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+3 +114 killed in bloody 36 hours as violence rocks tourist hot spot Cancun
Violence rocked Mexico's most popular tourist town, leaving 14 dead and five more injured in a 36-hour span, Noticaribe reports. The deaths and injuries were the result of six separate incidents between the morning of April 4 and the evening of April 5. Nine people were killed on April 4.
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+11 +1Are tourists at risk? Cancun murders spike as drug cartels wage a bloody turf war
Paradise has been overrun by violence. One of the most popular tourist destinations in Mexico has recently been transformed into one of the bloodiest high-profile battlegrounds in a turf war between drug cartels. Cancun, the party town on the beaches of the southeastern state of Quintana Roo, played host to 14 murders in one 36-hour span starting April 4, according to a translated version of a story from Mexican news outlet Notacaribe. Nine of the 14 were killed on April 4, making it the bloodiest single day in Cancun in more than a decade.
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+27 +3US family found dead in Mexican resort
A family of four from Iowa have been found dead inside their rented holiday home in Mexico, authorities say. The Sharp family had been expected to attend a basketball game in Illinois on Wednesday. A missing person report was filed after they did not show up. The incident took place in the popular resort of Tulum, according to the Mexico Tourism Board.
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+3 +1Hawai‘i’s Last Outlaw Hippies
Hawaii’s outlaw hippies are more Lost Boys than a signpost to a future post-consumer society. By Brendan Borrell.
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+22 +1The Tallest Lighthouse in Oregon has a Haunted History
Yet there is more to Yaquina Head Lighthouse in Newport than these ghostly stories.
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+18 +1Mysterious 'Pants' Arch Baffles Internet, Geologists and Nunavut Tourism Office
Is this real? Only a select few have ever laid eyes on this sea arch, tucked away in Nunavut,Canada.
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+17 +185 cool and unusual things to do in Belgium.
Discover 85 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Belgium from The Blue Forest to Vlindertuin.
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+15 +1Milford Track: 'World's finest walk' in danger of becoming just another bucket list tick
Epic trail in the wild south was once a path to inner peace but popularity has trampled its tranquillity. Dawn is hours away on a cool Fiordland night but the packed bunk rooms of Clinton Hut are seething with activity. Tramping boots stomp against wooden floors, bunks creek as their inhabitants fling their bodies around, and an urgent, sleep-fogged crescendo of angry whispers is building in the gloom.
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+22 +1America Has a Foreign Tourism Problem
As more international travelers decide to skip the United States, 10 business associations, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Restaurant Association, have created a travel industry group aimed at reversing the growing unpopularity of the U.S. as a vacation destination. Historically, the U.S. had only to sit back and let foreign tourists and their money roll in.
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+15 +1This Quaint Fishing Village Will Make You Want To Run Off To Norway
Have you ever felt the urge to escape it all, run off to Norway and hole up in a converted red fisherman's cottage?
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+1 +1Elephanta Caves History, Ferry Timings, Ticket Entry Fees, Contact Number Information
Elephanta Caves History, Ferry Timings, Ticket Entry Fees, Contact Number Information, Best Time To Visit, How To Reach, Boat prices, Distance From, Images.
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+1 +1Jal Mahal Jaipur History, Timings, Entry Fee, Inside, Photos Information - 7th Traveler
Jal Mahal Jaipur History, Timings, Entry Fee, Inside, Photos, Camel Ride, Street Food, Nearby Places, Best Time To Visit, How To Reach, Distance Information
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+12 +1Jaw-dropping places that people can't believe are actually in Michigan
That waterfall, that overlook, that incredible freshwater sea: Yes, this is Michigan.
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+35 +1An American tourist gave the Nazi salute in Germany — so a stranger beat him up, police say
An American tourist in Germany was beaten up by a passer-by after he began giving the Nazi salute outside a cafe in Dresden, police said Sunday. The incident occurred about 8:15 a.m. Saturday as the man left a cafe called Europe in the Neustadt district of Dresden, police said in a statement. The district is known to be a liberal part of the town and a popular meeting spot for students.
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+12 +1Where to Hunt for the World’s Smallest Monuments
Don't overlook these tiny statues in cities around the world
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+12 +1Airbnb dominated by professional landlords
Holiday apartment platform Airbnb is being over-run by firms with massive turnovers, new research in Germany suggests. More and more cities are bringing in legislation to counter the problem.
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+2 +1Saudi Arabia launches Red Sea beach resort project
Picture luxury beach destinations and you probably conjure dreamy images of the Maldives or the Seychelles, but Saudi Arabia? Not so much. But that could change with an ambitious plan to develop part of Saudi Arabia's west coast into a Red Sea resort.
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+21 +1World's longest pedestrian suspension bridge opens in Switzerland
The world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge opened in Switzerland on Sunday, a ribbon-thin span nearly a third of a mile long that challenges hikers to proceed in places at nearly 28 stories above ground. Officials in the south of Switzerland unveiled the bridge after just 10 weeks of construction. It measures 1,620 feet long and rises as high as 278 feet above the Grabengufer ravine. The span is also impossibly narrow, at just 25.6 inches wide.
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+12 +1The Orlando cooling towers in Soweto South Africa.
Once dull and gray, the attractively painted towers are the biggest works of public art in Soweto and they play different roles as exhibition and advertising platforms with one of them working as an advertising signboard another exhibiting the largest mural painting in South Africa.
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+36 +1Creationist blames dreadful attendance at Ark theme park on tax-starved city not supplying ‘tourist services’
The creationist behind Kentucky’s failing “Ark Encounter’ theme park is at it again.
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