The bright waters of the Narta lagoon mirrored the sky — until a massive white bird soared in from the Adriatic, skimming the surface with its dangling feet. “It’s a Dalmatian pelican,” my guide, Julian Hoffman, said. It was my…
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Victims and Eyewitnesses in Kashmir Attack Describe Scenes of Chaos and Horror
At around two o’clock on Tuesday afternoon, when mild sunshine and a gentle chill wrapped the Baisaran Valley in Kashmir, two newlyweds, Shubham Dwivedi and Aishanya Pandey, rented horses and rode up a gentle hill. They wanted to catch what…
At Least 24 Tourists Reported Killed by Gunmen in Kashmir
Militants opened fire on a group of tourists in the Indian-controlled region of Kashmir on Tuesday, killing at least two dozen and injuring many more, according to local media reports. The attack, in a picturesque district of pine-covered hills and…
In Argentina, a Boom in Antarctic Cruises Is Straining the ‘End of the World’
It was summer in the city that proudly calls itself the “end of the world,” and the tourists were flocking like the penguins they had traveled thousands of miles to see. On a late-January afternoon, five hulking cruise ships crowded…
Santa Lives in Rovaniemi, Finland. Some of His Neighbors Are Not Thrilled.
“Do these have cheese in them?” he asked. She saw more tourists in snowmobile suits lingering by the cashier. Before they could make eye contact, she got out of there. “I was thinking: Here we go again,” she said. These…
Family Seeks Answers After Death of American Tourist in the Bahamas
A Maryland family is seeking answers about the death of a 23-year-old man whose body they say was found badly beaten in the Bahamas, where they had been vacationing. The man, Dinari McAlmont, of Bowie, Md., was found dead on…
How to Stay Safe if You’re Traveling and an Earthquake Strikes
On March 28, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, devastating communities and killing at least 3,500 people. The quake also caused buildings to sway, even collapse, in the tourist hot spot of Bangkok. Videos posted online showed water from rooftop…
YouTuber Is Arrested After Leaving Diet Coke on Isolated Tribe’s Island
An American tourist set off alone last week on an inflatable boat for the remote island of North Sentinel in the Indian Ocean. He had packed a Diet Coke and a coconut as an offering for the highly isolated tribe…
As Unexplained Quakes Ease, Tourist Island Insists It’s Open for Business
Weeks after being rattled by thousands of mostly small-scale earthquakes, the island of Santorini, the jewel in the crown of Greece’s tourism sector, is determined to return to business as usual — even as the quake phenomenon remains a mystery.…
A Remote Spot in Saudi Arabia Won’t be Remote for Long
Many travelers are driven by a desperate desire to reach the last great undiscovered place before the rest of the tourist hordes. In 2025, though, that elusive location is becoming something of a mirage. That is particularly apparent in Saudi…