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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Barenaked Brit Skinny-Dips at Tokyo Palace

Tourist arrested after climbing royal wall during hour-long chase

Oct 7, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - A naked Westerner jumped into the moat surrounding Japan’s fortified imperial palace today, Reuters reports, climbing its walls during a chase that lasted more than an hour. Onlookers giggled and snapped photos of the 40-year-old bald man, who claimed to be a British tourist from Spain. He was captured... More »

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Spain • Japan • Tokyo • Britain • tourists • Imperial Palace

Egypt Frees 19 Tourists, Kills Kidnappers

European safari-goers released after gun battle, no ransom paid

Sep 29, 08 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The European tour group kidnapped in Egypt more than a week ago has been freed, according to official reports, after a gun battle between Sudanese troops and the kidnappers. Sudanese officials said yesterday that they’d killed the leader of the kidnappers and five other bandits in a shootout. Though... More »

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Sudan • kidnapping • Egypt • tourists • hostage

Kidnappers Threaten to
Kill Egypt Tourists

German officials negotiate with bandits

Sep 23, 08 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The kidnappers of 19 people, including 11 foreign tourists, in the Egyptian desert have threatened to kill their hostages if officials launch a plane search, Reuters reports. A tour operator being held conveyed the threat by phone to his German wife, and she relayed the information to Egyptian officials, one... More »

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kidnapping • Egypt • tourists

 Egypt Hunts for 
 Kidnapped Tourists 

Group including Europeans, Egyptians taken into neighboring Sudan

Sep 22, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group including 11 European tourists kidnapped Friday in Egypt has been taken across the southern border into neighboring Sudan, officials told the Associated Press today. The kidnappers have demanded as much as $15 million for the release of the German, Italian, and Romanian tourists and their Egyptian guides; Egypt's... More »

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kidnapping • Egypt • Sudanese • Sahara • tourists • hostage

Boorish Brits Overwhelm Resorts

In places like Greece, pasty, drunken tourists are wreaking havoc

Aug 24, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lured by all-you-can-drink vacations and very un-British weather, more Britons are heading south for their getaways—but many resorts are no longer thrilled to welcome them. In places like the Greek city of Malia, inebriated Englishmen are wreaking havoc, writes the New York Times. “It is only the British—... More »

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British • Greece • tourists • drunk • public drinking

Loving Low Dollar,
Europeans Come to Shop

Tourism is up 21% in April alone

Jul 26, 08 9:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The weak dollar is forcing Americans to shelve travel plans, but Europeans are flying over to score on stellar exchange rates. With the British pound worth $1.99 and the euro $1.58, tourists are coming to the US to shop: More than 15 million visited in the first 4... More »

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tourism • currency • currency exchange • international currency • tourists • retail shopping • foreign currency

S. Korean Tourist Shot Dead by N. Korean Soldier

Death jeopardizes thawing relations

Jul 11, 08 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A North Korean soldier shot and killed a South Korean tourist when she wandered into a restricted area today, Reuters reports. The 53-year-old had been visiting the Mount Kumgang resort, just north of the border. The shooting could jeopardize thawing North/South relations, which had taken a huge step this morning,... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • resorts • tourists • shooting

US Tourists Shed 'Archie Bunker' Rep

French, Chinese, Indians now world's most ill-bred travelers

Jul 7, 08 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pushy American traveler has met his match in the snooty, uncompromising Frenchman. The voyageur français ranks as one of the world’s most tactless tourists, bested only by Chinese and Indian travelers. Judging by their politeness, openness to foreign languages, and adversity to complaining, Japanese tourists were... More »

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travel • tourism • France • Americans • tourists

Philly Guides Seek Liberty From Licensing Law

Test requirement violates First Amendment, guides argue

Jul 3, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three tour guides in the cradle of democracy are taking the city to court over a law they say tramples on their constitutional rights, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. The law compels Philadelphia guides to pay a fee and take a test to get a tour license—and the plaintiffs argue... More »

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First Amendment • Philadelphia • Constitution • tourists • freedom of speech

 Grand Canyon Is No Disneyland 

It takes 6,000 workers to keep park visitors safe

Jul 1, 08 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Every day from before dawn until around midnight, a staff of thousands unites to keep the Grand Canyon in good condition and its 4.4 million annual visitors safe. NPR travels to the iconic destination to see how it works. "I hope that you are not imagining a pony... More »

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travel • West • Arizona • adventure travel • tourists • national park • Grand Canyon • visitors • Wild West • National Park Service

 More Young Men
 Go Into the Wild
 in Alaska 

Residents wary as visitors trek to bus where

Jun 30, 08 7:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just as residents of Healy, Alaska feared, more men have come looking for the bus—the old jalopy where Christopher McCandless died on his famous quest, the AP reports. Portrayed in the book and film, Into the Wild, his trip to Alaska has inspired dozens to trek through dicey weather... More »

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Alaska • film • book • Into the Wild • tourists • visitors

TRAVEL

 11 Travel Faux Pas to Avoid 

Touching is too intimate in some Asian nations

Jun 21, 08 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A great pleasure of this wide world of ours is the multiplicity of cultures and customs. That diversity can also get you into a heap of trouble. So, when traveling, here’s what not to do, and where not to do it, from Travel and Leisure.
  • Touching: Too
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travel • eating • hospitality • gaffe • tourists • ancient customs • tradition • misunderstanding

 Patch Protects Travelers
 From Pesky Stomach Bugs 

E. coli takes fewer tourists hostage with new development

Jun 12, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tourists could soon have a new accessory to add to travel-sized toothpaste tubes and electrical adapters: an anti-diarrhea patch. A new US study shows that travelers wearing a “transcutaneous immunization” patch, loaded with E. coli toxins, reliably protected wearers against diarrhea and vomiting, the BBC reports. Those who did... More »

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travel • illness • diarrhea • tourists • scientific study • vomiting • anti-diarrhea patch

 Drugged California Tourist 
 Killed by Train in Rome

Traveler stumbled onto track after cappuccino spiked by thief

May 27, 08 4:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - An elderly American tourist drugged by a thief was killed by a train as he wandered along the tracks in a daze, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 76-year-old traveler and his wife were befriended by a man who gave them drug-laced cappuccinos in a Rome train station and then... More »

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theft • robbery • Italy • Rome • drugging • tourists • cappuccino

  Forget US
 Tourists: Hawaii 
 Lures Euros 

State escapes slowdown by casting net wider for visitors

May 13, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Domestic tourism is slowing down in the US as economic worries mount, but Hawaii appears to be surfing a wave of diversification through the downturn, the Wall Street Journal reports. Numbers of visitors from Canada, Europe, and some East Asian countries are picking up and offsetting a drop in tourists... More »

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travel • tourism • vacation • Hawaii • holiday • tourists

 Gibraltar to Kill Pesky Apes 

Famous wild monkeys terrorize tourists 

Apr 18, 08 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gibraltar has decided to kill a band of its famous Barbary apes that has been harassing tourists and residents, AP reports. The 25-strong group of renegade apes—actually large monkeys—has moved to a popular beach area where the animals have been stealing food and climbing into open windows. The... More »

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monkey • apes • tourists • Barbary macaques • Gibraltar

What?! Tourist Arrested for Busting Ancient Statue's Ear

Easter Island vandal headed to jail

Mar 27, 08 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Finnish tourist is facing an imposing sentence for cracking an ear off one of Easter Island's ancient monoliths, the Guardian reports. A local woman saw him snap the ear off the 13-foot statue. It shattered in several pieces as it fell to the ground, and he fled with one... More »

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Chile • vandalism • statue • monument • tourists • Easter Island

Cuba Takes a Swing at Golf

The tiny Communist nation hopes tourists will come back to the island

Feb 23, 08 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Nearly a dozen tony golf-resort projects funded by Spanish, British, and Canadian consortiums are under way in Cuba as acting President Raul Castro tries to lure foreign tourists—and their cash—back to the struggling island nation by creating a new Caribbean golf destination, reports the Wall Street Journal.... More »

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golf • tourism • Fidel Castro • Raul Castro • golf course • Che Guevara • tourists • Varadero Beach • Sam Snead • Arnold Palmer • Cuban Missile Crisis

Tourists Ambushed
in Yemen

At least 2 dead, several others wounded; officials blame al-Qaeda militants

Jan 18, 08 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists traveling through southeastern Yemen today, killing four, Reuters reports. Two female Belgian tourists, a Yemeni driver, and a Yemeni guide died, and at least two other members of the 15-person party were wounded. Officials said Islamic militants associated with al-Qaeda were responsible... More »

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bombing • Yemen • attack • tourists • Wadi Daw'an • Do'an Valley

North Korea's Dancing Agitprop

Western visitors tell tales of propaganda-drenched state

Nov 3, 07 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 2,000 Western tourists who managed to visit North Korea this year—four times as many as were allowed in 2002—offer a weirdly illuminating glimpse into the propaganda-saturated country closed to journalists, notes the Economist. Kim Jong-Il’s “Mass Games” performances—packed with synchronized dancing eggs and... More »

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North Korea • propaganda • Kim Jong Il • Kim Il Sung • Mass Games • resorts • tourists

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