Travel & Culture

By Pratap Chakravarty Agence France-Presse PANAJI, India ~ The once low-budget tourist haven of Goa is facing a crisis, environmentalists – Read More...

SINGAPORE ~ Singapore visitor arrivals for 2006 set a new milestone as the city-state welcomed its nine millionth tourist, eclipsing – Read More...

BEIJING ~ Lawmakers in a northern Chinese province are considering a sexual harassment law that bans looking at women with – Read More...

By Susan Spano Los Angeles Times I will probably never visit Prague in the Czech Republic. Though I once spent – Read More...

NEW DELHI ~ India has unveiled a long-term tourist visa with multi-entry facility to nationals of 18 pre-selected countries, officials – Read More...

BEIJING ~ A luxury hotel near Beijing that launched what is believed to be Asia’s most expensive room four months – Read More...

JOHANNESBURG ~ South Africa’s medical tourism industry has skyrocketed, with the number of overseas patients drawn by “scalpel safari” packages – Read More...

SHANGHAI ~ China’s booming economic hub of Shanghai held its first exclusive “love boat” party aimed at hooking up the – Read More...

SYDNEY ~ Australia has warned its citizens to avoid the Fijian capital after fresh threats of violence in Suva risked – Read More...

VIENNA ~ A group of Santa Clauses were on strike on one of Vienna’s main shopping avenues at the weekend – Read More...