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The Philippine eagle has landed... on the London bus

In line with promoting its latest travel product – birdwatching – the Philippines Department of Tourism (PDOT) is taking it to the busy streets of London this November.

Egypt

Tourist bus crashes in Egypt, killing 12

CAIRO, Egypt — Twelve people have been killed in a collision between a delivery truck and a bus carrying European and Russian tourists in Egypt's Sinai peninsula. Another 37 are wounded.

Turkey

Bus crash leaves 16 tourists dead

Istanbul - Sixteen Iranian tourists were killed and 32 injured when their bus careered off a bendy road in eastern Turkey, state news agency Anatolian said on Tuesday.

Croatia

At least 14 tourists killed in Croatia bus crash

Television news reports say a bus carrying mostly elderly Slovakian tourists crashed on a Croatian highway, killing at least 14 people and injuring 30.

Greyhound beheading

Greyhound scraps ads after Canada bus beheading

TORONTO - Greyhound has scrapped an ad campaign that extolled the relaxing upside of bus travel after one of its passengers was accused of beheading and cannibalizing another traveler.

Bus travel

Bus travel grows as fuel soars, airfares leap

NEW YORK: It's a tale of two cities: Nikita Bernstein, 29, a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker with a business in Boston, was in need of a cheap way to travel between his two homes.

Smiling bus drivers? in taiwan? that's fresh

Taiwan drivers learn to smile at Chinese tourists

Taipei - Taiwan's largest bus company is teaching its drivers how to flash the best smile to welcome Chinese tourists.

Cooking Oil Tours

Fish 'n' chip oil fuelling tourist bus

A New Zealand tour company is claiming a world first with a tourist bus that runs on used cooking oil.

Stray, a "hop-on-hop-off" bus network aimed at the backpacker market, has launched the bus to produce cleaner emissions and significant savings on running costs.

China

China landslide kills 37 tourists, 15 Brits missing

CHENGDU, China — Thirty-seven tourists were killed when their coach was buried in a landslide after a massive earthquake in southwest China while separately officials said they had lost contact with 15 British tourists, state media reported Tuesday.

Ecuador Bus Crash

5 British tourists killed, 15 injured in Ecuador

Five British tourists were killed and 12 injured in a bus crash in Ecuador late on Saturday, the Foreign Office said on Sunday.

Four gap-year students and their guide died when their tour bus was in collision with another vehicle as they travelled from the capital Quito to the coastal town of Puerto Lopez.

New York City by bus: $1

Low-cost coach company Megabus is betting low-income travellers will jump on its cheap seats

Low-cost airlines such as WestJet helped to pioneer the concept of a flying bus, but now some motor coach companies are fighting back with cheap seats of their own.

When Megabus pulls into Toronto on May 30, it will boast one-way fares to New York City for as little as $1 (plus a 50 cent booking fee) in a bid to whip up interest for the ... read more

Hawaii By Bus

Your guide to fun on the tour bus in Hawaii

Mix one part current events and geography, an extra-large serving of Hawaiian history, add some sassy humor and you get the flavor of a Grand Circle Island tour of O'ahu with guide Kawika Bell.

Bell, 35, works for Roberts Hawaii, the state's largest privately owned tour and transportation company with a fleet of more than 1,000 vehicles ... read more

Solomon Islands

Masked man holds up tourist bus near airport

A GROUP of visiting tourists were harassed on Sunday.

The tourists were some of the hundreds that arrived in the country onboard a tourist boat Statendam on Sunday.

The group was taken on tour to the historical Bloody Ridge site south of the Henderson airfield but were intercepted on their return.
The group encountered a ... read more