Tourists News
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Two organized criminals who fought for the right to sell fish sandwiches to tourists in a German town have been sentenced to jail after a series of violent attacks started by the licensing of the fish snacks.
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The terror treat from the Middle East may be expected to have had a negative impact on tourism in the area but reports from tourist boards show this isn't true for neighbouring Turkey as 42 million are expected to visit the country by the end of the year.
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A new report has shown how Australian insurance companies have been seeing an increase in the number of extraordinary claims made by travellers in recent years as Australians begin visiting new areas.
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Two women on their way to a vacation in Maine Wednesday got the scare of their lives when they opened the trunk of their rental to find a python curled up against their luggage.
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On Tuesday, World View Enterprises, a Tucson-based space-tourism company, announced that they completed a test flight of a hot-air balloon and a capsule that is being developed to bring tourists 20 miles about earth.
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An elephant in South Africa's Kruger National Park was put down after it attacked a British tourist, ripping open the woman's thigh with its tusk. The woman and her male friend were filming the elephant, when suddenly they were both attacked.
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London -
Everyone knows December 26th is Boxing Day. As usual, this is the day shops around the country offer special deals and special offers, and discounts from 40 percent, up to 70 percent off the original price!
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Girona -
A 45-year-old British man has been arrested on suspicion of beating his father to death while on a family holiday at a campsite on the Costa Brava in Spain.
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Barcelona -
Critics are angry over the decision to charge a tourist fee for entry to the iconic Parc Güell, which is currently the only site displaying the work of Antoni Gaudí without charge.
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Istanbul -
On Sunday afternoon, Turkish police attacked tourists who were peacefully walking through Taksim, Istanbul. Police used so much pepper spray that it came into the cafe where I was having tea with friends.
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A small group of American tourists dining on top of an ice glacier in frozen Iceland had to be rescued when the ice broke away from the land and began to drift out to sea.
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Istanbul -
Around 23 people, mainly tourists, have been hospitalized after a gas leak in the Modern Sultan Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Plosky Tolbachik on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has been dormant since its most notable eruption in 1975. Now it is active again a spewing clouds of ash nearly 3,000 meters into the air, and attracting some extreme tourism.
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The latest destination on the Israeli tour map is the border with Syria. Tourists are flocking there, armed with cameras and binoculars, hoping to catch a glimpse of the action.
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Burgas -
The suicide bomber who blew up a tourist bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria has been caught on the CCTV camera in the Burgas airport.
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Burgas -
A massive explosion on board a busload of Israelis, at the airport in Burgas, Bulgaria has left 7 dead and many more injured.
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A bus carrying tourists from South Korea was visiting Taiwan's Taroko National Park in Hualian county when the accident occurred.
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Two men that admitted to stealing a penguin from a Sea World park in Australia while they were on a drunken bender have been fined for their actions.
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The French are planning to build a “Napoleonland” theme park, in the south of Paris, with daily re-enactments of some of the Napoleonic Wars battles to which visitors will be able to take part, with battlefields filled with bodies of soldiers...
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Sheila Nabb, who was found badly beaten in an elevator in a five star hotel, is just the latest Canadian to become a victim of violent crime while staying in a luxurious Mexican resort.
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Niagara Falls -
Niagara Falls, Ontario is a tourist town. The first tourists came early to see the wonder of nature but today the Niagara Falls are only part of the draw to the area.
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Little Rock -
Hundreds of thousands of people from as far away as Madrid come to pay their respects to The King Biscuit Blues Festival.
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At least 19 passengers and crew of a small tourist plane were reported killed as the aircraft they were boarding crashes while on sight seeing tour in Nepal
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Greece has many popular sights a first timer will want to visit promptly: There are the ancient sites, standing tall after thousands of years, like the Acropolis and Parthenon. Or maybe you'll retreat right away to the islands for a bit of beach hopping.
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At least 12 passengers of a Vietnamese tourist boat were killed by drowning when the boat they were riding sank in Halong Bay in Vietnam.
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The site of a major nuclear disaster may not be the first spot most people think of when planning a holiday, but those interested in such a visit will soon be able to take part in government-approved tours of the area around the Chernobyl power plant.
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There has been 13 fatalities following a bus crash in Germany. The bus, containing Polish tourists, collided with a car and then hit a bridge.
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The Manila bus driver who was handcuffed by the hostage-taker during the bus hijacking incident in Manila last August 23 revealed before the Philippine investigating committee, the sacked police hijacker shot the Hong Kong tourists inside the bus.
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The recent hostage crises in Manila which claimed the life of eight Hong Kong tourists has reportedly strained diplomatic ties between Manila and Hong Kong.
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The Philippine government has allowed Hong Kong crime investigators Monday to conduct its own probe into the hostage-taking incident in Manila last Monday where eight Hong Kong tourists were killed during the rescue operations.
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Feng Chao Bar _ Leshan City_ China.
Pamphleteers solicit both Japanese and American tourists, wearing tee shirts with signs on the back advertising shooting guns for gun in Waikiki, Hawaii's fabled tourist destination.
The last viewpoint of the Bear’s Hump trail in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta.
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Dahab, Sinai, one of the popular beach and diving resorts in Egypt www.en.wikipedia.org
KOMAKI, Japan — It's springtime in Japan and that means one thing. Actually, two things. Penis festivals and vagina festivals. It may sound like a sophomoric gag. But these are folk rites going back at least 1,500 years, into Japan's agricultural past. They're held to ensure a good harvest and promote baby-making. Maybe they should hold more such festivals.
Tourists stand near the lighthouse at the harbor entrance on a stormy Antalya day
group of tourists whale watching when humpback breaches near San Luis Obispo, California Bill Bouton
Tourists leave Tiananmen Square to pass beneath the famous gate to the Forbidden City
Tourists in Italy taking photos Digital Journal
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