The monuments may be glorious, but visiting Egypt’s famed Giza Pyramids has long been a nightmare, with hawkers peddling camel rides and pharaonic trinkets hustling tourists relentlessly at every turn.
At least 17 million Britons leave behind the rain each year to vacation in Spain. According to a report released Wednesday by the Foreign Office, there has been a 33 percent increase of British citizens arrested in Spain: 2,032 in all between April 2006 and March 2007.
The Mexico Tourism Board (MTB) launched a new shopping and booking engine on Visitmexico.com for travelers in the U.S. The new deal with Travelocity aims to bring those travelers to Mexico.
The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism has announced the anticipated arrival of 48 cruise ships to St. Croix in 2009, based on berthing requests submitted by the cruise lines.
For the 12th consecutive year, Jamaica has topped Modern Bride’s “World’s 50 Best Honeymoons” list from the annual survey of Virtuoso travel specialists. Jamaica also ranked in the “Top 5 for Affordability,” a coveted spot in the current economy.
Airports of Thailand reported an eleven-fold rise in quarterly net profit on Thursday, better than expectations, due mainly to an extra compensation gain. AOT said in a statement it made a net profit of THB3.61 billion baht ($107 million), in the quarter to June 30.