Adventure travel in the Amazon rainforest attracts tourists looking to explore exotic lands and primitive cultures. Stretching from the Andes Mountains in Peru to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil,

“SEE these olive trees?” said Celso Pereira as his pickup truck slalomed down a road flanked by thousands of them, their pale, pointy leaves glistening faintly, their limbs wretched and magnificent with

Visitors Will Soon Be Allowed to See the Monument’s Underground Chambers. Come this summer, visitors to Rome will be able to see parts of the Roman Colosseum never before open to the

Wizarding World of Harry Potter, World of Color opening in June. NEW YORK – The biggest news in the theme park world this summer is the June 18 opening of the long-anticipated

Overview Ecotourism is one of the fastest growing travel industries in the United States. The aim of ecotourism is to provide a fun, relaxing vacation while protecting the surrounding ecosystem. Ecotourism also

AS the sun’s last rays streaked the sky bubble-gum pink and tangerine, the residents of Con Dao Island were calling it a day, and the mile-and-a-half-long beachfront promenade that serves as this

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A fresh-faced blonde in a polka-dot bikini sprinkles essential oils on hot rocks in the sauna of the DGI-Byen hotel and athletic complex and energetically swirls a towel over her head to

A plan to save Guatemala’s Mayan cities with a park and a posh eco-lodge has enviros and locals boiling. DEEP IN THE RAINFOREST of northeast Guatemala’s Petén state, within earshot of El

Kate Siber treks into the jungle of Ecuador to spend four days at an ecolodge run by the Huaorani tribe. From the window of a van, during a four-hour drive south from