US Tourists Who Visited Cuba Think They Got Hit, Too
Chris Allen's phone started buzzing as word broke that invisible attacks in Cuba had hit a US government worker at Havana's Hotel Capri. Allen's friends and family had heard an eerily similar story...
View Article5 Friends on Dream Trip to NYC Among Victims of Attack
Five of the eight people killed in what authorities believe was an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack in Manhattan Tuesday were friends visiting the city to celebrate the 30th anniversary of graduating...
View ArticleUS Tourist Dies After 'Foolish' Move in Australia
A US tourist has died while hiking in what police call "a beautiful but harsh environment" in Central Australia. The 33-year-old California man and a 40-year-old companion were descending Mount Sonder...
View ArticleTourists Say They Ordered Steaks, Water, Got $1.3K Bill
Four Japanese tourists were reportedly taken to the cleaners by a Venice restaurant, and now authorities are looking into the meal. ANSA reports the tourists ordered four steaks and a platter of...
View ArticleThey Were Touring a US Landmark. Then, Tragedy
The three people killed in a Grand Canyon helicopter crash Saturday were all British tourists, authorities say. They've been named as Becky Dobson, 27, Jason Hill, 32, and Stuart Hill, 30, the Guardian...
View ArticleHawaiian Couple Killed in Crash at Great Barrier Reef
Two US tourists died Wednesday when the helicopter carrying them over Australia's Great Barrier Reef smacked into the water some 40 miles northeast of the Whitsunday Islands, authorities say. The...
View ArticleDozens of Teens Touring DC End Up Hospitalized
A spring break trip to the East Coast turned icky for a group of 48 teens and three adults Sunday night when the entire tour group was taken to hospitals in Washington, DC, with possible food...
View ArticleKim Expresses 'Bitter Sorrow' After Crash Kills 32 Tourists
A crash that killed 32 tourists from North Korea's chief ally brought "bitter sorrow" to the heart of leader Kim Jong Un, according to Pyongyang's official KCNA news agency. The agency—in a rare...
View Article'Scene of Horror' Follows Tourists' Selfie Attempt
A fisherman returning to a Portuguese beach encountered a "scene of horror" early Tuesday: the "unrecognizable" bodies of a tourist couple who appear to have fallen 100 feet to their deaths while...
View ArticleIsland Fights Tourists Trying to Steal Tons of Sand
Do the crime, pay the fine—and on the island of Sardinia, the fine for collecting sand as a souvenir can be quite steep. The Telegraph reports a 40-year-old British tourist now has to fork over nearly...
View ArticleItaly Searching for 2 'Idiots' Who Jumped Into Fountain
Tourists love to break Italy's law against jumping into its many fountains, but two men who stripped down to their underwear for a photo-worthy dip have particularly irked locals with their fountain of...
View Article'Fit and Healthy' Spouses Die Within Hours While Vacationing
A UK couple's family wants answers after the pair suddenly died within hours of each other while vacationing in Egypt. Daughter Kelly Ormerod, who was on holiday with John Cooper, 69, and Susan Cooper,...
View Article2 Stabbed in Amsterdam Were American Tourists
Two people who were stabbed in Amsterdam's main railway station Friday have been identified as US tourists. The pair, who have not been named, suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries,...
View ArticleDaughter Doesn't Buy Egypt's Account of Tourist Deaths
Egyptian authorities say E.coli is to blame in the deaths of two British tourists who stayed at a five-star hotel on the Red Sea last month, but the couple's daughter says that idea is "absolute...
View ArticleTourists' Hotel Check-In Is International Incident
Sometimes, arriving early for your hotel check-in results in scoring a bed ahead of schedule. And sometimes it leads to an international incident. The latter is true of a bizarre incident in Stockholm...
View ArticleVenice Close to Implementing New Rule: No Sitting
We hope you're sitting down for this news, especially if you're planning a trip to Venice—because you might not be able to sit down once you get there. That's because Luigi Brugnaro, the city's mayor,...
View ArticleA Hungry Croc, a Hot Spring: 2 Misguided Tourists Live
Both men have lived to tell the tale, but two separate incidents involving tourists defying common sense in different parts of the world are making the rounds: Yellowstone: The geysers at Yellowstone...
View ArticleShe Tried to Get a Photo of the Elephant. It Killed Her
A female tourist in Zimbabwe lost her life while trying to get a photo of an elephant. The BBC reports the German woman was among a group of vacationers who spotted a herd of elephants entering Mana...
View ArticleHe Went to See the View, Hasn't Been Seen Since
For Patrick Braxton-Andrew, Mexico's Copper Canyon was a major draw. "The way he tried to sell it to me was that it was way bigger than the Grand Canyon but not visited by as many people," his brother,...
View Article'Your Daughter Was Supposed to Be Safe Here'
New Zealand's prime minister made an emotional apology Monday to the family of a British tourist who was murdered in New Zealand. Grace Millane, 22, graduated from college and then started in Peru what...
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