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Charpoua shelter: soup and cake half-way up Mont Blanc 01 Jul 2019 - 06:47 pm
Sarah Cartier, guardian of the Charpoua refuge on the Charpoua Glacier, poses on the threshold of the refuge in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc on June 19, 2019. AFP / Marco Bertorello
How to ditch an itinerary and discover a city 24 Jun 2019 - 03:51 pm
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Solar eclipse frenzy fuels astronomical tourism in Chile 10 Jun 2019 - 01:58 pm
A view of the La Silla European Southern Observatory (ESO) at Coquimbo, Chile June 1, 2019. Reuters/Jorge Vega
Got $50 million for a vacation? NASA to open space station to private citizens 07 Jun 2019 - 08:16 pm
NASA commercial crew astronauts Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, Douglas Hurley and Bob Behnken pose for a portrait at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., May 21, 2019.  REUTERS/Mike Blake
Facelift helps Morocco's Old City of Fez lure tourists 02 Jun 2019 - 01:18 pm
Tourists and locals walk in the 9th-century walled medina in the ancient Moroccan city of Fez on April 11, 2019. AFP / FADEL SENNA
4 ways to be a good traveler in the age of overtourism 30 May 2019 - 09:04 pm
A tourist rides on camel back at the Jomo Kenyatta public beach in coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya, March 24, 2013. Reuters / Joseph Okanga
Istanbul's musical ferry can be a soulful experience 26 May 2019 - 01:54 pm
Musicians Oguzhan Erdem (C) plays ney, Eren Koc (L) keyboard and Zafer Saka(R) guitar during a ferry trip on the Bosphorus from Kadikoy to Eminonu, in Istanbul, on May 16, 2019. AFP / BULENT KILIC
Iraqis turn to budding ecotourism to save marshes 22 May 2019 - 07:54 pm
This picture taken on March 29, 2019 shows a floating palm reed-woven house for tourists in the marshes of the southern Iraqi district of Chibayish in Dhi Qar province, about 120 kilometres northwest of the southern city of Basra. AFP / Hussein Faleh
Could the fabled Orient Express take to the rails again? 17 May 2019 - 11:15 pm
This picture taken on May 13, 2019 shows the interior of a newly-restored carriage of an Orient Express train at Gare de l'Est train station in Paris. AFP / Christophe Archambault
Tel Aviv eyes tourism boon with 'amazing' Eurovision week 15 May 2019 - 09:13 pm
The Eurovision Village, an area dedicated for fans of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, is seen from above along the shoreline in Tel Aviv, Israel May 15, 2019. Reuters/Corinna Kern
Havana's Chinatown dreaming of a new lease on life 09 May 2019 - 08:59 pm
A man reads an information board at the entrance of a martial arts school in Havana, on April 11, 2019.  AFP / Yamil Lage
Modern sculpture meets ancient Greece in unique island exhibition 08 May 2019 - 10:44 pm
Renowned British artist Antony Gormley poses next to his sculpture called
The village that keeps rising from the volcanic ashes 03 May 2019 - 07:01 pm
This picture taken on March 30, 2019 shows the newly built Marisa's hotel, made with cement and lava on the roof of the owner's former house, in the village of Portelo in Cape Verde's Cha das Caldeiras valley. AFP / Anne-Sophie Faivre Le Cadre
World Heritage sites could be transformed by global warming 30 Apr 2019 - 10:13 pm
Sherpas sit at the Mount Everest base camp,  April 2014. Reuters / Phurba Tenjing Sherpa
Egypt's rebounding tourism threatens Red Sea corals 30 Apr 2019 - 06:58 pm
A photo taken on April 4, 2010 shows yachts moored at the marina of Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada. AFP / Mohamed el-Shahed
Idjwi, a haven of peace in DR Congo's conflict-ridden east 28 Apr 2019 - 08:24 pm
Esperance Mawanzo and Luc Henkinbrant, founders of the Esperance (Hope) Agency, play with a cat as they stand in front of their ecotourism lodge on Idjwi island, in Lake Kivu, on April 5, 2019.  AFP / Luke Dennison
Tuscan paradise where da Vinci's genius bloomed 28 Apr 2019 - 10:10 am
A general view taken on April 9, 2019 shows visitors walking past the Santa Croce church in Vinci, the Tuscan village where Leonardo Da Vinci was born. AFP / Filippo Monteforte
Sri Lanka halts low season visa-free plan after bombings 25 Apr 2019 - 07:39 pm
Sri Lankan children bathe as an elephant walks in a lake at Kataragama on April 14, 2017. AFP/Ishara S Kodikara