Tourists

Map Shows World's Most & Least Touristed Areas

Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Video, Maps, Tourists Around the World, Most Touristed Areas, Least Touristed Areas, Google Maps, Tourists, Travel News

On the heels of an adapted Google Map that allows users to see how quickly they can navigate a city using public transportation comes an adapted heat-...

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U.S. Aims To Lure Tourists With New Campaign

AP | SAMANTHA BOMKAMP | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Grand Canyon, Tourism, Video, u.s. Tourism, u.s Tourism Campaign, Time Square, Tourism Campaigns, Business News, u.s. Tourism Industry, Tourists, Business News

NEW YORK -- How do you sell Times Square and the Grand Canyon? The Carolinas and California? Residents of Japan, Canada and the United Kingdom are ge...

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Foreign Tourists To U.S. At All-Time High

Reuters | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Tourists America, Foreign-Tourism, Tourism, Tourists to US, Video, Foreign-Tourists, Reuters, Foreign-Tourism-US-Economy, Tourists, Travel News

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - More foreign tourists than ever came to the United States last year, and spent a record amount along the way, the C...

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London Travel Tips For The Diamond Jubilee

Kensington Tours | Posted 05.19.2012

There are many of us not on the royal guest list who'll also want behold the spectacle of this monumental occasion firsthand. Here's how.

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From Communion Wafers To Campsites: Mexico Scrambles To Prepare For Pope's Vist

AP | KATHERINE CORCORAN and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Video, Guanajuato, Pope Mexico Mass, Virgin of Guadalupe, Christ the King, Pope in Mexico, Mexico, Pope Benedict, Pope, Cuba, Pope Benedict XVI, Tourists, Religion News

LEON, Mexico -- One hundred fifty-thousand communion wafers? Check. Campsites for 350,000? Check....

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PHOTOS: The Clash Between Tourists & A Famed Gospel Church

AP | MEGHAN BARR | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Harlem, New York Tourists, Tourists Nyc, Harlem-Churches, Harlem Tourism, New York Tourism, Gospel Churches Harlem, Tourists, Gospel Churches, Travel News

NEW YORK — The stern warning issued from the pulpit was directed at the tourists – most of whom had arrived late – a sea of white fa...

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Boost Our Economy by Welcoming Tourists -- and Immigrants

Ali Noorani | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Tourism, Congress, Florida, Immigration, Visa, Business, Economy, Immigration Reform, Tourist Visas, Work Visas, Visas, Immigrants, Tourists, Business News

Unnecessary bureaucratic red tape and visa restrictions are significant barriers that prevent the United States from reaching its potential in the global travel market.

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What Boomers Absolutely Hate About Travel (And Why It's Completely Reasonable to Do So)

Doris Gallan | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Boomers, Travel, American Travelers, Baby Boomers Traveling, Tourists, Fifty News

It's not enough that we have to suffer through the prejudice that we're old because we're Boomers, we also have to live with the bias of being the "Ugly American Tourist."

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The Faithful Shopper: New Year's Wishes

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: 34th Street, Victoria's Secret, Jcpenney, Lord & Taylor, Retail, Nordstrom, Coach, Columbus Circle, 2012, Harrods, Wtc, Faith Hope Consolo, Walmart, East New York, Lush, Esprit, Who.a.U., Mayor Bloomberg, Trends, Macy's, Desigual, Subway, Lower Manhattan, Mta, Bergdorf Goodman, 2011, Tourists, Second Avenue Subway, Tourism, Macys, World Financial Center, Times Square, Dining, Swarovski, Restaurants, Hudson Yards, Saks, World Trade Center, Macy?S, Zara, Uniqlo, New York City, New Years Eve, New Years, Christmas, Bloomingdales, Levis, Bloomies, Happy New Year, New York News

Here are some retail events I'd like to see in the year(s) ahead. Some are more likely than others, but the holidays are a time for dreaming, aren't they?

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NYC Reaches Goal Of 50 Million Tourists

AP | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Global Pulse, Tourism, 50 Million Tourists, New York Travel, New York City Travel, US Destinations, Destinations, Tourists, Travel News

NEW YORK -- New York City has reached its longstanding goal of attracting 50 million tourists in a year. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday th...

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Should I Be Mad That They Take My Photo Because I'm Black?

Oneika Raymond | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Black, Travel, Blackvoices, Bv-Life, African-American-Travel, Travel Blogs, International Travel, Tourists, Black Voices News

I love who I am and how I look, and evidently, other people do, too. I say this since, as a black female who travels, I get A LOT of attention in certain places I visit. I can honestly say that my looks have stopped traffic. But my question is, should I be mad?

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Traveling in Germany Can Have its Quirks

Lev Raphael | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Hotels, Germany, Travel Tips, Goethe, Heidelberg, Tourism, Tourists, Trains, Train Staions, Travel News

Even Germans make fun of their Goethe worship. In the university town of Tübingen there's a plaque indicating that Goethe puked there.

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Tourist Apartheid Persists in Cuba

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Cienfuegos Bay, Tourism, Tourist Apartheid, Cuba, Tourists, World News

When the captain heard us talking he asked if we were Cubans. He shortly informed us that we had to go ashore, "boat rides are prohibited for nationals at every marina in the country."

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A Serene Space at Smithsonian's Center

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Freer Gallery of Art, National Mall, Washington DC, Smithsonian, DC Insider's Guide, Architecture, Charles Lang Freer, Tourists, Italianate, Dc Around Town, Dc Museums, DC News

My favorite place in D.C. is an oasis of contemplative calm smack in the center of the city's most chaotic tourist hotspot -- the Freer Gallery of Art.

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WATCH: British Tourist Shot, Wife Kidnapped In Kenya Resort

Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Video, Kenya Safari, British Tourists, British Tourist Kidnapped, Kidnapping, Kenya Travel, David Tebbutt, Africa, Global Pulse, Tourists, Travel News

British tourist David Tebbutt has been shot and killed, and his wife kidnapped at a luxury Kenyan resort yesterday reports The Guardian. The shoot...

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'Balconing': The Saddest Tourist Trend?

AOL Travel News | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Majorca, Spain, Balconing Majorca, Balconing, Tourists, Travel News

Yet another British vacationer has been injured "balconing," a faddish activity among Europeans involving jumping between hotel balconies and off them...

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Popular Hawaii Swimming Hole Is A Deadly Tourist Trap

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Hawaii Swimming Hole, Swimming, Video, Deadly Swimming Hole, Drowning, Tourist Traps, Hawaii, Vacation, Travel Blogs, Tourists, Green News

LIHUE, Hawaii (Associated Press) -- Travel guidebooks call Kipu Falls "a glorious little hidden place" and a "swimming hole extraordinaire." But the a...

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Navy Pier Takes Aim At $155M In Improvements

Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Tourism, Navy Pier Revamp, Visit Chicago, Navy Pier, Centennial Vision, Chicago Tourism, Chicago Children's Museum, Mcpier, Grant Park, Tourists, Chicago News

The new non-profit organization grabbing the reins of Navy Pier as of July 1 on Thursday unveiled their plans for a $155-million facelift to the facil...

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Thailand Seeks To Ban Buddha Tattoos For Tourists

AP | By SINFAH TUNSARAWUTH and TODD PITMAN | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Tourism, Buddha, Thailand, Niphit Intharasombat, Travel, Sacred-Sightings, Thailand Culture Ministry, Buddhism, Tourists, Tattoos, Ladda Thangsupachai, Weird News News

BANGKOK -- Thailand's Culture Ministry says foreign tourists should be barred from getting Buddhist tattoos while visiting because the practice is cul...

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Ripped Off and Appreciating It

Colin Barnicle | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Tourism, South America, Latin America, Ripped Off, Traveling in South America, Third World, Foreign Affairs, Argentina, Travel, Buenos Aires, Tourists, Travel News

Buenos Aires resembles a South American Paris filled with gregarious people, large avenues and cafes where at least once a day, every day, especially if you're a traveling American, someone will try to rip you off. And so you learn.

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World's Worst Tourists? British Take the Crown Hands Down

Peter Mandel | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: British Tourists, Americans Abroad, Britain, Worst Tourists Skyscanner Poll, Worst Tourists, U.K., Worst Tourists Skyscanner, Tourists, American Tourists, Tourism, SkyScanner Poll, Travel News

In truth, I was seized by a secret jealousy. As a Yank, I hate to cede the top spot in a competition of any kind. I felt confident that Union Jack waving tourists would defend their honor to the last sip of bitter.

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Tourists Barred From Colombian Village

AOL Travel News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tourists Barred From Nazareth, Colombia, Travel News, Tourists, Travel News

While most vacation hot spots are doing backflips to attract tourists, Nazareth, Colombia, a lush village near the Amazon River, has yanked the welcom...

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Security Changes At Statue Of Liberty

AP | By COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Statue of Liberty Hours, Statue of Liberty, Tourism, New York Activities, NY Around Town, Statue of Liberty Schedule, Tourists, New York News

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Egypt a Mystery for Travelers, Even Before Its Unrest

Peter Mandel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mystery, Egypt, Foreign-Culture-Untold-Stories, Egypt Revolution, Tourists, Travel News

Egypt is ubiquitous these days. Cairo pops up right away if you go to a news site or snap on a car radio or TV. The surging crowds, the talking head...

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The Great Tourist Rip-Off?

Ben Colclough | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inca Trail, Travel, Petra, Galapagos Islands, Slidepollajax, Tourism, Argentina, Tourists, Travel News

Are we all a little selfish in our outraged reaction to rip-off fees? It is easy to over-estimate the impact of travellers on local economies.

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