Throngs of tourists swarm Suffolk Street day after day to glimpse the pride of Dublin that stands outside St. Andrew’s Church: a statue of Molly Malone, the folkloric fishmonger commemorated in the city’s unofficial anthem “Cockles and Mussels.” Many of them do more than look: In what’s become an odd tradition that tour guides claim … Read more
If the idea of drinking civet cat coffee, which is made from feces from the Asian palm civet, is a turn-off, there may be yet another reason to rethink the drink. This week, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) issued a warning aimed at tourists in Bali after an investigator showed undercover footage … Read more
Outbound passengers queue up to check in at Yantai Penglai International Airport on February 9, 2023 in Yantai, Shandong Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific’s travel sector is seeing strong growth, with demand for flights set to match pre-pandemic levels this year — thanks to Chinese tourists. The region’s … Read more
BERLIN — An American man on Monday admitted to charges of murder and rape after he allegedly pushed two U.S. women down a ravine, fatally injuring one of them near Germany’s Neuschwanstein castle last year. The 31-year-old defendant admitted to the charges during the start of his trial, the German news agency dpa reported. Defendants … Read more
Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s prison release last month and new Lifetime docuseries this month have created a lot of buzz. And now her childhood home’s getting similar attention, but not everyone’s happy about it. TMZ reported Saturday morning that the Springfield, Missouri home where Blanchard’s mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, was killed in 2015 is attracting a … Read more
Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s former neighbors are being haunted by the past — an onslaught of tourists is descending on the Springfield, MO home where she and her now ex-boyfriend slayed her mother, Dee Dee. Interest in the case has been reignited following Gypsy’s recent prison release. One neighbor, named Tonia, tells TMZ … loads of … Read more
England smashed a record T20I total against the West Indies as Phil Salt’s second successive century set up a series-levelling 75-run victory in Trinidad. Salt, whose ton on Saturday had kept England in the series, hit 119 from 57 balls as the visitors reached 267-3 to set the second highest T20 international total recorded by … Read more
By Dominique Vidalon and Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) -One person died and two others were injured after a man attacked tourists in central Paris near the Eiffel Tower, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Saturday. Police quickly arrested the 26-year-old man, a French national, using a Taser stun gun, Darmanin told reporters. The suspect had … Read more
The houseboats anchored on Dal Lake, an area popular with tourists. ByThe Associated Press November 11, 2023, 8:59 AM Kashmiris salvage items after a fire gutted several houseboats early morning in the interiors of Dal Lake, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. A massive fire engulfed some wooden houseboats … Read more
There was a big shindig at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art this weekend — and a crap ton of A-listers showed up … doing their best impression of a tourist along the way. The event was a LACMA Art and Film Gala — sponsored by Gucci — that was hosted by a trustee … Read more