There's an awful lot of wildlife in Brazil. Most of it lives in the Amazon rainforest, home to one in 10 of all the plant and animal species in the world.

I'm walking with gods. I took my first steps beside them 40-some years ago. Not steps; I was in bed. Mum and Dad had come in to tell me and my brother it was lights out.

Famous fountains around the world are raking in millions of dollars from coins tossed into their waters by tourists.

Stripping off in certain countries can get you in a whole lot of trouble - here are some places you'll want to think twice before getting back to nature in.

In the three prefectures that suffered severely from the tsunami, local governments and companies are planning "recovery tourism" tours.

In what may be the best travel hack yet, an American couple scored a flight in a private jet for absolutely nothing.

Sometimes a film's location makes viewers say "wow", so it's not surprising that audiences often remember a movie's setting better than they do the actors.

Plane food traditionally gets a bad rap, but recent collaborations between airlines and top chefs look set to change that.

The booming tourist trade has had a serious impact on the welfare of Thailand's wildlife.

At a time of simmering Mideast tensions and rising malaise, a group of French chefs recently visited the West Bank to bring a little joie de vivre to Palestinian kitchens.

Talk about in-flight entertainment - a number of flights next week will give passengers the best seat in the world to view a solar eclipse.

A border security system is failing to check the passports of every person arriving in the UK against terrorist and criminal watchlists, a damning report has revealed.

Night snorkelling with giant manta rays off the Kona coast in Hawaii is undoubtedly a major drawcard for tourists.

If they aren't stealing from passengers, they are having sex mid-flight.

I wondered if deciding to cycle over San Fran's Golden Gate Bridge on one of the busiest public holidays of the year was up there with the time I visited Disneyland on Independence Day.

Italy plans to slash the number of tourists visiting the Cinque Terre park, as the rugged coastal area risks being wrecked by coach parties.

This week's hot deals include four nights in Hong Kong and ethical elephant tourism.

North of Adelaide, the Stuart Highway undulates through a bucolic landscape of cereal fields, sheep farms and vineyards.

An expert travel hacker has landed himself a free trip from New York to Melbourne flying business class.

I'm a bit scared of flying and will be taking my first overseas trip in quite a few years this October.

When regaling tales of exotic adventures, many tourists gloss over the not-so-glamourous aspects of travel.

A recent study by Henley & Partners, a London-based consulting firm that specialises in citizenship services, has ranked ours as one of the best.

The craic. The Irish pronounce it "crack" and you'll find it over a pint of Guinness in any pub.

Croatia is to Game of Thrones what a Waikato hillside is to fans of The Hobbit.

Hanoi's old quarter is brimming with life. A steady stream of motorcycles whizz by as we weave through the dense crowd of shoppers along Hang Dao.

When it comes to Icelandic spa etiquette, it's all about heads, armpits, crotch and toes.

An elderly woman is suing Israel's national airline for sexism, after she was asked to move seats because a man refused to sit next to her.

This year's Oscar winners and nominees all shared something in common - great locations.