GoPro is making a Drone

Photo of a drone quadcopter from the author’s Instagram. All photos by the author. GoPro is making a drone. Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported...

9 global charities worth supporting

IT’S BEEN A LONG YEAR for humanity. There’s been Ebola, the ongoing Syrian civil war, the crisis in eastern Ukraine, the rise of the...

TOURISM IN MEXICO TO FOCUS ON DOMESTIC TRAVELERS

The minister of tourism in Mexico, Enrique de la Madrid Cordero, expects the sector to record positive growth over the coming 5 years. The...

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM IN MEXICO UP IN 2015

Last November Mexico received 7.6 million international visitors, representing an increase of 6.6% over the same month in 2014, with foreign exchange earnings being...

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: HOW TO GET THERE AND WHAT TO SEE

In the collective imagination, the Galapagos Islands are the huge open-air natural zoo visited by Darwin in 1835 on his voyage on the Beagle;...

13 things retitled from the US to UK

  Photo: William Murphy WHEN J.K. ROWLING published the first Harry Potter book in 1997, she put her American publishers in a bit of a bind....

TOURISM IN GREECE SUFFERS DUE TO THE REFUGEE CRISIS

The ongoing influx of migrants and the closure of the Greco-Macedonian border bring Greece in difficulties. Supposedly more than 25,000 refugees are wandering through...

10 ways you’re making your life harder than it has to be

Photo: Gisela Giardino 1. You ascribe intent. Another driver cut you off. Your friend never texted you back. Your co-worker went to lunch without you. Everyone...

ELEPHANT’S DEATH COULD CHANGE CAMBODIA TOURISM

Cambodia tourism industry faces a worldwide criticism of animal rights groups. Last week, Sambo, a 40-year-old Asian female elephant died outside Angkor Wat after...

SURVEY SHOWS ITALY SHOULD GET READY FOR CROWDS OF TOURISTS

According to the Italian news agency ANSA, a poll submitted by Enit (Italian Tourist Board) reveals a positive trend of Italian tourism. Especially art...

CRUISE TOURISM IN THE CARIBBEAN GENERATED $3.16 M

Recently, the Business Research & Economic Advisors (BREA) released its study of cruise tourism spending in the Caribbean and its impact on the destination...

CHINESE TOURISM INDUSTRY CANNOT FULFILL THE 5-YEAR PLAN

Inbound tourism industry of China has been struggling for the last three years following a decline in the number of overseas tourists visiting the...

DOMESTIC TOURISM IN RUSSIA THRIVING

The devaluation of the Rubble has determined Russian tourists to avoid traveling to Europe and this has been beneficial for the domestic tourism in...

THE MOST PUNCTUAL AIRLINES AROUND THE WORLD

Among the best 20 airlines in the world in terms of average on-time performance for the year 2014, it seems that the top notch...

TRAVELING BY CAR AROUND GERMANY IS CHEAPER

The prices for purchasing and maintenance of cars in Germany decreased in the annual average of 2014 compared to the previous year by 0.8...

MEXICAN TOURISM TO SLOW DOWN THANKS TO TRUMP

Following the US presidential election, there will be a slowdown in the rate of international tourist arrivals in Mexico, which will grow by only...