There’s a hidden reason so many Stockholm renters go for Nordic minimalist interiors. In a capital gripped by an acute housing shortage, it’s no fun constantly lugging all your worldly goods from apartment to apartment. The Swedish capital may be one of the most desirable locations on the planet to be an expat, but once you’ve bagged the dream job, finding somewhere to live brings a whole new set of problems.

The swelling tide of tourists to a Thai island has brought it to the brink of irreversible damage, say Thai officials. The tourists, in other words, are destroying what they came to see. This week, the director general of Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said that Koh Tachai - an increasingly popular destination, especially for scuba divers - would not reopen after the incoming monsoon season.

A young man's attempt to take a selfie snapshot with the statue of a 16th century Portuguese king ended badly when the 126-year-old statue crashed to the ground and shattered, police said on Wednesday. The man, whom police did not identify, accidentally toppled Dom Sebastiao's statue after climbing up to its pedestal outside the ornate Rossio railway station in central Lisbon just before midnight on Tuesday.

The number of U.S. visitors to Cuba has nearly doubled this year, its tourism minister said on Wednesday, as the island races to build hotels and expand Havana airport to keep up with booming demand. Tourism has taken off since Cuba and the United States announced they would work to bury the Cold War hatchet in December 2014. The Caribbean island received a record 3.5 million visitors last year.

An American cruise ship sets sail for Cuba from the United States for the first time in more than five decades.

"Holiday in Poland" takes you on a journey across frequently visited tourist destinations in Poland and also hidden gems still undiscovered to explore. All of the aerial shots in the film contain a corresponding indicator so that viewers can easily find at which geographic location the images were filmed. More than 30 top Polish highlights are captured in the film covering the territory of the whole country from the east to the west, from the Baltic Sea to the Tatra Mountains.

A tourism campaign which connects callers from all over the world with a random person in Sweden has, unsurprisingly, fallen victim to trolling. Nearly 55,000 people have called ‘The Swedish Number’ since it launched on April 6. The campaign by the Swedish Tourist Association was launched to celebrate 250 years since the Scandinavian nation become the first country in the world to abolish censorship.

It looks like the bad behaviour of some Chinese tourists has crossed the seas over to Japan to wreak havoc on the country's cherry blossom trees — and the Japanese are not happy about it. On April 7, footage of Chinese tourists climbing trees and roughly grabbing the branches to pick the iconic sakura flower at Osaka Castle Park, made it onto Japanese national TV, reported Huanqiu.com.

One of the most famous natural sites in New Brunswick has been forever changed after one of the Hopewell Rocks collapsed Monday morning.

Change is in the air in North Korea. After years of being ranked by Skytrax as the world's worst airline, national carrier Air Koryo is undergoing a revolution, according to interviews with passengers and travel agents.

The U.S. government will announce Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Cuba to restore commercial air travel between the two countries, according to a notice sent to Capitol Hill offices. “This arrangement establishes scheduled air service of up to 30 daily direct flights between the U.S. and Cuba, will facilitate authorized travel, enhanced traveler choices, and strengthen people-to-people links between the two countries,” according to the...

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The “Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District” of New Jersey—known as the “Doo Wop Motel District” to locals—lies primarily along a two-mile stretch of beach...

Before Walt Disney came Henry Flagler, who made Florida a tourist hotspot by laying rails along the state’s east coast. Now, a new high-speed train is set to follow in his tracks.

At least 20 tall ships are scheduled to visit each of the Great Lakes this year; a fleet that includes a replica Viking longship and a 170-foot Spanish Galleon making their debut on America's freshwater seas.

In Quebec’s capital, hip and historic exist side by side, with cultural and culinary enticements for all manner of visitors.

A Vancouver man and wife vacationing in Mexico are safe after a bus they were travelling on was seized near the town of Oxchuc in Chiapas province.

Lighthouses are a symbol of hope. They help the lost find their way. Often, they're focal points in communities, shaping character and adding special charm.

China’s tourism authority named and shamed another five tourists for bad behavior and says it is working with airlines on a possible flying ban. Those added to the list of “uncivilized behavior” by tourists include two women and a man who brawled after one woman’s seat was bumped during boarding of a flight from Cambodia to the western city of Chengdu.

Friends of two Australians missing for more than a week in Mexico will travel to Sinaloa following a report that the men’s van has been found, one of the friends said Sunday. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dfat) issued a statement confirming that the pair’s vehicle had been found, but did not confirm reports that two bodies had been found inside the burnt out van.