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Thai travel could get more expensive
AUSTRALIANS love a Thailand holiday. But we may soon not be allowed to get into the country unless we have purchased this.
Big problem behind this photo
IT is one of the hottest ‘must see’ destinations right now but tourists’ obsession with Iceland is coming at a high cost.
Schapelle’s surprising Bali legacy
Almost a week after her departure, it emerges the convicted drug smuggler has left an unlikely gift for the Indonesian island.
‘Disrespectful’ tourist shamed
A TOURIST has been slammed for being ‘shameful’ and ‘rude’ towards one of the Queen’s guards at the Tower of London.
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NZ town swamped by Australian tourists
THIS small town in New Zealand is too beautiful for its own good. It’s been swamped by Australian tourists, and frankly, they’re ruining the place.
‘NZ is so much better than Australia’
TIRED of the traffic, astronomical house prices and paying way more than you want for avocadoes? There is an answer, according to this guy.
Tourist’s huge complaint about visitor guide
AN AUSTRALIAN tourist has made a formal complaint about a New Zealand visitors guide, claiming it “misled” him about the seaside town.
Why we’re green with envy of NZ
FIRST New Zealand got Lord of the Rings, now they have this. These spectacular shots were taken on an Air NZ flight from Dunedin ... best plane view ever?
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Thai travel could get more expensive
AUSTRALIANS love a Thailand holiday. But we may soon not be allowed to get into the country unless we have purchased this.
Schapelle’s surprising Bali legacy
Almost a week after her departure, it emerges the convicted drug smuggler has left an unlikely gift for the Indonesian island.
Don’t try walking in here with a tattoo
YOU’D be hard-pressed to stroll down a street in Australia and not see a tattoo. But ink could get you banned from this Japanese tourist attraction.
Bali’s monkeys are evil geniuses
DON’T fall for that sweet expression. Bali’s macaques are getting very good at outsmarting tourists — and scientists are calling them a monkey mafia.
New York’s violent turf war over tourists
IRONICALLY, The Statue of Liberty — a symbol of freedom — is at the heart of it. And not even the tourists are safe.
Artist sculpts dog peeing on ‘Fearless Girl’
NEW York City’s most talked-about statue has found a provocative little friend. And it has escalated the statue war on Wall Street.
Why would you go to Colombia?
IT’S a dangerous country where people can be kidnapped if they flag a taxi. So why would you go to Colombia for a holiday? This is why.
My ‘intense’ stay at a nude hotel
SWEDISH woman Danielle Ditzian describes herself as “crazy”, but the Nude Hotel in Mexico caught even her off guard.
Big problem behind this photo
IT is one of the hottest ‘must see’ destinations right now but tourists’ obsession with Iceland is coming at a high cost.
‘Disrespectful’ tourist shamed
A TOURIST has been slammed for being ‘shameful’ and ‘rude’ towards one of the Queen’s guards at the Tower of London.
Town that’s too beautiful for Insta
DUMBEST law ever or clever marketing ploy? One Swiss village thinks banning tourists from taking photos is a good idea.
City’s clever way of getting rid of tourists
DAY-TRIPPERS are becoming a nuisance in Florence, so the city’s mayor has come up with a simple but effective plan to clear them from streets and public places.
Police kill Iran parliament attackers
GUNMEN have opened fire and detonated suicide vests in attacks on Iran’s parliament building and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini.
Police kill Iran parliament attackers
SPECIAL forces have cleared Iran’s parliament building in a floor-by-floor operation that has left all four gunmen dead. Authorities say the attackers were dressed as women.
Crisis over Qatar flight bans
SAUDI Arabia has revoked Qatar Airways’ operating licence and evicted the airlines staff as a growing number of nations blockade the tiny nation’s their land, sea and air routes.
‘It seems they just wanted to kill’
HANNAH Cornelius was brutally strangled, raped and stabbed after four “animals” carjacked her as she spoke to a friend.
Man ‘gang raped’ by women
A SOUTH African man has been left traumatised after he was allegedly drugged, kidnapped and raped by a group of women over a three day ordeal.
Man raped, kidnapped by female gang
A GANG of women in South Africa kidnapped a man and raped him repeatedly for three days while force-feeding him energy drinks.
Buzz Aldrin rescued from South Pole
FORMER astronaut Buzz Aldrin has been evacuated from the South Pole where he was visiting as part of a tourist group.
It was like wed found a lost world
AN Aussie adventurer has recounted his extraordinary and treacherous kayak journey around a remote, icy island — a voyage that won him an award.
Passenger jet lands in Antarctica
FOR the first time ever a commercial Boeing 757 has spectacularly landed on a blue-ice runway in Antarctica potentially changing future travel to the region.