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The Malaysia government wants to increase the number of tourist arrivals to 36m after more than 25m visited last year.In 2012, the number of people arriving in Malaysia totalled 25,032,708 compared to ...

Ahead of the release of Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' movie in May, holidaymakers in Florida are being invited to celebrate the Roaring Twenties in Sarasota with a visit to the Ringlin ...

The friendly north-south rivalry in the UK has intensified after the Cumbria tourist board branded London's latest attraction The Shard 'titchy'.Although the capital's newest skyscrape ...

Carnival season marks the arrival of spring in France, with colourful events taking place across the country in February, March and April.Already underway and continuing until 17 March is the Limoux C ...

Daredevil Alain Robert treated holidaymakers in Cuba to a show this week, after scaling a 27-storey hotel in Havana without safety equipment.The Frenchman, who goes by the name 'Spiderman', cl ...

Tourists heading to one of Thailand's best-loved beaches are being given the chance to be pampered at a newly-opened 'sand spa'.Located on Bo Nok Beach in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, the ...

Music-loving tourists in London are being given a helping hand in finding the 'real' Abbey Road.Since the recent publication of a new-look public transportation map of the capital, residents o ...

Egypt's tourism minister has claimed that TV reports of protests taking place in Tahrir Square in Cairo are putting off tourists taking flights to Egypt. Hisham Zaazou told Travel Weekly that the ...

The Bahamas government is expecting to see a 5-6% rise in tourist arrivals this year, after recording a similar increase in 2012.This puts the island chain on target to attract more than 6m visitors i ...

Two Australians have triumphed in the annual Empire State Building stair climb race held in New York City. Mark Bourne headed the men's field with a time of ten minutes and 12 seconds, while Suzy ...

The Aintree Grand National might be the most famous horse race in England, but it's by no means the oldest. This title goes to the Kiplingcotes Derby, which has been run every single year since 1 ...

Sightseers feeling a tad tired after going from historic building to historic building in picturesque Vienna are being invited to put their feet up for a few minutes at a newly-opened 'sleep studi ...

San Francisco has been named 'America's happiest city', and the only US city to make the top ten of a new list of the happiest places on the planet.According to a study carried out by GFL ...

Couples who travel together are more likely to be satisfied with their relationship, a study has found.The US Travel Association revealed that 72% of the couples it surveyed said travelling inspires r ...

While Bali's picture-postcard beaches of white sand, sunshine and rolling surf might look inviting, tourists have been reminded to 'respect the sea' by local lifeguards.Even in relatively ...

Tourists visiting Qatar are likely to see huge infrastructure improvements in the coming months and years, as the state gears up to host the 2022 World Cup.All in all, $65bn (£41.4bn) will be in ...

Tourism is helping to protect critically endangered gorillas in Uganda from habitat loss and other threats.With the local community receiving 20% of each $500 (£318) permit fee, conservationists ...

Government officials in the South Korean capital Seoul are offering tourists a 500,000 won (£290) cash reward for reporting law-breaking taxi drivers.An English-language hotline has been set up ...

The number of people visiting the Cappadocia region in central Turkey increased by 15% last month, compared to the same period a year earlier.In all, 72,665 visitors came to the region in January, up ...

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