Disasters, Strong Yen Dissuade Tourists from Visiting Japan Japan's tourism industry has been knocked into a deep recession. Foreign tourists, who normally contribute about $16 billion annually to the economy, canceled planned visits after the March...
Bo oming Georgian Resort Lures Black Sea Tourists Traveling by train, plane and cruise ship, the number of tourists flocking to Batumi, Georgia, is expected to hit 1.4 million this year, 10 times the level of 2005. This hot new vacation destination i...
为迎接2012伦敦奥运会、鼓励市民多运动,本月将会有100张乒乓球桌出现在伦敦街头,游客和市民可以随时进行一场露天的乒乓球比赛。这个街头推广活动名为乒,是由非营利组织唱响伦敦联手...
Much of the recent attention paid to India's automotive sector has been on ultra-affordable cars, such as the $2,500 Tata Nano, or the latest expansion of joint ventures with foreign manufacturers. But there is one indigenous car, on India's roads si...
A European tour group taken hostage by gunmen in southern Egypt 10 days ago has been released. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the 11 European tourists, along with eight Egyptian drivers and guides, are thought to b...
Negotiations continued for the release of 19 hostages, including 11 European tourists, who were abducted in southern Egypt on Friday. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the hostages are currently being held in Sudan, d...
South Korea has suspended a high profile tourist program to North Korea after a North Korean soldier shot and killed a South Korean woman on holiday at the special tourism enclave. The woman was apparently intruding in a restricted area off limits t...
By Suzanne Presto Irbil 16 June 2008 A group of American tourists just wrapped up a two-week trip to Iraqi Kurdistan. Local tourism officials say they are the first American tour group, and only the second tour group ever, to travel through northern...
By Carolyn Weaver New York 07 April 2008 As the dollar's value drops, especially in relation to the euro, the British pound and some Asian currencies, New York City is experiencing a new kind of tourism boom. The world is coming to New York to go sho...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 03 March 2008 The wave of political violence that followed Kenya's disputed presidential election in December has had devastating consequences for the country's tourism industry. While the country has returned to relative calm...