The downpour was causing the river boat to rock and water was slowly soaking into the wood, but that didn’t stop us going down the Amazon River.It was early morning and our jungle lodges were ov…
Southland: Moonshine and myth
Gore’s anti-prohibition whisky makers had plenty of bite, writes Eleanor Ainge Roy.When the Mataura district introduced a liquor prohibition in 1902 Gore residents swiftly responded by setting u…
Growing Tourism In Mexico Secures 8TH Place For The Country
Mexico will close 2016 climbing up one place in a ranking of countries attractive to tourists. It moved from ninth to eighth place, with a 10% growth in international visitor arrivals (35.3 million to…
Spring Festival: Chinese Travel Abroad But Somewhere Else
6 million Chinese are expected to travel abroad during the Spring Festival holidays, as reported by the online travel agency Ctrip. Thailand, Japan and the United States have emerged among the most po…
Turkey – Top Destination For Hair Transplantation
Medical tourism is becoming massively popular in many forms, and in many countries. Turkey is one of these countries. Besides its well-known, high quality eye treatment, it offers another service &nda…
A round up of new routes
Six new tourism routes have opened in the past year across South Africa. Kim Emmanuel rounds up the six new routes you may have missed.Western CapeWest Coast Way Foodie RouteGeelbek Restaurant.West Co…
Consumer Protection Agency in Rio Reviews Top Hotels for Violations
The inspection’s primary focus was violations of service levels, including food and drink quality control and signage for local laws regarding prostitution.RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Inspect…
Seabourn: Well fed in the Med
Jane Jeffries settles in to chew the fat with Seabourn Sojourn’s executive chef.I have been on the ship for only a couple of days but I am already sold on cruising.I had heard all sorts of good …
Emirates lands in Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE — Emirates flight 213 landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport at 10:37a.m. Thursday, marking the Dubai-based carrier’s entry into South Florida.The Boeing 777-200ULR wa…
Carnival Cruise Line to get third Vista-class ship in 2019
Carnival Cruise Line will grow and update its fleet in 2019 via a ship swap with sister brand P&O Cruises Australia.Carnival will add a sister ship to the Carnival Vista, a vessel that was origina…