In Italy, a man has been convicted of charging tourists 40 euros to visit the "ancient and largest Roman amphitheater" he built two decades ago, Yahoo! reports. Franco Malosso, 69, who identified himself as "von Rosenfranz," claimed that after a landslide in 2005...
US Department of Homeland Security Director Markwayne Mullin has privately warned that authorities may stop processing foreign passengers and cargo at major airports in sanctuary cities that have refused to support the Trump administration's immigration policies, Reuters reports. According to the publication's sources, Mullin, who also...
Traveling the world can be exciting, but some destinations have developed a bad reputation for missing tourists. Backroad Planet highlights ten such dangerous travel destinations. While popular tourist spots are generally completely safe, some…
The Louvre, the world's most visited museum, was closed on June 16. The reason was not war or terrorism, but tired employees, CNN reports. An incredible spectacle could be seen on June 16 at the Louvre, home to Leonardo da Vinci's masterpieces and the greatest treasures…
Each of us prepares for vacation for a very long time and carefully. We think about where we will go, what dishes we want to try, what magnificent sights we want to see. Even if you are not a fan of historical monuments or art, it is impossible to avoid specific tourist spots, but you...
Buzzfeed recently wrote about cities that tourists, to put it mildly, don't like. So many people have commented on this issue that it could be a compilation of wildly overrated places. 1. New York, New York "Dirty, noisy and confusing," mmc888 states emphatically. “I’ve been to New York several...
Tourists, if you rely on them to make a living, they are wonderful people. But for everyone else, they can be quite tedious. Tourists slowly walk along the sidewalk, looking at Google Maps trying to find their way. They inexplicably stop at...
How often have you booked a hotel and then been disappointed because what you saw in the picture is completely untrue in reality. Now this is one of the most common types of fraud. What other popular types of fraud are there, how to act in such a situation ...
Two Americans were found on the Eiffel Tower early in the morning of August 14. They spent the night there as they were intoxicated, according to CNN. Two men who had admission tickets for the evening of August 13 to Paris' famous iron tower "presumably...
Douglas Ordonez was buying a cup of coffee when he noticed something was wrong with his bank account. As it turned out, Uber mistakenly charged $29 for one trip. What happened and how everything was decided, told Business Insider. “I received a notification of a deficiency ...