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Tourists can visit the Titanic shipwreck in 2021

12 Nov 2020

Mitchelle D’Souza, Sub-editor/Reporter The RMS Titanic has captured the imagination of millions, even spawning a blockbuster movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in 1997. Audiences around the world...

European ski industry faces a steep slope due to coronavirus and global warming

11 Nov 2020

Gulf Today Report Although the Alps have been the best destination for skiing, the industry is seeing a slope down due to the on-going coronavirus pandemic. The...

Egypt's 'City of the Dead' brought back to life

10 Nov 2020

Since 2014, a series of projects financed by the European Union has changed the Egypt's "City of the Dead", turning a corner of the vast historical cemetery into a...

Thailand amusement park invites tourists with larger than life animal figures made of rice straw

05 Nov 2020

Niloufar Saleem, Staff Reporter An amusement park situated on the shores of Thailand’s Huay Tueng Thao lake outside Chiang Mai has life-size figures of animals made of rice...

UNESCO listed World Heritage site, Yemen’s Shibam city, risks collapse

03 Nov 2020

G ulf Today Report Yemen’s city of Shibam is at high risk of collapse due to floods and rains in the region. The city is called the...

Touristy hotspots give cold comfort due to virus

01 Nov 2020

If there is one sector that has taken a body blow from the coronavirus pandemic, it is the global travel and tourism industry. This sector is on course to lose...

Coral reef taller than the Empire State building found in Australia

01 Nov 2020

Our environment has taken a serious beating over the past few decades, with climate change accelerating at an unprecedented pace. However, in some good news coming from the natural...

Marauding monkeys bring fear to historic Indian tourist haven

28 Oct 2020

Thousands of Monkeys are menacing the historic Indian city of Shimla, where sterilisations and illegal poisonings have failed to blunt their frequent attacks on tourists and farms. During India's...

Dinner off as Italy closes restaurants early in virus crackdown

26 Oct 2020

Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte tightened nationwide coronavirus restrictions Sunday after the country recorded a record number of new cases, despite opposition from regional heads and street protests. ...

Syrians spruce up famed Crusader castle, Krak des Chevaliers, after years of war

24 Oct 2020

Clutching a small saw, Syrian volunteer Rana Jreij cut away at bushes growing up the centuries-old walls of one of the world's most famous Crusader castles, Krak des Chevaliers....

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