Machu Picchu reopens
Mists hung low over Machu Picchu, adding an eerie, otherworldly atmosphere as delighted tourists entered the iconic Inca citadel for the first time after eight months of lockdown due to the coronavirus.
Kenya's lakes rise to destructive highs
Peering into the lake, the village elder struggled to pinpoint where beneath the hyacinth and mesquite weeds lay the farm he lived in his entire life until the water rose like never before and swallowed everything.
Golden season memories
Autumn, a season of golden colors, is the most comfortable time of year in Beijing. What better way to spend a weekend than dress up in Chinese traditional costumes, walk on bridges over flowing rivers and enjoy the beauty of the falling red maple leaves at an ancient town in the capital?
Thailand welcomes back visitors as political protests heat up
Thailand received a group of tourists from China on Tuesday, its first such arrivals since a ban on commercial flights was imposed in April to combat the coronavirus pandemic, a senior official said, as street demonstrations escalate.
Low-altitude flight tourism a new trend in South China's Hainan
A frequent visitor to the southern island province of Hainan, Huang Zuolin has recently had her first paragliding experience. “It feels terrific,” said the 23-year-old from Central China's Hunan Province.
Real Guangxi
Before going to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South China, I had already heard of its well-known tourist spots, such as the beautiful Lijiang River and the majestic terraced fields. I had also experienced the local food culture and various rice noodles, which are also popular thousands of miles away. But it was only when I stood on its soil that I understood the mysterious beauty of Guangxi.
Changsha becomes new tourism magnet for young Chinese
If you love pepper, you have to visit Changsha. If you love shopping, you have to visit Changsha. And if you love milk tea, definitely visit Changsha!
Singapore's last village boosts nostalgia tourism
Hidden between the skyscrapers of Singapore's urban jungle sits Kampong Lorong Buangkok – the only surviving traditional village in this modern city-state of 5.7 million people.
Visitors vanish from locked down Madrid
Taxis line up for hours at Madrid airport without picking up a single client while the square outside of the Royal Palace is deserted.
China's dual festivals in eyes of Mozambican student
At the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day party organized by her school, Nilza Adolfo Matiqute, an international student from Mozambique, stood up and grabbed the microphone to sing her favorite Chinese song "Molihua," or jasmine.
Egypt's resorts and ancient sites face tough winter
At the Pyramids of Giza, just a handful of tourists walks among the ancient wonders. Twelve people showed up to admire Luxor's towering colonnades the day it reopened this month. At Egypt's Red Sea resorts, visitor numbers are well below previous years.
Loosening the lockdown
India's famed Taj Mahal and some schools reopened on Monday as authorities pressed ahead with kickstarting the nation's coronavirus-battered economy despite soaring infection numbers.
Paradise by the Sea
With China's traditional MidAutumn Day and National Day holidays combined this year, people in China will have an eight-day vacation, giving them extra time to enjoy themselves following the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus.
Mainland woos Taiwan visitors at tourism expo
Showcasing landscapes and cultural attractions and offering carefully tailored travel packages, travel agencies were actively promoting cross-Straits sightseeing at the Taipei Tourism Expo, though the COVID-19 epidemic is holding back their business.
Brazilian islands bet on virus immunity in novel strategy
Fernando de Noronha, an archipelago 220 miles off Brazil's northeastern coast famous for abundant sea life, pristine beaches and dramatic mountainsides rising above the coast, is trying a novel method for fighting the coronavirus.
With borders closed, S.Africa pins hopes on cash-strapped local tourists
Lisa Krohn's Ashanti Lodge in Cape Town – normally abuzz with backpackers from around the world – today sits largely empty, a sign of how the pandemic has crushed South Africa's tourist industry.
Stranded Japanese couple become Cape Verde envoys
A pair of Japanese honeymooners stranded in Cape Verde by the coronavirus pandemic have been named unlikely ambassadors for the tropical paradise's Olympic team at next year's Tokyo Games.
Seeking a way to survive
When Deniz Tas reopened his 660-room hotel on Turkey's sparkling Aegean coast in July, he had only a modest goal - to break even for the rest of a tourist season devastated by the coronavirus lockdown.