakia visited the island during September 26-18. They discussed with the island’s municipality the “possibility of a new cooperation in regards to school tourism”.

An Istanbul prosecutor's office has launched an investigation against a journalist on the charge of "fabricating false documents" after he got a fake passport while reporting on how to get a fake passport.

After a slow season, Turkey?s tourism sector has recently accelerated, with hotel occupancy rates as high as 90 percent during the Eid al-Ahda (Feast of Sacrifice) holiday. 

During the holiday, over 350,000 local tourists visited the country?s coastline, said Turkey?s Hoteliers Federation (TÜROFED) Osman Ay?k. 

Tourist arrivals and overnight stays rose by 8.7 % and 5.5% respectively in 2014, compared with the previous year, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority.

Total room occupancy in hotels (except campings) rose to 47.3% in 2014 from 45.2% in 2013.

The World Travel and Tourism Council presented its promotion video titled “I Am Travel”. Footage is from various travelers and contributors experiencing travel first hand. The goal is to share the wonders of the world and spread the message that freedom to travel is a right that all people should have!