Istanbul restaurants change tune to woo big-spending Arabs

Owners play new music and translate menus into Arabic amid surge in visitors from Middle East .

Govt 'delighted' with 2010 tourist numbers

Tourist arrivals to South Africa increased to more than eight million in 2010, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Tuesday.

Unusual destinations try to lure tourists

If you are a tourist ready to go somewhere a bit different, there is a growing queue of destinations desperate to welcome you.

Tourism industry focuses on festive-season trade

A Cape Town tourism survey, to be released on Friday, indicates that hotels are reporting similar or slightly less trade than last year.

Welcome to Zimbabwe -- please will you go home now

Somewhere between government agendas, African safari outfits and Victoria Falls resorts lie the myths and realities of Zimbabwean tourism.

2010 Cup 'changed the world's view of us'

After billions spent on stadiums now lying empty and fewer tourists than hoped, SA marks six months from the kick-off of the World Cup on Saturday.

South African tourism's big win

More than 309 000 foreign tourists arrived in South Africa for the World Cup, boosting the economy by R3,6-billion, said SA Tourism.

UK tourist killed in Cape Town

A woman from the UK on holiday in Cape Town was killed after she and her partner were hijacked in the city, Western Cape police said on Sunday.

Namibia's Himba embrace tourism, with little profit

The Himba people open their community where they have survived colonialism, wars and droughts with their ancient traditions intact.

Tourists' millions elude the poor locals' nets

Boa is 19, the sixth of 11 children. With all of his family, he lives in a small thatched two-room house on the outskirts of Siem Reap.

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