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Want to get off the beaten path in New Zealand's South Island? Here's how to do it!

There's still a bit of summer left in 2011, so why not make the most of it and check out these end of summer travel deals for last minute vacationers (or anybody who wants one last getaway)

There's still time this summer to head up the coast to find out what is attracting everyone to Martha's Vineyard.

Thailand is home to thousands of people who were born in the country, but are not citizens. Most are members of Thailand's northern hill tribes who, without citizenship, are forced into lives of poverty.

Another day of interrupted commuting has tension riding high.

Ashford Castle is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Academy Award-winning movie The Quiet Man.

The bad news is that Hurricane Irene will probably strike the Florida and or the Southeast Atlantic coast. The good news is, for U.S. motorists - - the Gulf of Mexico and its important oil refinery infrastructure will be spared.

The path of Hurricane Irene has forced both Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruise Lines to shuffled the itineraries of their cruise ships.

Irene is a category 1 hurricane.

It was quite a balancing act as Freddy Nock, an acrobat from Switzerland did a rope walk on the ropeway of a cable car leading on Germany's highest mountain, the 2,962 meter (9,718 feet) Zugspitze.

For reasons of conservation, Maldives is likely to shut down Hanifaru Bay to divers, making this the last season they can swim with whale sharks and giant manta rays.

Answers in Genesis, the Christian ministry behind the Creation Museum, is set to build a new theme park called The Ark Encounter, that will feature a life-sized wooden Noah's Ark replica.

A shark attacked an American tourist in Puerto Rico on Tuesday as she swam in the popular tourist destination, the bioluminescent bay.

Viewers of ABC's Good Morning America have voted on the Most Beautiful Place in America, and the winner is...

A giant 18-pound lobster has been saved from the dinner table and is now on display in Coney Island at the New York Aquarium.

Ian Redmond was killed by a shark attack while on honeymoon with his wife Gemma in the Seychelles. Days before his attack, a Frenchman was killed in the same waters. Yet, the newlywed couple was assured that there were no sharks.

The wayward Emperor Penguin "Happy Feet" is leaving New Zealand's Wellington Zoo and heading home to Antarctica at the end of the month.

New York City is one of the most recognized, filmed, visited and loved cities in the world. There are a lot of obvious parks, buildings and areas to visit, but Times Square is not the real New York. Here's a look at some of the (relatively) less congested sites to see in "the Big Apple."

Indigenous Bolivians stage a protest as construction workers begin clearing the way for a third stretch of road through the Amazon Rainforest.

On honeymoon in the Seychelles with his new wife, a British man, Ian Redmond, was fatally wounded in a shark attack while snorkeling. His new wife was on the beach sunbathing when it happened.

In a second incidence of shark attack in the island waters of Seychelles, where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have had their honeymoon, a newlywed honeymooner was killed on Tuesday.

Belgian shrimp fishermen manage to attract tourists every summer by following a unique, old fishing method. All they have is a net, two wicker baskets and a horse to catch shrimps.

Airports in Virginia, including the mammoth Washington Dulles International, generated $28.8 billion in economic activity in 2010, the states' governor, Bob McDonnell, said.

China's new interest in aircraft carriers has led to the upcoming opening of the luxury Tiajin Aircraft Carrier Hotel

A 19-year-old Japanese student remains missing and is presumed dead after she was swept over Niagara Falls on Sunday.

Several state highways and airports remain closed on Tuesday after a blizzard in New Zealand saw snow falling as north as Auckland for the first time in nearly 50 years.

A pilot and a teacher died while a family of four waited 14 hours to be rescued from a plane crash in the mountains of Alaska.

Hundreds of drag race cars met at Utah's salt flats for the 63rd annual Bonneville SpeedWeek race.

Give back while you travel by participating in one of the thousands of voluntourism trips around the globe.