They’re not kitten around: Alaska town says its cat mayor is purr-fect for...
TALKEETNA, Alaska - The mayor of a sleepy Alaska town is feline fine. … Read More
View ArticlePrague’s homeless take tourists off the beaten path
Prague's homeless have found a way to profit from the city’s flourishing tourism industry: By offering an alternative to mainstream tour guides. The unorthodox chaperones show visitors another side to...
View ArticleRussians return to Cuba
CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports on the rise in tourism from Russia to Cuba … Read More
View ArticleReconciling development and history in Egyptian village
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View ArticleWhat We Can Learn from ‘Fearless’ Felix’s Supersonic Skydive
There's a lot of ego, and marketing, in Felix Baumgartner's stratospheric jump, but it provides valuable lessons for commercial space flight and tourism. … Read More
View ArticleCuba Culture Trips Back On As Licenses Renewed
MIAMI -- Travel companies say they are getting permits once again to take Americans on cultural trips to Cuba after the U.S. government tightened requirements over complaints that the tours were...
View Article‘Orbiting space hotel a reality within 10 years’
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View ArticleAmsterdam’s pot shops saved after new Dutch government scraps ‘weed pass’
The Dutch city of Amsterdam, a famous hotspot for marijuana tourism, won’t be forced to stop selling weed to tourists any time soon thanks to a pact between the country’s liberal and labor parties,...
View Article‘Lincoln’ Film Opening Expected To Give A Boost To Lincoln’s Illinois Landmarks
With Friday's limited-release opening of Hollywood's latest take on the sixteenth president of the United States' life, some Illinois landmarks are getting ready to play host to a new crop of visitors...
View ArticleWeird news: Spanish pol under fire for posing with deer testicles
Bizarre pictures of Carlos Delgado, Minister of Tourism for Spain's Balearic Islands, posing with deer testicles and a deer corpse, have gone viral after being published in a Mallorca newspaper.The...
View ArticleArab world ‘to bear brunt of climate change’
Global warming will have dire consequences for the Middle East and North Africa, with even hotter and drier conditions devastating everything from agriculture to tourism, a World Bank report said on...
View ArticleGolden Spike: A New Private Way to Get Governments to the Moon
As warned on Reason 24/7 earlier this week, a big new announcement in privately operated space travel was immiment, and now it's here. Wired has the detailed skinny on this new Golden Spike operation,...
View ArticleAntonio Villaraigosa: South America Trade Trip Was A Success
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Friday said his recent trip to South America resulted in agreements to study ways to increase trade and tourism to Los Angeles. The mayor had a 10-day trip to...
View ArticleFacial hair transplant tourism becomes a booming business in Turkey
By Constanze Letsch, The Guardian Transplant ‘tourism’ keeps Istanbul cosmetic surgeons and tour agencies busy providing means to manly beards and whiskers Turkey’s booming health tourism sector is...
View Article€12mn goes astray in Greek tourism scam
AFP Photo / Philippe HuguenGreece has launched a probe into the national tourist organization to account for 12 million euro lost due to “irregularities.” It is the latest in a series of corruption...
View ArticlePure Michigan Right To Work Ad Calls State ‘Perfect Storm Of Opportunity’ For...
It might be a "perfect storm" for Michigan's tourism arm. An ad promoting the state's recent passage of controversial right-to-work legislation with the "Pure Michigan" branding that typically...
View ArticleThailand’s ‘Sea Gypsies’ forced to find a new home
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View ArticleForeign visitors flock back to post-disaster Japan
The number of foreign visitors to Japan in 2012 surged 34.6 percent from the previous year as the tourism sector rebounded after the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster, the government said Friday....
View ArticleAmusement park planned for Osama bin Laden’s hideout
Pakistan is planning to build an amusement park in the town of Abbottabad, notorious for being the site of Osama bin Laden's death.The amusement park and outdoor activity center is planned for the...
View ArticleIndians help Sweden beat tourism slump
Tourists from the US, China and, increasingly, India helped Swedish tourism grow incrementally despite a slump in visits from crisis-tainted European countries. … Read More
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