For the globe's leading nations, New Zealand has one of the top five reputations in the world, new research released this week has revealed.
See, feel and taste Macau this coming October 15 and 16 when the inaugural Macau Festival is held in Sydney.
Australians may scrimp on some other things but definitely, not with their holidays.
Looking for a fun, entertaining and educational event for the family to see this weekend? Come to the Royal Showgrounds for the 2011 Royal Melbourne Show.
Customs and quarantine workers in different Australian airports struck on Tuesday to protest a pay dispute with the federal government.
Millions of tourists will flock to various destinations all over the world this coming September and early October to celebrate the most popular beer drinking festival, the Oktoberfest.
Air Jamaica has reinstated non stop flights to Orlando from Kingston Jamaica, effective immediately.
Good or bad news, it could still be good news. While most are on the edge awaiting for final developments as to how low the Aussie dollar can go, some are just most happy they have taken advantage of its worth months ago.
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It may seem obvious to say so, but based on the many faux pas by westerners in the past, it seems worth repeating: customs differ from country to country in Asia. While there are similarities, there are also major differences.
To celebrate the "Golden Week" this year set from Oct. 1 to 7, China's national holiday, the country's Palace Museum has begun selling online tickets, but for a limited time.
A teenager found his way to the Berlin city hall after walking for weeks from a forest. The German police is investigating to find possible clues on the boy's background.
The four-hour walk-out of about 3,800 baggage handlers, ground staff and caterers of Qantas is scheduled Tuesday, but a day ahead of the work stoppage, the air carrier canceled on Monday 28 flight and delayed 27 more by up to 35 minutes.
A 20-year-old satellite from NASA is expected to crash back to earth on Sept. 23, but the problem is that the agency still doe not know where it will fall.
Tourism Australia, in a bid to boost the domestic market, offered 16 luxury holidays as prizes in a renewed marketing campaign. The trip would be given to the winner of the favourite domestic destination contest.
An explosion is suspected of causing a fire in a Norwegian cruise ship Thursday that killed two crew members, injured nine other seamen and forced the evacuation of 200 passengers in Norway's arctic city of Aalesund.
Australians who are neither male nor female can categorize their gender as "x" in their passports as the government has made the option official in the document.
Martial arts have been a part of Asian culture for over two millenium with China, India, Korea, Japan, Thailand and Vietnam being important centers for their development and eventual spread throughout the Far East.
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg has ruled that Lufthansa pilots can fly a plane until the age of 65 after finding the airline's age restriction for such workers as constituting discrimination.
Passenger screening at U.S. airports will be revised in the next weeks and months with children getting less pat-downs and being allowed to keep their shoes on at security checkpoints, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told American senators on Tuesday.
The Rugby World Cup in NZ could potentially collect up to US$654 million in sales from international guests, and up to US$1.2 billion in the longterm from tourism revenue. A researcher at the Centre for the International Business of Sport at Coventry University in Britain, which prepared the report, said the tournament would be positively unique from its predecessors.
Melbourne and Sydney are featured in the Top 10 list of cities with the highest increase in hotel prices worldwide in the first half of the year, according to the latest Hotels.com® Hotel Price Index.
Despite serious injuries in the head, he thought with clarity to keep himself alive. A Bolivian salesman was rescued in the Amazon jungle on Friday, almost three days since he figured in a plane crash that killed eight people on board.
Nike has created the 2011 Nike Mag, a limited-edition pair of sneakers, which is almost the exact replica of a glowing pair of shoes in the 1989 film Back to the Future II. All proceeds of limited edition sales will be donated to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's disease research.
A yet-to-be-identified woman was struck by a train in Auckland Thursday. Police northern communications shift commander Matt Rogers said the train driver had given police officers his account of the accident. He also said the train passengers who witnessed the incident would receive victim support to help them recover from such a traumatic sight.
Tourist arrivals in Australia rose four percent as of end June with Asia leading the number of visitors.
The economy might be dark and dreary, but the designers ruling the highly anticipated New York Fashion Week are determined to flash the runways with their own bright colors of neon pinks, greens and yellows. Polished yet casual styles are also on the top list, among other surprises to be showcased to department store buyers.
A chartered Russian plane carrying Russia's major league ice hockey team crashed near the city of Yaroslavi after it took off on Wednesday. The aviation accident caused the death of 43 passengers, including some National Hockey League players.
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Bent on chipping away at Qantas' dominance in Australian business travel, Virgin Australia said Tuesday it will provide media streaming as well as wireless Internet access.
