Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The word tourism organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited". Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. In 2007, there were over 903 million international tourist arrivals, with a growth of 6.6% as compared to 2006. International tourist receipts were USD 856 billion in 2007.

Design

According to video game developer in a talk given at the 2005 Game Design and Technology Workshop held by Liverpool JM University, design underpins every form of creation from objects such as chairs to the way we plan and execute our lives. For this reason it is useful to seek out some common structure that can be applied to any kind of design, whether this be for video games, consumer products or one's own personal life.

Food

Food is any substance, usually composed of carbohydrat, fats, proteins and water, that can be eatn or drunk by an animal or human for nutrition or pleasure. Items considered food may be sourced from plants, animals or other categories such as funqus or fermented products like alcohol. Although many human cultures sought food items through hunting and gathering, today most cultures use farming, ranching, and fishing, with hunting, foraging and other methods of a local nature included but playing a minor role.

Sport

Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical of the competitor are the sole or primary determinant of the outcome (winning or losing), but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports(a commoname for some card games and board games with little to no element of chance) and motor sports where mental acuity or equipment quality are major factors. Sport is commonly defined as an orgnized, competitive and skillful physical activity requiring commitment and fair play.

Technology

In general technology is the relationship that society has with its tools and crafts, and to what extent society can control its environment. The Merriam-Webster dictionary offers a definition of the term: "the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area" and "a capability given by the practical application of knowledge". Ursula Franklin, in her 1989 "Real World of Technology" lecture, gave another definition of the concept; it is "practice, the way we do things around here".The term is often used to imply a specific field of technology, or to refer to high technology or just consumer electronics, rather than technology as a whole. Bernard Stiegler, in Technics and Time, 1, defines technology in two ways: as "the pursuit of life by means other than life", and as "organized inorganic matter.

Nizwa Fort

Nizwa Fort: an architectural showpiece

Hailed as a monument to Omani architectural ingenuity, Nizwa fort reflects the military engineering prowess of fort-builders of a bygone time. It is also one of the Sultanate's finest historical edifices, attracting great numbers of tourists each year.

The fort's central tower —once a bastion of might against enemy mortar attack
Set amid a verdant spread of date palms Nizwa fort is a powerful reminder of the town's invincibility through turbulent periods in Oman's long history.

Nizwa city

Nizwa City
Nizwa city by many of the customs and traditions that characterize the rest of the Sultanate, as the industry is characterized by knives and swords, silver, and the castle there is the center of the city. There is also a big market where the heritage is a lot of tourists the scenes of the market and the fort.