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A 9-year-old New York City boy was shot and killed less than an hour after arriving in the Dominican Republic for a spring break family trip — and despite several arrests, many, including the island nation’s president, want more answers. Gioser Luis Feliz Camilo, a Bronx fourth-grader, died Wednesday when a group of men allegedly followed the car he and…

Prosecutors said the American was approached by several suspects near midnight Monday and they shot him in the leg.

Plans for a major renovation of the National Archaeological Museum in Greece have been announced by the country’s Culture Ministry

An aquarium in Berlin that was home to nearly 1,500 exotic fish burst early Friday morning, sending 1 million liters of water gushing into a hotel lobby and out to the street.

A huge aquarium in Berlin burst, spilling debris, water and hundreds of tropical fish out of the AquaDom tourist attraction in the heart of the German capital early Friday.

This summer’s drought is expected to cause a patchy array of fall color starting earlier in the leaf-peeping haven of New England. experts anticipate the season, which typically peaks in October, to be more spread out with some trees changing earlier or even browning and dropping leaves because of the drought.

Starting in January, Venice will oblige day-trippers to make reservations and pay a fee to visit the historic lagoon city.

To determine the list, WalletHub compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia across two key dimensions: “entertainment and recreation” and “nightlife.”

The Pacific Northwest is famous for its rain, but recent climate change has brought drought, wildfires and landslides, forcing a Portland, Oregon, tour company to restructure its outings along the Columbia River Gorge. America’s Hub World Tours canceled 360 trips while the Eagle Creek Fire burned in 2017, when areas along the river were shut down and trees and vegetation…

For small tourism businesses across the U.S., climate change is fundamentally shifting the experiences and sites they’re able to offer clientele. “We’re seeing ski destinations without snow in the winter, we’re seeing beaches increasingly eroded,” says Expedia’s VP of sustainability, Aditi Mohapatra. “So there’s the kind of physical manifestations of climate change that are having a real impact on...

More than 900 flights were canceled today, on top of the already over 3,500 flights canceled since Friday.

Luxembourg, one of the smallest countries in Europe, tops a new passport index that analyzes factors that affect global citizens.

CNBC Travel looks into what it’s now like to visit a country that was once labeled “Fortress Australia” because of its strict Covid-19 policies. 

After two years of vacation plans being halted by Covid-19, travelers are beginning to regain their confidence and are booking holidays up to a year in advance.

British ferry operator P&O Ferries made 800 staff redundant and suspended sailing with immediate effect Thursday, saying the business was “not sustainable.”

Covid-19 pushed 4.7 million people in Southeast Asia into extreme poverty last year and erased 9.3 million jobs, the Asian Development Bank said.

Nearly all travelers surveyed by booking platform Kind Traveler said it’s important their travel dollars have a positive effect on the destination they visit.

Residents from South Korea topped the list of visitor arrivals to the Philippines each year from 2010 to 2020, according to the Philippines’ tourism department.

A travel guide’s virtual tours around Kyiv used to draw between 30 and 100 people. But over 1,800 tuned in to her livestreamed Ukraine tours after the invasion.

Italians love Tuscany’s quiet islands, hiking in the Dolomite mountains and go off-the-beaten-track in Rome.