Sanskrity Sinha

If “boarding the flight” happened to be a travelers’ last status update on Facebook before flying to any destination, now they get Facebook access even at hundreds and thousands of feet above in the air – for free.

The popular Pattaya beach in Thailand is eroding at a rate of nearly two meters a year that could lead to its extinction in less than five years, according to Thai scientists.

Much has been said about making a career in radio and all we can think of is a Radio Jockey. However, there’s more to a career in radio than jockeying for FM channels.

National Geographic, the magazine from Washington-based National Geographic Society (NGS), in partnership with an adventure travel company, Mountain Travel Sobek, is offering adventure trips to more than 60 destinations in the world.

The mass anti-government protests in Egypt took a toll on Cairo’s Egyptian Museum that houses the world's largest collection of Pharaoh-era antiquities, when protesters shattered heads of two mummies and damaged about ten small artifacts on Saturday.

A new travel community, TouristInfo 2.0, launched in December 2010, is off to a great beginning as the site has been observing active participation from tourism professionals, tourists, tour operators, hotels and more.

Tropical cyclone Wilma battered New Zealand’s upper North Island in the wee hours of Saturday, bringing flood waters and wrecking landslides in the region, local media reported.

With the exception of popular tourist resorts by the Red Sea, Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx, nations issue travel alerts to avoid visiting Cairo and other Egyptian cities.

It seems travel industry’s latest buzz – Space tourism – is vying for every country’s attention. Now, a travel agency in Kerala, the southern state of India, is gearing up on a plan to send children to the space.

The World, a man made archipelago in the shape of the seven continents developed off Dubai’s coast, is allegedly sinking into the sea, causing serious concerns for the environment.

As the Brisbane flood waters that created much travel havoc in recent weeks, begin to recede, cruise ships are set to return to Queensland ports.

Barack Obama will travel to Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador early this year, the US president announced during State of the Union speech to the U.S. Congress.

The Wine Enthusiast Magazine recognized Rhône Valley, a famous wine producing region in southeastern France, as the “2010 Wine Region of the Year” award at Wine Star Awards held in New York recently.

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Europe will continue to be the top region for inbound travel with number of arrivals expected to be about 717 million by 2020, and India will lead in South Asia region for maximum number of arrivals.

India’s tourism ministry is making efforts to position India as a preferred golfing destination, Minister of Culture Kumari Selja said on Friday at a workshop on promoting golf tourism held in New Delhi.

Facebook, twitter, iPhone, smart phone, travel apps, mobile phones with GPS and in-built camera, and more are supposedly the new arms of today’s travelers around the world.

With two major international sports events, 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games, scheduled to be held in Brazil in the next five years, it’s high time the country should improve its “substandard” tourism infrastructure, according to the Brazil Tourism Report Q1 2011, released recently.

The United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) predicts, China would become world’s largest destination in the next five to seven years, thanks to the country’s diverse culture, heritage sites, and culinary art that has a strong hold on tourists.

Stumbled across an indentation in a stone slab or a shiny spot on a bronze relief on your travels? That's a sign you've found a local symbol of good luck.

US citizens are urged to avoid any “unessential” travel to the Caribbean country Haiti because of the high crime rate and recent cholera outbreak, the US state department warned in a travel advisory.

Flight bookings to London have gone up by 266 percent around the time of UK’s Royal Wedding in April this year, according to one of the leading travel search sites Expedia.

The sixteenth international Dubai Shopping (DSF) Festival is all set to kick start at the Burj Khalifa, Dubai Creek Park, Global Village, and the Dubai Outlet Mall on Thursday.

Love won’t be in the air this Valentine’s Day in Iran as the country has banned productions of Valentine’s Day gifts in a bid to discourage the spread of “Western” culture.

In contrast to all travel blues and woes, a leading travel search site site Skyscanner gives an insight to the sunshine spots in the world to boost optimism - the top five places you can travel to cheer you up.

The Walt Disney Company run Fantasyland in Orlando’s Walt Disney World Resort also called Disney World, Florida, is all set for a facelift with more attractions including a new indoor roller coaster and a new meet-and-greet area to guests could dance, celebrate and party with Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Disney princesses alike.

Airbus has recorded highest sales in 2010, leaving behind its rival Boeing in airplane orders and deliveries for the third consecutive year, according to a company figure released on Monday.

Vision Airlines, Atlanta’s charter flight provider that started services from Northwest Florida Regional Airport a while ago, is all set to lure travelers to Florida vacations by offering low-cost flights to the Southeastern state of United States.

From her birth place near Nazareth in Northern Israel to her tomb near Jerusalem, a new travel itinerary developed by the country’s tourism ministry is wooing tourists to visit the sites where Virgin Mary once lived, including the sites in West Bank as well as Bethlehem.