SHAANXIWOA 12 inches wide cliff pathway in China has been declared among the world’s most dangerous tourist attractions.This vertigo-inducing picture shows tourists navigating an extremely narrow and treacherous walkway along cliffs at a scenic mountain in China’s Shaanxi Province.The ...

ROME (AFP) - Tourist cruises along Rome’s Tiber River have been suspended indefinitely for the first time since they began a decade ago because the waterway is judged too dirty.“Tourists and Rome residents were expecting navigation for the year to resume at Easter. But we didn’t ...

ISLAMABAD - The tourist camp for foreigners near Yasmeen Park has started giving a deserted look due to negligence of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), lack of proper security measures and deteriorated law and order situation in the city.According to sources, there is a capacity of 25 carry ...

ISLAMABAD  – The Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) Margalla tourist train aimed at promoting tourism and economic activities in the federal capital could not be repaired despite passage of six month.Interested citizens talking to INP said that the train was a nice move for the ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) Festivities held in connection with World Tourism Day last week rein kindled hopes for Pakistan to once again emerge as a tourist spot, attracting people from across the world. Fabulous destinations that once remained crowded by tourists, mostly foreigners, wear deserted looks ...

At least five people were killed and 53 were injured when a tourist tram was derailed in Brazil's second largest city of Rio de Janeiro, health and rescue officials reported. The accident occurred in the Santa Teresa neighborhood popular with tourists on Saturday. The tram's roof was ripped off ...

ABBOTTABAD (AFP) - Pakistani hoteliers in the town where Osama bin Laden was killed by elite US forces are praying the views and balmy weather still reel in bumper tourist numbers this year. Considered one of the quietest towns in the northwest, nestled in pine-dotted hills and popular with ...

Flash floods that turned into street torrents destroying houses and pulling down bridges, killed at least 38 people and injured over 100 on the Portuguese island of Madeira, officials said Sunday. Portugal rushed medical teams, rescuers, divers and relief supplies to the tourist island, warning ...

At least 10 people died when a boat carrying mostly Bulgarian tourists sank on Lake Ohrid in southwest Macedonia on Saturday, the government said. The Iliden, was carrying at least 50 passengers when it sank at around 11 am (1500 PST), said a police source who declined to be named. No reason was ...

MOSCOW (AFP) - US millionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi met with his wife in the Kazakh steppe after returning safely to Earth on Wednesday after an unprecedented second tour in orbit. Simonyi, who made his fortune pioneering Microsoft software, bumped back to Earth at 0715 GMT with two ...

A Chinese man on Saturday attacked and killed an American tourist in central Beijing, one day after the Olympic Games opened in the Chinese capital, Xinhua news agency reported. The man attacked two Americans as well as their Chinese guide at the historic Drum Tower monument, a popular tourist ...

Tibet may limit the number of tourists and mountaineers to Mount Qomolangma to protect its fragile ecology, the region's top environmental official has said. The rising number of tourists and mountaineers makes protecting the environment a tough job, said Zhang Yongze, director of the Tibet ...

THESE amazing images show a daredevil photographer leap across a 3,000ft-deep ravine to capture the perfect sunset - after drinking a six-pack of BEER. Dozens of stunned holidaymakers gasped in horror as the unknown man - wearing flip-flops - risked his life by jumping the four-yard gap across ...