Now that Cuba and the United States have restored full diplomatic ties, what will it take to lift sanctions impeding business and travel?

Tourist captured the kill of a lifetime when a lion took down a kudu in front of their car.

Photos of two foreign tourists picking up trash on a beach in northern Vietnam have gone viral on the Internet recently, prompting criticism on the notoriously bad littering habit among many locals. The photos show two women on Cat Ba Beach in Hai Phong City, with one down on her knees and another wading in the water to clean up the beach. Many tourists are either swimming or relaxing on the background.

To keep badly behaved visitors in check, officials turn to regulation.

Some of the great wonders of the world are on the verge of extinction.

A traditional palace conserves good forest habitat.

For those who harbor a love of the sea, and wild, poetic images of savage coastlines, .

Barcelona’s incoming mayor made headlines recently when she discussed implementing an entry cap to the Spanish city, but she’s not the only one who thinks tourism should be moderated. Check out some of the other destinations around the world that have proposed—or put into place—such measures.

France's wine-making region of Champagne and a part of Burgundy have been granted "world heritage status" by the United Nations, giving a boost to the country's drive to encourage tourism and revive its flagging economy.

In Turkey, during the protest againts China's Uyghur policy, a group of ultra-nationalist protesters attacked Korean tourist group mistaken thinking they were Chinese! At 00:42, she says "I am not Chinese, I am Korean"

If you are still looking for somewhere exotic to go and don't mind a vacation that comes with a heavy dose of socialist propaganda and leader worship, North Korea says it is just the place for you. Fresh off a drastic, half-year ban that closed its doors to virtually all foreigners over fears they would spread the Ebola virus - despite the fact there were no cases of Ebola reported anywhere in Asia - the country is once again determined to show off its "socialist fairyland" to tourists.

At Maralinga, Australia, a former nuclear testing site and the country’s newest tourist attraction, visitors are given an unusual welcome: Don’t stay too long and never, ever dig.

Exhausted cleaning staff, mainly women, are having to attend to more rooms for the same pay and are scared to join a union. But activists are recruiting more members and the workers are fighting back

It takes a while to blink the light out of my eyes. I’m sitting in the back of a songthaew headed for a bus to Bangkok from Chiang Mai, Thailand, when suddenly the world goes white. This before returning, as an old Italian woman grins at me from across a pile of backpacks and admires the picture she’s just taken, without any fuss about “please,” or “thank you.” Most people I’ve encountered in Thailand and Malaysia ask.

Americans are flocking to Cuba by the tens of thousands this year. Next year it may be millions. The architecture of Old Havana has lasted hundreds of years, but will it survive the onslaught of tourists and rampart commercialism that so despoils other Latin American capitals? Most Americans will marvel at the magnificently preserved pre-revolutionary building and the colonial architecture dating back centuries

By the end of next year, wealthy travelers with six hours to kill will begin floating up to the edge of space and drinking in views like those seen by few others before them. The curvature of Earth, the infinite darkness of space, the sun peeking over the planet — these are the sights afforded to those sitting 100,000 feet above the ground.

I spent my youth in the Spanish resort on Majorca island, surrounded by horny, pissed-up Brits on vacation. They were animals.

The Oscar-winning Still Alice star was reportedly dropped from a promotional film.

Last year a Canadian public radio show called This is That reported on a somewhat ridiculous-seeming plan, cooked up in the northern Alberta town of High Prairie: To attract more tourists, the town council had, according to the program, hired a linguist from Texas to invent a local accent.

Alaska State Troopers say a 28-year-old Italian tourist was killed when he was crushed by a large piece of ice that broke from a glacier.