A few weeks ago I flew from Dubai to Oman. Before take-off, I spent a few moments wondering if the tall woman in the seat...

The worst storm to hit India in years made landfall on the country’s east coast bringing with it winds of up to 180kph and causing...

Why George Town?The Malaysian island of ­Penang is known as the Pearl of the Orient, and the jewel in its crown today is its ­enchanting...

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a foreign mastermind may have planned the Easter Sunday bombings, claimed by Islamic State, telling the militant group to...

Track days are traditionally about tearing up the tarmac, often in something light, likely in something bright, but always in something sporty. As such, these...

There will be more ticket options for Expo 2020 Dubai for residents and tourists.After the details of prices for daily and three-day tickets to the...

Pupils experience rolling tea leaves at Dingxin tea garden on the Baixiang Mountain in Chongqing, southwest China, April 25, 2019. Over 300 pupils of Banan...

Not many pensioners would move from a small town in ­Scotland to the mountains of East Africa to find their life’s calling. But that’s ­exactly...

“Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach,”...

While it was named Lonely Planet’s top travel pick for 2019, Sri Lanka is a country that has been free from civil war for only...

We’re just days away from the final season of Game of Thrones hitting screens on April 14, after a wait of nearly two years since...

Surrounded by craggy rocks, every 20 minutes or so, fresh water spurts out of a spring, collecting in a pool below. According to legend, the...

After a couple of days of bright blue skies hinted at the end of the dusty weather we saw throughout March, the country was bathed...

Engineers at Nasa's Ames Research Center in California have created a new aeroplane wing that could change the future of flying.Working with a group from...

Since it launched in 2008, Airbnb has changed the way many people take trips. Offering unique lodgings, local experience or places to stay in destinations...

Get ready to dive into the world’s deepest swimming pool later this year.Construction on DeepSpot Poland is coming to an end keeping the project on...

Why Rijeka?As Croatia’s third-largest city and busiest port, as well as the home of the country’s ­largest carnival, Rijeka is a major transport hub through...

March was a tempestuous month for Indonesia's wildlife authorities: they foiled the illegal sale of five komodo dragons on Facebook, but a smuggling ring managed...

The Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix put the small island nation of Bahrain on the international map in 2004.Almost every year since, the...

Ever since I turned 24 – the year the first of my school friends got married – my choice of holiday destinations has ­been dictated...

The spring holiday is upon us, and that means an opportunity for many UAE residents to head overseas.With schools across the Emirates ending their second...

Home to some of the world’s most-visited destinations, including Wall Street, the 9/11 Memorial site and the Staten Island Ferry dock, New York’s Lower Manhattan...

Travellers looking to fly out of Saudi Arabia over the summer period will have a host of new destinations to select from as low-cost airline...

In our age of space shuttles and satellite telephones, at a time when mass tourism has penetrated even such famously remote places as Siberia and...

A press release landed in my inbox this week announcing the launch of “Dubai Stars: a walk of fame saluting 10,000 international celebrities in Downtown...

Cherry blossom season may be in full swing and the 2020 Olympics just around the corner, but the Japanese capital’s quirky subcultures have always been...

Travelling solo when you have restricted mobility, or taking a holiday with children or companions who have special needs, means that journeys need to be...

The croak of a tree frog echoes in the air. I hear it, but only barely, so lost is it in the amplified hum of...

Boeing Co said on Sunday it was finalising the development of a software upgrade and a revision of pilot training for its 737 MAX, the...

There I was, watching the sun go down from inside this vast, gorgeous film set of a restaurant in Stone Town, Zanzibar, but I couldn’t...

As the investigation into the tragic Ethiopian Airlines crash continues, more operators around the world have grounded the Boeing 737 Max, and many countries, including...

SilkAir - the regional arm of Singapore Airlines (SIA) - said on Monday (Mar 11) that its Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes are operating as...

Last week, as I wandered along Edinburgh’s Princes Street, my ears picked up on the unmistakable screech of a set of bagpipes, loudly pushing out...

With March being the UAE’s Month of Reading and the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature drawing to a close, we’re turning our focus to Scotland’s...

It's typically known for its beautiful beaches, thriving surf culture and fantastic nightlife - but for the next 24 hours, Indonesia’s Bali is set to...

Why Almeria?For the Europeans who provide the bulk of Almeria’s visitors, the climate is the main draw. It is reputedly the hottest city in continental...

In a city synonymous with excess, a new suite at Las Vegas’ Palms Casino Resort is taking things to a whole new level.Designed by the...

I’m from New Zealand. Deep down south on the globe, it’s a country regularly left off world maps (not for political reasons, but because it...

As the trend of dark tourism continues to grow, the mayor of Italy’s most-visited city has announced plans to renovate an ancient structure believed to...

Many people didn’t know much about Palm Springs until the Coachella music festival put iton the map — the Californian desert becomes the hottest place...

With cherry blossom season just around the corner, Japan is gearing up for its yearly influx of tourists as millions of travellers head east to...

I was still living in the United Kingdom this time last year, and it was during this bleak, dank month that I became fixated on...

If you have an Etihad Airways flight coming up later this year from Abu Dhabi to China then you'll be flying on a next-generation Dreamliner.From...

Devout locals have trekked to the holy peak of Yen Tu for years but a new ‘village’ at its foot is drawing other visitors to...

The Spring Festival travel rush, known as Chunyun in Chinese, is famously known as the largest annual migration on earth. It takes place over a...

Held on the eve of Spring Festival, the reunion dinner, also known as “Nian Ye Fan” , is considered the most important feast of the...

With 3 years to go until the 2022 Winter Olympics, Beijing is in full swing in initiating the drive to increase the Chinese public's interest...

Although Harbin, the capital city of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, is almost at the same latitude as Paris and Seattle, it is freezing in winter....

GlobalTix Pte Ltd, a travel trade ticket distribution platform headquartered in Singapore, has completed a S$12.5 million (US$9.12 million) growth investment round from Tin Men...

The inaugural Yangbajain hot spring tourism season has opened in Yangbajain Town in Damxung County, Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, attracting...

More than 800 million Chinese people have been lifted out of poverty over the past 40 years, a stunning contribution to the global fight against...

AirlineRatings.com has published its annual report naming the safest airlines in 2019. At the top of the list stands Australian carrier Qantas, holding the ranking...

With 2019 just around the corner, we take you on an amazing journey to the streets of Australia, the UK, South Africa, Russia, Japan, South...