Mark Johanson

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.

Detroit police officers have warned visitors to ‘Enter At Your Own Risk.’

For the traveler, Instagram has become somewhat of a postcard-maker for the digital age.

Residents of New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward are fighting back against so-called Katrina Tours.

Loose seats and labor disputes are just the tip of the iceberg for beleaguered American Airlines.

Introducing “The Guerrilla Trek,” a three-week hike across central and western Nepal along the trails where thousands of Maoist guerillas fought the 1996-2006 "People's War."

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced on Tuesday that Taiwan would join 36 countries already participating in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), which offers entry into the U.S. without a previously arranged travel visa.

Twenty-one countries will be treated to a string of cinema, press and outdoor advertising campaigns developed around the idea that James Bond is not just the creation of an English author, he IS Great Britain.

Trees across America have waited all year to show off their finest attire. Now, they’re calling all camera-carrying leaf-peepers to come have a look.

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it would not hear a case regarding the contentious full body scanners and comprehensive pat-downs at airport checkpoints.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced an upward revision to its global outlook for 2012 Monday after improved global airline performance in the second quarter.

Ever since the U.S. Congress declared Yellowstone a national park in 1872, nations around the world have followed suit, protecting vast swaths of exceptional land. Here?s a look at some of the best.

When China and the Philippines sparred over the disputed Scarborough Shoal (known as Huangyan Island in China) this past May, the People?s Republic canceled all outbound travel to the Philippines, dealing a direct blow to an industry vital to the nation?s economy. Substitute Japan for the Philippines and Senkaku Islands (known as Diaoyu Islands in China) for Scarborough Shoal, and you?ve got the same thing happening this September.

For those who can’t help but be attracted to earth’s extremes, here’s a look at some of the wildest spots on the planet and how easy (or hard) it is to visit them.