Travel & Culture

BEIJING ~ China will link its sections of the Silk Road into a single, sprawling tourism zone to streamline management – Read More...

BUENOS AIRES ~ Attention global shoppers: Argentina is offering first-class plastic surgery at up to 75 percent off American and – Read More...

By Annabel Thomas For The Bali Times SEMINYAK, Bali ~ Originally scheduled for February 8 at the Jakarta Convention Centre – Read More...

By Lucie Godeau Agence France-Presse DUBLIN ~ Ireland has long been a magnet for tourists eager to discover the country’s – Read More...

LUANG PRABANG, Laos ~ World heritage status has turned the former Lao capital from a ghost town into a tourism – Read More...

BANGKOK ~ Asian tourists have begun turning away from Thailand, official statistics show, prompting concern that holidaymakers might be avoiding – Read More...

By Bill Brubake The Washington Post The traditional healer, a dark-skinned woman with intense brown eyes, wasted little time introducing – Read More...

RIYADH ~ A 110-year-old Saudi man has taken a second wife because his first, 85-year-old wife no longer satisfies his – Read More...

LONDON ~ Plans for a 34-kilometre bridge linking Britain and France were submitted to former prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s government, – Read More...

HONG KONG ~ A television report revealing sales scams at jewelry stores in Hong Kong could damage the city’s reputation – Read More...