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Guinness World Records has long been recording some of the most amazing and astonishing travel and tourism facts. Here we are sharing some of the most unbelievable [Z-X-X-K]record-breaking accounts, all fully fact-checked and Guinness-approved.

Largest Ice Structure----The Ice Hotel in Sweden

Each year, the ice hotel in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, is rebuilt from blocks of frozen ice from the nearby River Torne. Covering an area of 5,500 square metres, the hotel is unsurprisingly open seasonally, from December to March, when it melts away. In2015,the hotel celebrated its 25th anniversary, complete with an ice bar, an ice church and ice bedrooms- one even featured a London Tube carriage made entirely of ice.

Tallest Waterfall-Angel Falls , Venezuela

The largest waterfall by vertical(垂直的)area may be Victoria Falls, which sit on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, but it’s South America that’s home to the world’s tallest.

Angel Falls, located in Bolivar, Venezuela, has an impressive, uninterrupted drop of 807 metres.

It was actually named after the American pilot, Jimmie Angel, who first recorded it in his logbook on November 16,1933.

Largest Area of Glowing Sea-Indian Ocean, near Somalia

Bioluminescence(生物體發光)is the production and emission of light by a living thing and can be used to explain the surprising phenomenon(現象)of “glowing oceans.”

It was in 1995 that scientists detected glowing sea in the Indian Ocean-just off the coast of Somalia-via satellite, The water was more than 250 kilometres long, and it was all thanks to the bacteria called phytoplankton.

Most Expensive Hotel Room-The Royal Penthouse Suite at Geneva’s Hotel President Wilsom

This particular suite is just the ticket, costing as much as US$83,000(£53,760)per night.

But the high price will gain you access to 12 bedrooms and 12 marble bathrooms across 18,000 square feet.

25. Where is the tallest waterfall situated?

A. Between Zimbabwe and Zambia                B. In South America

C. In northern Europe                                  D. In South Africa

26. What can we learn about the largest area of glowing sea?

A. It was first recorded in 1933                           B. It was named after an American pilot

C. It was first detected by satellite                       D. It is the only sea that is glowing

27. What can you experience if you go to the Royal Penthouse Suite at Geneva’s Hotel President Wilson?

A. The most beautiful natural scenery                   B. The most expensive and luxurious suite

C. The largest and most powerful waterfall           D. The largest rooms

28. Where might we find this text?

A. In a cultural book                                    B. In a travel magazine

C. In a fashion magazine                           D. In an instruction book

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B C B B

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