BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Officials in Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego province are challenging the idea that the ongoing deadly hantavirus outbreak may have emerged there, […]
Category: Travel
Antarctica’s tourism boom raises concerns about contamination and disease
BRUSSELS — Driven in part by fears that the frozen landscapes of Antarctica may be irreversibly melting away because of climate change, tourism to the […]
Fuel crisis uncertainty looms as Croatia gears up for the summer tourism season
DUBROVNIK, Croatia — Summer is still a few months away, but the streets of Croatia’s old town of Dubrovnik are already teeming with tourists from […]
Getting the most out of barrier-free tours for yourself or someone with a disability
BERLIN — For people living with disabilities, barriers to tourism can range from the obvious — such as an out-of-service elevator — to the unseen, […]
What consumers can do as the Iran war impacts the cost and availability of flights
As the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran squeezes global oil supplies, travelers have valid reasons to worry about the cost and availability of flights […]
San Francisco fire crews rescue woman clinging to cliff above crashing waves
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco fire crews rescued a woman Wednesday who had gone over a cliff and was stuck on the rocks with waves […]
Fire burns cabanas and shops in town on Mexico’s Pacific coast
A fire burned more than 60 cabanas and shops in a small tourist town in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca early Friday, but left […]
A first repatriation flight brings stranded French citizens home as war in Iran disrupts travel
PARIS — The first flight repatriating French citizens stranded in the Middle East because of the war in Iran landed in Paris early Wednesday. French […]
China grants UK and Canada visa-free entry, raising total to 79 countries
BEIJING — British and Canadian citizens can enter China without a visa starting Tuesday, bringing to 79 the number of countries granted visa-free access in […]
Italy gets creative as it works to make art accessible for blind people
ROME — On a recent weeknight, long after the swarms of tourists had left Rome’s Colosseum, a small group of people walked around outside the […]