Skiing: One Boom China Can't Sustain

The dollar may be down—but that isn't keeping Americans from spending their money abroad

(NEWSER) - Money may not be flowing the way it once did, but Americans are traveling more than ever. Forbes Traveler lists the top 20 destinations for Yankee jetsetters:

1. Mexico
2. Canada
3. UK

Planning to travel? Head to a country where flashing a few dead presidents still means something

(NEWSER) - It hurts when even a dollar-friendly country like Canada is giving your green the cold shoulder. Get your money's worth in these countries from foXnoMad:

1. Morocco
2. Thailand
3. Mexico

Presenting the world's most polluted places.

(NEWSER) - Millions around the world live in soot-blackened cities and toxic wastelands. Time offers a reverse travel guide to the most polluted places on Earth:

1. Linfen, China
2. Tianjin, China
3. Sukinda, India

Don't fly away yet! That packaged deal may be too good to be true.

(NEWSER) - Before you pack your bags, check out Foreign Policy's list of the five most overhyped tourist locales:

1. Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt: Famous beach and diving locale actually tacky and overcrowded.
2. Ibiza, Spain: Hippy haven and hedonistic paradise turned into dirty and pricey hole.

Xi Jinping, China's next president, to meet with Obama

(NEWSER) - The man slated to be China's next president began his US tour today, meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office before having lunch with Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. Biden will serve as Xi Jinping's host in Washington, the New York Times reports. Other stops on the agenda: a meeting with the Chamber of Commerce, and a high-level trip to the Pentagon, where he'll get an honor guard salute and meet with Leon Panetta and the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey. More»