Women travelling in China can now opt to go through "female-only" security checks, following a three month trial at Beijing International Airport.

Dubai's newest real-estate wonder has all the amenities of a luxury hotel - plus views of the bottom of the sea.

Breaking Bad fans will be excited to discover that you can stay in actor Aaron Paul's swanky home in Idaho.

Egypt's tourism minister said last week's EgyptAir plane crash is unlikely to affect government plans to attract millions of visitors next year.

Graham Reid visits a huge bar on the ground floor of the distinctive Parkview Building.

Calm washes over me as I listen to the soothing chants of a monk praying in the early-morning sun.

Kiwis under 25 are three times more likely to call their mothers first when they get into a travel emergency overseas, according to an independent study.

When I booked my North Sumatran Raw Wildlife tour, I had no idea I would return home saying it was "life-changing".

In both New Zealand and Australia, we pride ourselves on our "big things" - whether it's a carrot in Ohakune or a banana in Coff's Harbour.

Five years in the making, Seven Magic Mountains is the work of Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone, inspired by the natural "hoodoo" rock formations in southwestern America.

Summer travel on US airlines is expected to reach an all-time high in 2016, adding to concern that travellers may face even longer airport security lines.

Incredible footage shows a tourist receiving grenade-lobbing training that consisted of merely throwing pebbles.

Abandoned for centuries, the Mogao Grottoes somehow survived everything that nature and man could throw at them, including earthquakes, floods and sandstorms.

As security lines spiral out of control in the US, one airport has found a novel way to lighten the mood - send in the clowns!

Check out the latest pictures from the NZ Herald Travel Instagram account.

Shaoshan is the hometown of former Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong, popularly known as Chairman Mao.

Cheap, fast and frills-free. Hong Kong's street restaurants have served well-loved favorites for decades. The city's much-loved food stalls are finding new favour, discovers Justine Gerardy

Diplomats tell us what Kiwis need to know about their homelands.

By the end of my Contiki tour of Vietnam, it felt like I'd been on the road for weeks - but now that I'm back in the office, it's like a blink of the eye.

He runs one of Instagram's most followed travel accounts, but globetrotting hottie Jeremy Jauncey is still searching for someone special to share it all with.

In-room bars, king-sized beds and a seven-storey staircase lashed in marble. The decision to stay at the Rosewood London hotel should not be taken lightly.

This sinister botanical wonderland is home to 100 of the world's most lethal plants...

It's 6pm and there's something of a party atmosphere at the Uluru sunset viewing area.

No bananas! I couldn't believe there had been no bananas in our entire village and in the middle of a sweat-drenched 10km jungle trek, I was starting to cramp up.

Dizzyingly tall skyscrapers, countless shopping malls, congested streets: I knew Hong Kong was packed with them.

Make a list. What is your holiday priority? Sun, rest and recharge within short-range of New Zealand?

More than 10 years after the Boxing Day tsunami, the tiny village of Mirissa, on the south coast of Sri Lanka, is still doing it tough.

Dusty's sits at the foot of the Dave Murray Downhill and is one of Whistler's first apres spots.

The Tourism Industry Association estimates that in the year to March spending will reach $32.5 billion.

One industry watcher says it's time for NZ hotels to get investment in new properties.