California Earthquake

Earthquake shakes Southern California

LOS ANGELES - A strong earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway and triggering some precautionary evacuations. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Olympics And Tourism

Hosting Olympics can damage tourism

Staging the Olympics is detrimental to the tourism growth trends of both the host cities and countries, according to industry research.

Record tourism could harm Easter Island statues

'Every flight is full'

EASTER ISLAND, Chile — It's Earth's most-remote inhabited land, a South Pacific speck of volcanic rock so isolated the locals call it "Te Pito O Te Henua," or "the Navel of the World."

Flybe

Airline rejects extra flights claim

An airport boss accused budget airline bosses of unnecessarily damaging the environment so that they could earn a rebate worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

The managing director of Norwich International Airport said Flybe had put on last-minute extra flights, plus offered free trips in order to meet a deadline on a commercial ... read more

Easter Island

Finnish tourist allegedly breaks earlobe from an Easter Island statue

SANTIAGO, Chile – A Finnish tourist was detained after allegedly stealing a piece of volcanic rock from one of the massive Moai statues on Easter Island.

Marko Kulju, 26, faces prison and a fine of $19,000 if convicted of breaking off part of the ear of a Moai, one of numerous statues carved out of volcanic rock between 400 and 1,000 ... read more

Environment & Royalty

Prince faces climate change dilemma over cruise

He says he is a green pioneer, and flaunts his environmental credentials. So why is Prince Charles leaving on a cruise that will do as much damage to the planet as 260 transatlantic flights?

Luxury Cruise Passengers Forced To Wade Through Water

"Who's going to pay for my shoes?"

Passengers enjoying the opulence on one of the world's newest cruise liners were forced to wade across a flooded tarmac of the grain terminal this morning as Cunard's Queen Victoria docked in Brisbane.

One dismayed passenger asked a waiting photographer: "Who's going to pay for my shoes?"

Killer Sunscreen

Tourist sunscreen ‘killing off coral reefs’

Ingredients in many sunscreen brands cause rapid and complete bleaching of corals, say scientists.

Tourists who wear sunscreens may be contributing to the death of the Great Barrier Reef and other coral reefs around the world, new research has revealed.