A non-descript hamlet in Norway has been flooded by hundreds of tourists due to an error in Google Maps. Instead of seeing one of the Nordic country’s premier sights, visitors end up at a small farm. Preikestolen or the Pulpit Rock is one of Norway’s best known attractions and a magnet for tourists. Towering an impressive 604 meters over the Lysefjord, the Pulpit Rock has been consistently... 

Arab vacationers traveling to the Czech town of Teplice for its hot springs and health spas are the target audience of pamphlets explaining local customs and laws. It comes after residents complained that Arab tourists misbehave during their visits. The town with a population of 50,000 receives several thousand visitors from Arab countries each year, mostly from Kuwait. Some come for short stays,... 

A man walks past ice sculptures at a park before the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China’s northeastern Heilongjiang province, on January 4, 2016. The legendary Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival has kicked off in China where over a million people are expected to visit the gigantic ice structures displayed in ethereal lights. The... 

Republican presidential candidate Senator Rand Paul suggests the United States should apply more screening to French citizens entering the country. The Kentucky Republican told Fox News on Wednesday that the US is facing terror threats from people coming into the country not just as refugees but as visitors too. “I think our biggest entry for those who would attack us is coming to visit, basically,... 

Dan Fredinburg was one of three Americans killed when the massive earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday, killing more than 3,700 people. He was given letters by friends and family when he reached the summit. The head of privacy at the secretive Google X facility was one of the 18 people killed in an avalanche at Mount Everest, triggered by the Nepal earthquake. Hundreds of foreign nationals are also... 

An Australian rescue vessel trying to reach the Russian ship, MV Akademik Shokalskiy, trapped in Antarctic ice since Christmas Eve, is expected to arrive on Sunday after Chinese and French icebreakers failed to get through heavy sea ice. The Akademik Shokalskiy, with 74 scientists, tourists and crew members on board, has been on a privately-funded research expedition to Antarctica to retrace the footsteps... 

In 1994, Cuba established the dual monetary system following the fall of the Soviet Union, which financially supported Cuba for decades. Cuba’s top economic official says the government will eliminate a currency pegged to the US dollar, in a move to end its dual-currency system and address problems of economic inequality. Vice-President Marino Murillo told parliament on Friday that the convertible... 

A diplomatic scandal broke out between the Republic of Singapore and Malaysia after Singapore newspaper New Paper published an article entitled “Welcome to Malaysia, where it is easy to die and expensive to stay alive.” The Malaysian Government decided that the article may have inflicted a severe material damage on its tourism industry. The author of the article listed recent high-profile... 

An Argentinian ghost town is re-emerging as a tourist destination after spending 25 years underwater. Epecuen’s revival as a visitor attraction is fitting – the scenic lakeside town was built as a tourist village in the 1920s. Epecuen was once a bustling lakeside resort in the farmlands southwest of Buenos Aires. Filled with saltwater baths and spas, the area attracted around 20,000 tourists... 

In Siberia, rescuers continue to search for three tourists, who did not come out of a cave in due time. The rescuers of the Russian Emergencies Ministry have started searching for the tourists in Pandora’s Box Cave, Vesti reports. According to NTV, the owner of a tourist facility in the village of Malaya Syya told EMERCOM that three young men were supposed to return to the base in the morning,... 

Smoke rises from Burgas International Airport in Bulgaria after a bus carrying Israeli tourists exploded at the airport on July 18, 2012. At least seven people have been killed and more than 30 others injured in an explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in the eastern Bulgarian city of Burgas. According to this RT report, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Tehran for the bombing... 

On the way out? Tourists lap up the sunshine at Naama Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh. Islamist parties want to stop Westerners drinking alcohol and wearing skimpy beachwear Bargain holidays for Westerners looking to get a bit of sunshine and a drink by the pool in the winter could be a thing of the past on Egypt’s Red Sea coast. The Muslim Brotherhood, which won success in the first round of parliamentary... 

A snapshot left at a so-called maternity house in California. The building inspectors and police officers walked into the small row of connected town houses here knowing something was amiss. Neighbors had complained about noise and a lot of pregnant women coming and going. And when they went into a kitchen they saw a row of clear bassinets holding several infants, with a woman acting as a nurse hovering...