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A surfer was killed in a shark attack Tuesday morning off the Santa Barbara County coast in California.

Voters in Arizona will decide on Nov. 6 whether the Grand Canyon should belong to all Americans, or just the residents of Arizona.

British Airways has some advice for all hopelessly romantic men out there: Don’t spring a surprise getaway on your partner; it will backfire.

Several European airlines lost a legal battle in the European Court of Justice on Tuesday. The airlines were fighting a ruling that requires them to compensate passengers who are delayed by more than three hours.

Daylight Savings Time that facilitates an extra hour of daylight with the nation turning their clock back an extra hour happens Sunday, Nov.4, 2012.

One of the most popular attractions at Niagara Falls has closed earlier than expected after a rockslide forced parks officials to close down the Cave of the Winds.

What better way is there to be completely spooked this Halloween than to visit a haunted house? Here are 10 of the spookiest sites in the U.S.

While the idea of Mitt Romney living in their home might be creepy enough, the Obamas could have trouble sleeping because of some of the ghosts said to walk the halls of the residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington.

The much-maligned X-ray body scanners have quietly disappeared from several major U.S. airports over the last month, but the Transportation Security Administration says they’re simply shuffling the machines around.

Swim in a glowing bay, hike to a boiling lake or enter the Gates of Hell at these lesser-known wonders of the world.

A new American Express Global Business Travel survey says prices are headed up in three of the four 'BRIC' countries.

Zimbabwe plans to turn President Robert Mugabe's old home in Harare's Highfield neighborhood into a tourist attraction.

Guests at the Walt Disney World and Disneyland resorts will find an “extra sprinkle of pixie dust” each week next year as the iconic American theme parks shake things up with “Limited Time Magic.”

Felix Baumgartner took one giant leap for space tourism.

China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reports that the deserted nuclear experiment site where scientists worked more than half a century ago to develop the county’s first atomic bomb will soon open to the public in an attempt to boost "red tourism."

India's Supreme Court said Tuesday that tourism could continue within tiger reserves.

The Cuban government announced its first major immigration reform in half a century Tuesday, saying it would scrap its much maligned travel permits for outbound travel.

On Monday, former Costa Concordia Captain Francesco Schettino faced survivors and relatives of victims for the first time since the luxury cruise ship sank this past January.

Beyond vacation packages, guidebooks, and the beaten path, selling experiences is tourism's new frontier.

Craving a luxurious escape at bargain-basement prices? Check out these surprisingly cheap destinations.

Egypt reopened the Pyramid Of Chefren Thursday in a bid to revive its struggling tourism industry.

If you think Americans don’t take trains, think again. According to Amtrak, ridership is up a whopping 49 percent since 2000.

New Zealand's Hobbit zeal has reached a fever pitch in Wellington (err, "The Middle of Middle-earth").

Disneyland Paris is currently Europe’s most popular tourist attraction, but a proposed £2 billion ($3.2bn) Paramount Pictures theme park in England hopes to change that when it opens in 2018.

China expects 10,000 miles of track to link 24 cities by 2020, and the high-speed “ice train” may be its most ambitious plan to date.

Was London really a “ghost town” during the Olympic Games? According to the UK’s Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), it was.

Online travel consultants cheapflights.com have come up with a list of the top 10 most hazardous golf courses in the world.