Edinburgh Dungeon
The Edinburgh Dungeon is seeking volunteers with a talent for the Dark Arts to help the last survivor of an infamous Scottish witch hunt to revive her coven.
New Shopping Mall Planned For Palm Jumeirah
DUBAI, UAE - Nakheel is looking to draw more tourists and new residents to the Palm Jumeirah with the addition of a new shopping mall.
Puri Beach Turns A Killer
BHUBANESWAR, India - The sea beach in holy town Puri attracts tourists from far and wide, but it has turned a killer too, accounting for death of at least 78 persons in the last three years.
Najran Mud Houses
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - The mud house, which is part of the Kingdom’s heritage, is a tourist attraction in the Najran province in the south of Saudi Arabia.
Scotland Boat Show
LONDON, England - A superboat custom built for the most recent James Bond blockbuster was the star act at the Scotland Boat Show, a three-day show at the weekend.
Articulated Intersect-Relational Architecture 18
MONTREAL - The Quartier des Spectacles (Montreal Entertainment District) proudly introduces Articulated Intersect-Relational Architecture 18, created by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer for La Triennale ...
21-foot crocodile to be a star tourism attraction
Villagers and veteran hunters have captured a giant crocodile which they plan to make the star of a planned eco-tourism park in a southern Philippine town.
EdgeWalk at the CN Tower
TORONTO - EdgeWalk at the CN Tower, Toronto's most extreme attraction, is opening to the public today.
Iconic Empire State Building Enriches Visitor Experience
NEW YORK - In its 80th anniversary year, the Empire State Building today unveiled a new, permanent exhibit that captures the global icon's astonishing history, engineering and construction.
Cold War site attracts tourists
THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE - With the Cold War largely in the past, it is in no small way reassuring that one of the most volatile legacies of that conflict is a major tourist attraction.
Masada Becomes Top Attraction In Israel
Masada, the rugged natural fortress overlooking the Dead Sea in the Judaean Desert, has climbed above the Biblical Zoo and the Ramat Gan Safari Park to become the most visited pay-to-enter tourist ...
Titanic Museum Attractions Gives Away Trips to Belfast, Ireland
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. and BRANSON, Mo. – In May 1911, the RMS Titanic slid down Slipway No.
Macau's Newest Major Attraction Opens
HONG KONG and MACAU - At 4:51pm on May 15 Galaxy Macau ™ officially opened its doors, welcoming over 20,000 guests within its first 90 minutes to the delight of over 3,000 VIP attendees.
Bataan Nuclear Power plant to become tourist trap
Philippine tourism officials are turning an unused nuclear power plant into a tourist attraction, the Philippine Star reports.
Machu Picchu: From lost city to tourist trap in 100 years
As Hiram Bingham hacked his way through remote Andean cloudforests in search of a lost Inca citadel in 1911, little could the American adventurer have known of the tourism juggernaut that his ...
Cairo's Tahrir Square presented as tourist site
The tourism industry in Egypt seeks to take advantage of the revolution to boost business in the long run after the popular uprising emptied the hotels, casinos and bars of a tourist trade that ...
Las Vegas Mob Experience
LAS VEGAS - The highly anticipated Las Vegas Mob Experience will officially open its doors on Wednesday March 30th at 10:00am.
Aquarium of the Bay, San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
The Las Vegas Mob Experience
LAS VEGAS - The Las Vegas Mob Experience is pleased to announce that Carl Manno, grandson of infamous Chicago crime boss, Sam Giancana, and son of the self proclaimed Mafia Princess, Antoinette ...
Third Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2011
The third Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta will take place in Putrajaya, Malaysia from March 17 – 20, 2011.
Pompeii The Exhibit: Life and Death in the Shadow of Vesuvius
NEW YORK - Pompeii The Exhibit: Life and Death in the Shadow of Vesuvius, a new exhibit featuring the largest collection of the victims' body casts and skeletons ever displayed, as well as more ...
Madame Tussauds Washington D.C.
WASHINGTON - The ultimate three-dimensional tribute to America and its commanders-in-chief is one step closer to being a reality for the Washington D.C. area, as Madame Tussauds Washington ...
Cancun Underwater Museum
The Cancun Underwater Museum officially opened its doors, completing the exhibition titled “The Silent Evolution” by artist Jason deCaires Taylor.
Biggest figure launch in history of Madame Tussauds
LONDON, UK - One of the world's most flamboyant and individual performers will be joining the A-list line up at Madame Tussauds this December as Lady Gaga takes to the stage in London - and seven ...
The Glory of Ukraine: Golden Treasures and Lost Civilizations
WASHINGTON - Meridian International Center announced today that it will present, for the first time in the United States, The Glory of Ukraine: Golden Treasures and Lost Civilizations, from the ...
New Archaeological Discovery Announced In Egypt
By Hazel Heyer, eTN
(eTN) - A Fifth Dynasty tomb (2465 - 2323 BC) of the priest, Rudj-Ka was recently uncovered in an area south of the pyramid builders’ necropolis.
Expo 2010 Shanghai
SHANGHAI - The USA Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai welcomed its six millionth visitor today.
Halloween Horror Nights XX
ORLANDO, Fla. - A new age of darkness begins as Halloween Horror Nights XX: Twenty Years of Fear opens tonight at Universal Orlando Resort.
Taiwan's latest tourist attraction
By Christine Lu, Ben Tai and Ralph Jennings
A double of Taiwan's one-time military strongman and ruler Chiang Kai-shek is drawing enthusiastic tourists from China, the very land that he swore to conquer while ruling the island ...
Alappuzha Snake Boat Race
The annual boat race conducted in Kerala's Punnamada Lake near Alappuzha town is a major draw among local residents and tourists from different parts of the world.