Australia

Croc terrorises north Queensland tourist mecca

A major north Queensland tourist island is demanding compensation from the state government for dumping a croc on its beach.

UK

Warnings target island tourists

Multilingual warnings may be used in an effort to prevent foreign tourists becoming stranded on a notorious tidal causeway in Northumberland.

Afghanistan

Tough sell: Touring audacious Afghanistan

Sanjeev Gupta thinks it's about time war-torn Afghanistan had a tourism industry in a peaceful corner of the country.

Fraser Island

New dingo grids endangering tourists

Fraser Island's newly installed dingo deterrent grids are a disaster waiting to happen, according to long-time locals upset that two people have now been badly injured after slipping on them.

OZJet

OZJet denies plane fault endangered passengers

(eTN) - Airline OZJet has denied its passengers were in great danger when they were told to don lifejackets and prepare for a possible crash-landing in the ocean after a wing malfunction over Norfolk Island.

The Brisbane to Norfolk Island Boeing 737 flight made two approaches to land at Norfolk Island on Saturday before abandoning the ... read more