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A view shows the Maraya concert hall, the world's largest mirrored building, in the ruins of Al-Ula, a UNESCO World Heritage site in northwestern Saudi Arabia, on February 19, 2023, where an exhibition showing works by the late US artist Andy Warhol is taking place until May 16 of this year. - The first exhibition in Saudi Arabia for the Pop Art giant is a tribute to the late artist's obsession with celebrity, and his seeming ability to predict the rise of contemporary influencer culture. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP) (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)
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The shimmering mirrored building that vanishes into the desert
A photographer takes a picture of an Airbus A380 passenger aircraft, operated by HiFly, at the Farnborough Airshow, south west of London, on July 19, 2018. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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A new airline says it’s building a superjumbo-only fleet
Austria, Wien State, Vienna, Kohlmarkt and Hofburg
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The world’s most liveable cities for 2023
Three friends enjoying a trip together - Rear view. They are at a railroad train station.
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Travel experiences you can only enjoy while you’re young
Central
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The world’s 50 best restaurants for 2023 revealed
Singapore Airlines
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The world’s best airlines for 2023, according to Skytrax
The 2022/23 team at Port Lockroy
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The women who run Antarctica’s ‘penguin post office’
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The future of travel: 10 concepts that will change the way we experience the world
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Kim Latkovic
They fell in love backpacking through Europe then they lost each other. Here’s how they’ve ended up married for 24 years
Adventurer Markus Pukonen is traveling the world on non-motorized transport.
Routes of Change
This man is traveling the world on non-motorized transport
Having milkshakes at Repulse Bay, B, Jeming Bendal, MWR Mabel 17
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How a Hong Kong wartime diary sparked an unlikely friendship that spanned decades and continents
From left, Shayna Unger and Scott Lehmann pose for pictures.
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Deaf climbers make history on Mount Everest
Tottori, Japan sand dunes on the Sea of Japan.
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Japan’s otherworldly disappearing desert
<strong>Inishmore (Galway): </strong>Inishmore is the largest of Galway's Aran Islands, off Ireland's west coast. The flat karst terrain is limestone crissed-crossed with cracks known as grikes.
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Ireland will pay you $90,000 to move to a beautiful island home
Qantas says its "Project Sunrise" ultra long-haul economy seats will have more legroom.
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Qantas reveals economy seats for 19-hour NYC-Sydney ultra long-haul flights
France, Normandy, Manche department, Bay of Mont Saint-Michel Unesco World Heritage, Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel during low tide, aerial view
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The 1,000-year-old citadel that rises out of the Atlantic Ocean
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‘We’re paying twice for the same experience’: Plus-size travelers hit out at ‘discriminatory’ airline seat policies

NEWS

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World’s hardest dish? Stir-fried stones are China’s latest street food fad
Jun 22, 2023
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Annika Ruohonen
European tourist island declares itself a phone-free zone
Jun 21, 2023
A nineteen-year-old Korean man attempted to open a plane door mid air on a flight from Cebu in Philippines to Incheon airport in South Korea according to officials from Jeju Airlines and Incheon airport police.
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Man who attempted to open plane door mid-flight tests positive for drugs
Jun 21, 2023
The archaeological area of Largo Argentina a day before it reopens to the public after restoration, in Rome, Italy June 19, 2023.
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Square where Julius Caesar was killed opens to the public in Rome
Jun 20, 2023
Tourists walk in the Phobjikha Valley in Wangdue Phodrang province in Bhutan.
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Bhutan reducing its daily tourist tax for visitors who stay longer
Jun 20, 2023
Aerial landscape taken by drone of the northern coastline of Bali in Indonesia with the Mount Agung volcano sitting on the horizon.
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Bali considers banning mountain climbing amid bad tourist behavior
Jun 14, 2023
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Bear joins Florida beachgoers for a summer splash
Jun 12, 2023
A plane bound for Singapore taxis at Haikou Meilan International Airport on March 15, 2023 in Haikou, Hainan Province of China. Haikou resumed its international passenger flight route with Singapore on Wednesday.
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Chinese airline defends flight attendant weight restrictions after backlash
Jun 12, 2023
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Qantas now permits long hair and makeup for employees of any gender
Jun 09, 2023
The bikes have been targeted with stickers opposing abortion rights.
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Paris rental bikes deliver unexpected anti-abortion messages
Jun 08, 2023
FILE PHOTO: A bird flies over a logo of Air India airlines at the corporate headquarters in Mumbai, India, October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
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Air India flight bound for San Francisco diverted to Russia over technical issue
Jun 07, 2023
Air New Zealand's Skynest won the Innovative Cabin Concept category at the Crystal Cabin Awards in Hamburg.
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Economy class airplane bunk beds get seal of approval as launch moves closer
Jun 07, 2023

Food & drink

New York City, New York
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‘You had to be there’: Foods that taste better on home turf
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This country has the best wines in the world for 2023
The world's expensive ice cream by Japanese maker Cellato costs $6,400.
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Don’t drop it: World’s most expensive ice cream costs $6,400
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Turkish foods: 23 delicious dishes

Stay

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Maldives luxury resort takes fresh approach to waste with ground-breaking ‘Sustainability Lab’
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Inside Maldives’ new Sustainability Lab
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What it’s like to stay at the world’s oldest hotel
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A British-themed resort opens in the ‘Las Vegas of Asia’

CHANCE ENCOUNTERS

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A stranger photobombed her vacation video. They’ve been together for almost a decade
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Two flight attendants fell in love on an airplane. Here’s what happened next
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Two strangers met on the River Nile. They’ve been married for 25 years

SEARCHING FOR MEXICO

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 20: Breakfast tacos from HomeState including (from bottom up) Pecos, Dont Mess with Texas and Blanco taken on the outside patio at HomeState on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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A short history of the long fight over breakfast tacos
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This legendary sandwich was created by accident
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All the restaurants Eva Longoria visits in ‘Searching for Mexico’

SURVIVAL GUIDES

Hippo
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‘I was up to my waist down a hippo’s throat.’ He survived, and here’s his advice
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING, UNITED STATES - 2017/06/02: A Mother Grizzly and her cub walk through a meadow in Yellowstone National Park. (Photo by Will Powers/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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How to survive a bear attack – or better yet, avoid one altogether
Bull Shark off the coast of Jupiter Florida.
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What to do when a shark goes after you
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
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