Visits from outside the United States continued their slide in August. The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that 5.4 million people visited the United States from other countries in August this year. Unfortunately, that's a drop of 9 percent from August 2008. And, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Visitors from outside the U.S. down 9 percent, spending a lot less
Visits from outside the United States continued their slide in August. The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that 5.4 million people visited the United States from other countries in August this year. Unfortunately, that's a drop of 9 percent from August 2008. And, ...In Japan, they bathe in beaujolais
The Japanese love their beaujolais nouveau so much, they're bathing in it.
At the Hakone Kowakien Yunessun Spa, a hot springs spa resort in Hakone, Japan, they've just celebrated the yearly uncorking of the new wine by pouring bottles and bottles of it into an open-air ...Tokyo restaurants tops in Michelin
Tokyo is the top dining city in the world, according to the latest Michelin Guide. With 11 restaurants at three stars, it's pushed past Paris, the former top dog in the culinary world. Eight of the nine Tokyo restaurants with three starts retained their Michelin ratings ...Rube Goldberg meets Japan: The bizarre Japanese art of Chindogu
"If you're not thinking about Japan every day," popular blogger Tyler Cowen likes to say, "you've yet to wake up."
Today's bizarrely fascinating cultural nugget from Japan: Chindogu. Literally translated as "weird tool," Chindogu is the Japanese art of creating ...Get out and go: Events around the world (November 11-15)
It's time to look at the festivals and events happening around the world, and this week has a particularly international selection of happenings. If you're close and have time, then you have no excuse to get out and go!
Saskatoon - The Saskatoon Fall Fair, an ...Giant jellyfish cause boat to capsize
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A school of giant Nomura's jellyfish are being blamed for the sinking of a fishing boat earlier this week, sending the three man crew overboard, ...The weirdest rituals in the world
In the town of San Juan Chamula in southern Mexico, I entered a church completely unprepared for the what I saw. Pine needles and hundreds of small lit candles covered the entire wooden floor, where worshippers were kneeling and chanting incantations. In front of each group ...Get out and go: Events around the world (November 3-9)
Here's a travel factoid for the day: It was 106 years ago today that Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia. Apparently, today in Panama, which they call "Separation Day," even the bars are closed.
It's time to look at the festivals and events happening around ...Museum Junkie: Manga and Moctezuma at the British Museum
Trust the British Museum to have two completely different but totally cool special exhibitions at the same time. There's still time to catch Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler, a dazzling collection of art from one of Mesoamerica's greatest civilizations. It focuses on the reign of ...Gadlinks for Wednesday 10.28.09
Here's a travel tidbit for you guys: Did you know that it was 95 years ago that the first rapid transit subway, the IRT, opened in New York City?
We have certainly come a long way in a century, and 95 years from now we'll be just as astound at how travel times have ...Celebrate the Windows 7 launch with a 5 inch tall Whopper
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Today is "Windows 7 day" - the first day the new Microsoft operating system is available to the general public.
In the US, the ...Get out and go: Events around the world (October 21-25)
Here's a travel factoid for the day: Did you know that it was 32 years ago today that three members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed in the crash of a chartered plane near McComb, Mississippi? ...But don't let that fact prevent you from traveling and experiencing ...The ten toughest castles in the world
Castles make a pretty backdrop to any vacation. They conjure up images of brave knights and damsels in distress, but the reality was less romantic. Castles were fortifications built to defend important cities, ports, fords, or mountain passes. The best military minds in the ...Gadlinks for Wednesday 10.14.09
It's that time again! Here are the latest travel reads for my Gadlinks faithful.
It's sometimes a daunting task navigating the travel world on the Web. That's why you should read this handy guide to new travel sites for niche markets. [via MSNBC Travel]
I'd like to ...Museum Junkie: The Art of the Samurai at the Met
From the 12th to the 19th centuries, Japanese society was dominated by the samurai, elite warriors with a fierce code of honor. While wars were almost constant on the islands during this period, it was also a time of great artistic achievement, one that extended to the ...Japanese restaurant's unusual rule: You get what the person before you ordered.
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Providing even more evidence for the ...TSA misses another "forgotten" loaded gun
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Apparently all the security equipment in the world can't fix stupidity and poor screening. A transfer passenger was arrested at Tokyo's Narita ...Galley Gossip: Attention All Nippon Airway passengers, please empty your bladders now!
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Ya know, I've seen a lot of strange things working as a flight attendant in the last fourteen years, I really have, and just ...Anti-wi-fi paint will make it harder to scam free Internet
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The days of scamming free wireless Internet may soon be over.
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a paint ...Japanese chef publishes insect cuisine cookbook
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One of the great joys of traveling is the chance to eat something new. Whether it's a mouthwatering steak in Argentina or an English ...
