Mexico may drop out of world's tourism top 10

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's top tourism official says the country may be dropped from the list of the world's top 10 tourist destinations, a...

Campaign aims to show tourists there's more to NYC than Midtown

Did a travel startup trend just make its way up to the New York City’s mayor office? Last November, Skift reported that the online travel...

A giant sculpture of Gollum.
Courtesy Wellington Airport/Weta Workshop

Aspendam? Pot votes in Colo., Wash., raise specter of weed tourism

DENVER -- Hit the slopes — and then a bong? Marijuana legalization votes this week in Colorado and Washington state don't just set up an...

Las Vegas visitor count up slightly in September

LAS VEGAS -- Officials say slightly more visitors came to Las Vegas in September compared with last year, and gambling revenue went up...

Global tourist arrivals close in on 1 billion, UN reports

LONDON -- International tourist arrivals grew 4 percent between January and August year-on-year and are heading for the 1 billion mark...

Libyans flock to beaches once preserved for Gadhafi elite

Libyans have been taking to beaches once reserved for slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi, amid hopes that the war-ravaged country could build...

A year after disastrous earthquake, tsunami, travel to Japan slowly rebounds

Last year's deadly earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent disaster at Fukushima nuclear power plant took a toll on Japan's tourism...