Air Strike Adds To Greek Tourism's Misery
Air traffic controllers in Greece joined hospital workers and other public sector employees in striking against pension and labour reforms.
Tourists stuck in Panama
Violent confrontations between Panama's banana workers and police in Changuinola, Bocas del Toro, on the Caribbean coast, that so far has left two confirmed dead, and stranded tourists who are not ...
US No-Fly List
By PAUL SCHEMM
CAIRO – A Virginia man said Wednesday he has been stuck in limbo in Egypt for the last six weeks, living in a cheap hotel and surviving on fast food after his name was placed on a U.S.
Maoist Strike In Nepal
By Joanna Jolly
Thousands of international tourists have found themselves caught up in the nationwide strike called by Nepal's Maoist party.
Assisting Stranded Passengers In Europe
By Duruthu Edirimuni & Natasha Gunaratne
National carrier
Stuck Tourists
By Andrew McCorkell and Emily Dugan
As many as 50,000 British travellers remain stranded abroad this weekend because of the volcanic ash crisis, some being told they face delays of up to a month before they can return home.
Celebrity Eclipse Brings Stranded Britons Home
As she sipped champagne at breakfast time in the lavish Moonlight Sonata banqueting suite, Caroline Birtill reflected on how her luck had changed.
OK, New Regulation Gets You Off The Plane. Then What?
By DAVID KOENIG
DALLAS — New government rules make it less likely that you'll be stranded for hours on the ground inside an airplane this summer.
But could you be grounded for days instead?
Cape Town Tourism
“The worldwide disruption of travel due to grounded flights in European centres threatened by the volcanic ash fallout has definitely had a ripple effect on Cape Town’s tourism sector”, so ...
Stuck Tourists Billeted to NZ Homes
The volcanic ash cloud which closed the skies over Europe, leaving thousands of passengers stranded, has given some tourists a dose of Kiwi hospitality they did not bargain for at the end of their ...
British Airways
UK tourists risk being stranded on a Caribbean island after British Airways cancelled their only weekly flight home, it was disclosed.
Peru
By ANDREW WHALEN
LIMA, Peru – Tourists visiting Peru's famed Machu Picchu citadel said Wednesday they lack enough food, water and shelter and are at the mercy of price-gougers three days after mudslides trapped ...
Rains And Mudslides Block Train Route To Machu Picchu
By ANDREW WHALEN
LIMA, Peru – Heavy rains and mudslides in Peru blocked the train route to the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu on Monday, keeping nearly 2,000 tourists stranded.
Three Airlines Fined
By Joan Lowy
WASHINGTON — The government is imposing fines for the first time against airlines for stranding passengers on an airport tarmac, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.
