In any of the world’s great travel destinations, it’s impossible to cover the best things to see and do in one trip. It becomes a matter of making tough choices from among the many possibilities to try to fit the best things you can into the limited span of time of a vacation.

Last May, when I attended Africa’s Travel Indaba, the trade show held annually in Durban, South Africa, I had the opportunity to join a tour of Cape Town organized by no less an authority on the subject than Cape Town Tourism. Over a period of a week, our group followed a packed itinerary designed to give a well-balanced overview of Cape Town. Unfortunately, a week is hopelessly insufficient for thoroughly taking in…

After experiencing what the UN World Tourism Organization called "the worst year in tourism history," the global tourism industry has achieved a remarkable milestone in 2024. International tourist arrivals have fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels, marking a significant turning point for one of the world's most important economic sectors…

Things are settling today along the world’s Pacific coasts as fears of a tsunami die down. But travel issues remain on land, in the air, and at sea.

In the end, the waves that did surface caused little damage—but airline routes have been disrupted, resort guests uprooted and cruise customers left stranded as officials scurried to protect life, limb and property. And the earthquake has set off a volcano in Russia…