Israel
By Matthew Kalman
Critics condemned proposals to relocate properties in East Jerusalem announced by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat.
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Sea Lions' Vanishing Act
San Francisco Bay’s now famous herd of sea lions has mysteriously begun vanishing as quickly and inexplicably as they appeared, leaving behind throngs of disappointed tourists and puzzled marine bio
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Motihari
By Dean Nelson
A dilapidated colonial bungalow where George Orwell was born is to be restored in a drive to lure tourists to one of India’s poorest states.
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Honduras
By Patti Nickell
The early-morning sun burnishes the stone temples in Copan to a golden sheen, while on their facades, serpents writhe, jaguars crouch, birds preen and gods grimace in a pantomime that has been going o
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New Zealand
By Dennis D. Jacobs
For the second time in four years, a flotilla of icebergs, perhaps 100 or more, are bearing down on New Zealand.
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Spaceport America
By Alan Boyle
Is Spaceport America ready to become New Mexico's newest tourist attraction? Mmm, not quite yet.
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Touring Berlin Escape Tunnels
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
When the East German government built the Berlin Wall in 1961 to prevent its citizens from leaving, the regime failed to account for the ingenuity and creativity of those willing to risk anything to e
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Chernobyl Tour, Anyone?
By David Jenison
If you think Auschwitz is an odd tourist destination, then you're going to love the Ukraine's new hot spot.
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Malta's Diving Tourism Gets New Attraction
The Malta Tourism Authority earlier on Monday coordinated the scuttling of former AFM Patrol Boat P31 off the west coast of Comino, to add to the number of underwater attractions for scuba divers visi
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Borneo
By eTN Staff Writer
On August 19, 2009, His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah ibni His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzadin Waddaulah, the Crown Prince of Brunei Darussalam, the oil-rich ancient kin
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Hank The Crocosaurus Dies
MIAMI - A 2,000 pound crocodile believed to be among the largest of his kind has died at a popular Miami tourist attraction.
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Hollywood
LOS ANGELES - Clint Eastwood has holed up on Hollywood Boulevard waiting for John Wayne and busloads of visitors to join him, as Madame Tussauds prepares to open its latest wax museum in the tourist m
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Florida
Shrouded by smoke from detonated explosives, a former World War Two U.S.
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China
Love Land, China’s first sex theme park, has been bulldozed before it even opened.
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Mummies in Egypt
By Hazel Heyer, eTN Staff Writer
An ancient jigsaw puzzle has been solved finally.
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Concorde: New Tourist Attraction?
By news.com.au
A Dubai consortium is reportedly bidding to turn one of British Airways's seven remaining Concorde supersonic jets into a tourist attraction, while BA said it was mulling its options.
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Nebraska
By AP
LINCOLN — Residents of a small southwest Nebraska town have a question for state officials: You’re not doing anything with that old electric chair, are you?
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Hong Kong
By uk.reuters.com
HONG KONG - A philanthropic bid by a Hong Kong tycoon to preserve the one-time residence of kung fu legend Bruce Lee and transform it into a major tourist attraction honouring the film icon was approv
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Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
By AP
The men's room at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport where Republican Sen. Larry Craig was arrested in a sex sting is losing it appeal as a tourist stop, an official said.
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Austria
By telegraph.co.uk
The Austrian Josef Fritzl wanted to make a tourist attraction of the dungeon where he imprisoned his daughter and fathered seven children by her, it has been reported.
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