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Dane visits every country in the world without flying
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» AARHUS, Denmark: A Danish man who claimed to be the first to visit every country in the world in a single trip without flying landed home Wednesday after 10 years away.
Iraq ancient ruins open up to tourism after IS atrocities
AFP, Published on 12/09/2022
» HATRA: Strolling along the ancient ruins of Hatra in Iraq's north, dozens of visitors admired the site, where local initiatives seek to turn over a new leaf after a brief but brutal jihadist rule.
Work dries up for Jordan's donkeys as coronavirus cripples tourism
AFP, Published on 10/06/2021
» PETRA, Jordan: Herds of hard-working donkeys once carried hordes of tourists on the rocky paths of Jordan's Petra, but visitor numbers crashed amid the pandemic and the loyal animals are left without a job.
All aboard the night train: Paris-Nice sleeper returns
AFP, Published on 21/05/2021
» NICE: The legendary sleeper train that whisked travellers through France to the Mediterranean for close to a century has returned to the tracks as part of a French government push to revive night train travel.
Germany's Oktoberfest cancelled again over Covid
AFP, Published on 03/05/2021
» BERLIN - Germany is cancelling its iconic Oktoberfest beer festival for the second year running due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bavaria's state premier Markus Soeder said Monday.
Disneyland opens mass Covid vaccination center
AFP, Published on 14/01/2021
» ANAHEIM, United States: California's Disneyland opened a giant coronavirus vaccination center Wednesday, some 10 months after the pandemic's appearance forced the closure of the world-famous theme park.
Slovakia's ice church draws visitors closer to heavens
AFP, Published on 11/03/2019
» HREBIENOK (SLOVAKIA) - A young nun breathes deeply as she peers up at a statue of an angel bathed in softly coloured light streaming through a church, and as she exhales, you can see her breath.