Mexican President Felipe Calderon attended the Global Travel & Tourism Summit in Las Vegas on Thursday to assure travelers that his country is safe.
Deep in the heart of New Zealand's South Island lies the remains of a forgotten ghost town.
Artist Jason deCaires Taylor melds audacious art with activism in Cancun, Mexico’s hot new underwater museum.
Is it true that most Americans don’t own a passport?
There's nothing like the history that oozes from the walls of the Royal Exhibition Buildings, a short stroll from the Melbourne CBD.
What if, rather than cataloging your holiday on an SD card, you sketched it in a notebook?
United Continental aims to appear as a single airline.
View this rare phenomenon that is the unexpected by-product of last year’s flooding.
The results of a recent Gallup poll are out and the winner is...
We all know Alsace, Bordeaux, Napa, and Barossa Valley. How about wines from Lebanon? Hungary? Read on…
Long-term travelers are not all bums, stoners and drifters. They are not rebellious. They are not even as confused as they seem. Some of them know exactly what they’re doing.
Malaysia is home to an estimated 3,000 wild elephants. When the animals come under threat, members of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks relocate the massive creatures to protected sanctuaries. To date, at least 600 wild elephants have been successfully relocated.
Elizabeth Whitman travels to Jordan for a rare glimpse into the home life of the Bedouin of Petra as they struggle to balance tradition with modernity.
Is it a way of reimagining your everyday environment or a dangerous new craze?
Travel agencies for toys are popping up across the globe. Is your teddy bear ready for a big adventure?
On this day in 1861, the first engine in Pakistan chugged out of Karachi to an astonished crowd.
A 1,916-passenger ship hits ice near Alaska's Hubbard Glacier in Yakutat Bay.
In an attempt to rid their rooms of bed bugs, a Thai hotel may have inadvertently killed seven of its guests.
Sure, it was New York Times number one destination in the world for 2008. Sure, it’s the Wanderlust Travel Awards winner for Top City in 2010 and 2011. But, nobody seems to be listening.
As the world mulls over whether or not Will and Kate are actually in Seychelles, here's a quick look at the smallest African capital.
As the South and final entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, US, opens for automobile travel on Friday, May 13, travelers can seek adventure in the region, which is famous for mountain lakes, river, canyons and hot springs including the Old Faithful Geyser.
Russia flexes its military might during Victory Day parades.
Angelina Jolie and Jack Black promote film at Cannes, and discuss the maternity dress Angelina sent to Jack's wife.
A recent study from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health finds a link between frequent business travel and obesity.
After 13 years underground, the Brood XIX cicadas are popping up across the American South.
The royal couple have landed in the Seychelles as their honeymoon destination.
The hotel, which occupies floors 102 to 118 inside ICC, surpasses The Armani Hotel in the world’s tallest building, Dubai’s 828-meter Burj Khalifa. Enjoy the spectacular view from Ritz-Carlton Hotel, the world's highest hotel, overlooking Hong Kong harbour.
The festival captures the essence of medieval time through re-enactments of sword fights, medieval interactive games and other attractions including medieval flower display and a medieval street market.
There may be no getting around the higher costs of travel – whether by car, train, or plane. You need to focus on all the other expense items of your vacation for opportunities to save.
When the United States' elite Navy SEAL Team Six unit killed Osama bin Laden on May 1, 2011, the world wondered how he hid, seemingly out in the open, for so long.
