In summertime, when the temperatures in the Gulf states can easily reach 50 degrees Celcius, ‘it’s inhabitants travel to one of their favorite ‘cooling’ destinations: The Austrian villages Zell am See. The village receives more than 70.000 Arabic tourists per year.
Marieke van der Velden
Das Paradies
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