Travel & Culture

KUALA LUMPUR ~ Malaysia has kicked off a year-long tourism campaign with a lavish celebration, which at its pinnacle saw – Read More...

Nothing says “wish you were here” like the multimedia blitz known as travelogue websites: do-it-yourself electro-diaries that offer features, including – Read More...

By Greg Morago The Hartford Courant When fellow travelers saw Larry Meadows and his buddies on vacation, they assumed they – Read More...

LONDON ~ A former World War II fort in the North Sea, which was settled 40 years ago and declared – Read More...

By Del Quentin Wilber The Washington Post It’s the caged-mouse syndrome of air travel: You feel crammed into your seat – Read More...

BANGKOK ~ Bomb blasts which hit Bangkok on New Year’s Eve injuring nine foreigners appear not to have deterred people – Read More...

CAPE TOWN ~ An overweight woman got stuck in a well-known South African cave for nearly 12 hours on New – Read More...

BERLIN ~ A German apprentice insurance salesman who wanted to visit his girlfriend in Australia ended up in small-town America – Read More...

HAMBURG ~ TUI, Europe’s leading travel and tourism group, has unveiled plans to axe thousands of jobs as part of – Read More...

BEIJING ~ China has consolidated its position as the Asia leader in outbound tourism, with 28.6 million Chinese traveling overseas – Read More...