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Sri Lankan Airlines puts flight marshals on planes, tourist numbers to drop by 500,000

One week after the attacks in Sri Lanka, executives from the country’s Tourism Development Authority and national airline attended the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai.

World

UAE ecotourists help save Hawksbill turtles

Approximately 80 Hawksbill turtles, which were rescued last winter, have been rehabilitated and returned to their home in Arabian Gulf this April.

Destinations

Meet the country that is closing for maintenance this weekend

While we are all used to businesses closing for the weekend, a whole country shutting up shop is another thing.

World News

Injured German tourists evacuated from Madeira after bus crash

Their bus plummeted down a slope in Wednesday's crash in the coastal town of Canico.

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Ukraine

Big clean-up at Chernobyl, Ukraine, ahead of 33rd anniversary of nuclear accident

Visitors leave their mark on the area, especially those who come without the necessary permission or with a guide’s supervision. A lot of rubbish has to be collected, which is part of the 33rd anniversary of the 1986 nuclear accident.

Russia

Watch: Russia seeks to send more tourists to its Arctic zone

The country has the largest share of Arctic territory, but only 5% of those who visit are Russian. Tours are still extremely expensive, ranging from €8,250 up to €27,500.

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Singapore Airport now boasts an internal 40-metre-high waterfall

Numerous visitors attended this Thursday the pre-opening of a new complex at the Singapore airport, to take a look at the Rain Vortex, a 40-meter-high waterfall that pours rainwater from the center of the glass and steel dome.

Germany

Watch: Bonn in bloom as cherry trees bring tourists flocking

The cherry trees were planted in the 1980s to bring this working class district to life. Now the streets of Heerstraße and Breite Straße have become an annual spectacle.

France

Paris to fine people €135 for riding electric scooters on pavements

Paris will regulate the use of electric scooters with fines for riding on pavements.

Thailand

Watch: The Thai market that has a train line running through it

Seven times a day, trains cross through small bustling market, laid out across about 100 metres of railway track.

Iceland

Watch: Tourists flee large wave after Icelandic glacier collapse

"A good illustration why we always tell our clients to immediately leave the beach if the glacier calves."

France

The Eiffel Tower turns 130 years old

Seven million visitors climb the 300 metre metal giant every year.

Destinations

The Sicilian 4-start resort taking ‘eco’ to the next level

You might have to miss one or two showers to stay in this wild paradise.

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Dubai: Motorbiking in Hatta

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Euronews' Adventures takes a desert ride with a band of burly bikers, exploring the rugged terrain around the emirate of Dubai.

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More video emerges of chaos on board Norway ship

Passengers filmed their scary experience on the Viking Sky cruise ship off the coast of Norway on Saturday (March 23) and Sunday (March 24).

Ukraine

Chernobyl tourists bring a new kind of pollution to Ground Zero

As the radiation recedes, visitors to the Chernobyl nuclear plant and neighbouring town of Pripyat are creating a different kind of pollution - one that requires another clean-up.

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Thousands celebrate Indian festival of Holi

Thousands of people from all over the world on Thursday smeared each other with colours during the Indian festival of Holi.

North Korea

Watch: Don't take this North Korea guidebook with you, warns publisher

"It's a country that's closed and forbidden, everybody dreams of going there. Everyone wants to see what's forbidden and what's closed."

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Tourists chill out at Indian Kashmir's ice cafe

Tourists in Indian mountain village of Gya in Kashmir state can now enjoy hot drinks and eat traditional noodles inside an ice sculpture resembling Buddhist meditation place.

Italy

Watch: Angels of Beauty erase graffiti from famous facades using laser

Generations of visitors to cities such as Florence have left their mark. But this unwanted legacy is being erased thanks to lasers which remove graffiti from historic buildings without damaging their fragile surfaces.