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a group of tourists take photos of the birds perched on the balcony rails
Environment
Macaws lighten things up in Venezuela’s capital, and form a special bond with residents
Tourists stroll down a street that is packed with bars and restaurants, in Medellin's Provenza neighborhood.
Community
Medellín was one of the world’s most dangerous cities. Now, it’s trying to grapple with an influx of tourists.
Woman takes a picture of a sunset at a park.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Barcelona gets bombarded by selfie-taking tourists
Half Moon Bay is a famous beach in Antigua and Barbuda that is now covered sargassum, a type of large, brown floating seaweed.
Environment
Caribbean summer forecast: high chance of sargassum
To get certified by the Starlight Foundation, Villa de Leyva, Colombia, plans to change its streetlights so they only point downward and use light bulbs with warmer colored temperatures.
Science
This Colombian town is dimming its lights to attract more tourists to view the night sky
The Inca temple of Sacsayhuamán gets only a handful of visitors per day now, as tourists cancel their trips to Cusco amid protests taking place in Peru.
Protest
Protests across Peru are keeping tourists away from the country’s top travel destinations
White Sand beach on Boracay Island, in the Philippines.
Business, Economics and Jobs
The return of Chinese tourists restores hope in the Philippines’ tourism industry
Bullfighting is still legal in the Colombian city of Manizales, which holds a major festival on the first week of January.
Justice
Colombia’s plan to ban bullfighting sparks debate on tradition, animal rights
grassy mountain
Climate Change
An unseasonably warm winter in Europe threatens ski resorts, tourism
A life-size replica of a slave ship graces the Marina Project in Benin.
History
Benin is building a theme park to remember slavery — is history up for sale?
beach scene
Ukraine
Ukrainian refugees found shelter in Spain’s empty hotels. But then, tourists came back.
Ships of the US Navy Sixth Fleet visit Barcelona, Spain, in 1956. 
History
How US sailors kicked off Barcelona’s tourism industry in the 1950s
A row of umbrells are shown standing upright in the sand with the blue Aegean sea in the distance.
EU takes big step toward relaxing travel for vaccinated
People spend the first day of the Songkran New Year holidays at Nang Rong beach in Chonburi, Thailand, April 13, 2021.
One Thai island’s bold scheme to bring back tourists
Sandra Martínez stands in a plant-filled patio of the Las Golondrinas Hotel.
COVID-19
Mexico’s battered tourism sector teeters fine line between economy and public health
Amsterdam's red-light district remains sparse as many international tourists have stayed away during the pandemic.
Lifestyle
Is overtourism over? Travelers to Europe stay home due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Empty sun beds on an empty beach with blue sky
Business, Economics and Jobs
Tourism in Tunisia reopens — with precautions
Several cafe tables are shown in St. Mark's Square with the St. Mark's Basilica in the distance.
COVID-19
EU travel recommendations may impede Americans and Russians
People stand on a train platform
COVID-19
‘Travel bubbles’: Who’s in and who’s out of the plan to save global tourism
The San Marco basin in Venice appears placid as a result of the slowdown in activity with the country's lockdown in response to the coronavirus.
COVID-19
The changing face of Venice 
Several rows of thatch umbrellas are shown on a sandy beach with a woman in shadow sitting underneath one of the umbrellas.
COVID-19
EU calls for European borders to reopen to save tourist season
A woman is shown sitting a large frame with the Barents Sea in the background.
Business, Economics and Jobs
The ‘edge of the earth’: How Chinese tourism is changing one Russian Arctic village
A group of tourists stands taking selfies outside.
Lifestyle & Belief
How did tourism become so popular?
Thousands of people are packed into an outdoor space listening to speakers
India is trying to market its elections as a tourist attraction
Fall leaves cover a hill above a river.
Environment
‘Leaf peeping’ is huge in New England. Will climate change alter tourism?
A ship carrying tourists plies the waters off Antarctica.
Climate Change
Antarctica needs humans to protect it. It also needs humans to stay away. What’s a potential visitor to do?
Isabela pier, Galapagos Islands
Environment
Is tourism harming the Galápagos Islands?
Beach
Conflict
Violent crime rates in the Caribbean among the highest on Earth, study shows
A French soldier patrols under the gaze of Korean tourists at Montmartre's Sacre Coeur Church in Paris.
Culture
A year of attacks leaves Paris’ streets emptier than usual
Tourists walk past life preservers on the beaches of Kos, Greece.
Conflict
Bikinis and lifevests: Indelible images from an island shared by tourists, refugees
A visitor takes a "selfie" in front of art exhibit "Circle Uncircled" by artist Rahul Kumar.
Arts
You can bring your camera to see the art, but leave that selfie stick at home
The border between Stewart, British Columbia and Hyder, Alaska as seen from the Canadian side.
Business
Canada plans to limit the hours of a border crossing that divides US village, Canadian town
A Madagascar Biodiversity Project poster illustrates the symbiotic relationship between the black and white ruffed lemur and the forests they live in, centered on food and poop. The project aims to use lemur poop to help restore forest habitat for the ben
Environment
Lemur poop might save Madagascar’s forests — and economy
Tourists on the beach in Yalta, a Crimean resort.
Lifestyle
Russians flock to their ‘little bit of paradise’ in Crimea — and back its annexation
The BP Amoco yard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn is one of the stops during The Poison Cauldron tour. Refining ceased along Newtown Creek in the 1960s, and today the name of the game is petroleum distribution from fuel barge fed tank farms like this.
Lifestyle
Want to tour a toxic beach? ‘Anti-tourism’ explores the darker, dirtier corners of the world
The BP Amoco yard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn is one of the stops during The Poison Cauldron tour. Refining ceased along Newtown Creek in the 1960s, and today the name of the game is petroleum distribution from fuel barge fed tank farms like this.
Lifestyle
Want to tour a toxic beach? ‘Anti-tourism’ explores the darker, dirtier corners of the world
WWI memorial crosses
Business, Economics and Jobs
Flanders prepares for a World War I army — of tourists
Lifestyle & Belief
Trying to escape the government shutdown? Don’t head to the great outdoors
Global Politics
Residents of Istanbul Neighborhood Take A Colorful Stand
Experiments With a Tech-Free Summer Camp
Development & Education
In Aruba, tourism goes green
Room Service Ending at New York City’s Largest Hotel
Arts, Culture & Media
The Rise of Medical Tourism
New Exhibit Explores How We Talk to Objects
Business, Economics and Jobs
Damage Control in Full Swing for Britain’s Tourism
Body Worlds
Ecotourism
Cayman Islands Tourism
Yankees, Come Visit!
Bikers VS Hikers in California
Comfy Camping
Comfy Camping
Wired Camping
The Living on Earth Almanac
Trouble on the Mexican Riveria
Arts, Culture & Media
Six Flags theme park hosts Muslim Day
Arts, Culture & Media
Visiting Colombia’s national parks
Business, Economics and Jobs
Latin America’s commodity cushion
Arts, Culture & Media
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