A US travel warning was recently issued to American nationals visiting Kenya advising them to evaluate their personal safety situation in light of terrorist threats and increasing incidents of violent…

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BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for conning people out of 3 billion yuan ($387 million) in a giant scam to breed ants, local media…

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A special subscription deal to Globetrotter members or e-newsletter readers: at the special discounted price of only £29 for the year – that’s 12 issues for the price of 10!…

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Need to convert currency? Take a look at The Globetrotters Currency Converter – get the exchange rates for 164 currencies The Globetrotters Currency Cheat Sheet – create and print a…

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Need help? Want a travelling buddy or advice about a place or country – want to share something with us – why not visit our Mutual Aid section of the…

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If travelling in Pakistan and worried about the absence of alcohol, look no further. Whilst Pakistan is predominantly Muslim, about 97% according to one source, which does not approve of…

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A row is brewing over the renewal of the Singapore Airlines advertising contract, worth in the region of SGD$50 million (USD$33 million). The current image projected by Singapore Airlines in…

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Royal Nepal Airlines has apologized to Peru after mistakenly putting a picture of Peru’s tourism icon, Machu Picchu, on a poster under a slogan “Have you seen Nepal?” This was…

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In this e-news, we have Nepal advertising Machu Picchu, more news of mistaken identity – this month Serbia’s first PR campaign since the end of the Balkan wars in the…

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A recent American survey of over 2,000 gay travellers, 21 and older, found that San Francisco was the top “gay-friendly” destination, followed by Key West, Fla.; New York City; Fire…

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