The Internationale Tourismus Boerse (ITB), the largest tourism fair in the world, started on Wednesday and ended the next day with the global travel industry hoping to rebound from a dismal crisis-stricken 2009. According to figures released by the United Nations, the number of tourists worldwide dropped...

Travellers all know that airport lounges can definitely soothe their aches and pains that they get from flying here and there. For 2010, they voted the lounge in a Peruvian airport the best. The award was based on the survey conducted by independent airport lounge program Priority Pass. It is the biggest...

A museum dedicated to African-American history will open on the National Mall. Among the first things to be displayed are personal items belonging to abolitionist Harriet Tubman. About 40 objects from Tubman’s life was donated by historian Charles L. Blockson on Wednesday to the Smithsonian’s National...

The number of people signing up for Disney’s program of giving a day for volunteer work in exchange for a free one-day admission to a Disney park has reached 1 million on Tuesday. The “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” program is rewarding people who do volunteer work certified by volunteers clearinghouse...

A group of animal rights activists is now calling to boycott Alaska as a tourist spot after a decision that would remove buffer zones for wolf trapping in the vicinity of Denali National Park was handed down last week. Priscilla Feral, president of Friends of Animals, said that the Alaska Board of Game...

With two new casino resorts under its wing, Singapore is expecting an increase in the number of tourists into the small but progressive Southeast Asian nation. The number of visitors last year dropped by 4.3 percent to just 9.7 million. The Tourism Board of Singapore is hoping for an increase of up to...

In an effort to attract more tourists, Thailand is now offering insurance coverage of $10,000 to any person who gets injured in demonstrations and riots. Other new bonuses for tourists include airline landing fee discounts and visa fee waivers. With the political environment still shady, the number of...

The closing of one of the main runways at the JFK Airport in New York caused major delays on Monday. High winds made the situation worse. Flights arriving at the John F. Kennedy International Airport were delayed for an average of almost two hours on the day that renovation of the airport’s main runway...

A luxury cruise liner crashed into the pier as it tried to dock at a Red Sea resort in Egypt on Friday. Reports said that strong winds were to blame for the tragedy that left three crew members dead and the almost 1,500 guests aboard shocked. Costa Crociera, the owner of the ship, said that the vessel...

BREAKING NEWS… A devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake has hit Chile very early in the morning. The capital was shaken for over a minute causing collapse in some buildings. As of 8 a.m. in Santiago (1100 GMT), 47 people have already been confirmed dead. Also, as of this time, more than 25 aftershocks...