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1. Catch up with friends and family: Weekends are the best time to catch up with friends and family. We all know that nuclear families are becoming so popular and people are working day in and day out for a luxurious lifestyle. In such a fast paced life, weekends are a perfect time to get together with your extended family and old buddies. All you have to do is ring them up and fix up a meeting at home, at the nearest mall or theater. Meeting old buddies has its own charm and feeling. You will definitely have a great weekend chit chatting about your old days with your buddies.
2. Shopping: Most women would surely agree that shopping is the best way of spending the weekend. But men, please don’t be disheartened because this could be equally enjoyable for you too. Most brands these days even cater to the male audience so you have equal options for shopping. You can just ring up your shopping buddy and hop on to the nearest mall. And if you are tired of buying the boring branded stuff and catch a flight to the nearest flea market. That’s the best bet for all the cool and funky buying options.
3. Travel to the nearest weekend getaway: If you want to unwind, chill out and get away from the entire city hustle bustle then a weekend getaway destination is the best. Choose the nearest hill station or beach land! You can chill in the resort, go mount climbing, or water sports; there is just so much to do! A weekend away from the hectic city life certainly ensures a calmer and cool week ahead.
4. Relax your body and mind: After a hectic week everyone looks forward to relaxing themselves in the weekend and what better way to relax your body then getting a massage at the spa; and what better way to relax your mind than doing yoga asanas in the morning. So don’t wait, fix up an appointment at that spa for a relaxing massage. And for yoga, well you can do that right in the vicinity of your house.
5. Stay at home and do all the fun activities: Another option of spending your weekend which most people like is staying at home and chilling out. You may never notice but there are whole lots of things which you can do just by staying at home. You can finish chores like cleaning up that cupboard, setting up that wardrobe, and gardening. Or you can just chillax by watching a DVD, browsing the net or even do a painting!

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Tourism industry is showing an up going graph with around five million foreign tourists reported in India in 2007. This is a big jump from the 3.92 million tourists during the previous year, said Union Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni.

Around 400 million domestic tourists had also traveled across different parts of the country during 2007, she told after declaring open the Rs 35 crore `Zest Big Beach-Puducherry` a project of the Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Limited (MHRIL) at Manapet coastal village near Puducherry.

Soni also told about the possibilities of Puducherry emerging as a major centre for cruise tourism in future.

She said that efforts to promote this project would be intensified in collaboration with the Union Shipping Ministry.

“We should work together to make Puducherry as a major destination as was done in respect of Sikkim and Goa and other destinations. In the near future Puducherry would emerge as a centre for cruise tourism”, she said.

Around 74 heritage sites had been identified in Puducherry and we should look at the best of them for promotion and restoration for the benefit of the people here, she said.

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