TOURISM
Inside a Drug Tourism Economy
We talked to a Costa Rican drug dealer about selling to North American scum.
I Traveled to Russia’s Northernmost City to Be Its Only Tourist
No one really travels to Murmansk for fun. Except for me.
Western Sex Tourists Are Still Looking for Love in Ukraine
As war rages in the country's east, marriage agencies are still scamming foreign men in the west.
The Spanish Park Filled with Copies of Famous European Monuments
Parque Europa stretches over 233,000 square meters and boasts a replica of Tower Bridge and the Copenhagen Mermaid among its attractions.
How Tourism Is Changing Cuba, In Photos
Photographer Erin Lee Holland pairs her photos from a recent trip with those of an unknown Cuban photographer from the 60s and 70s.
How Uganda Turned a Public Circumcision Ritual into a Tourist Attraction
Last month, more than 30,000 people showed up to watch young Ugandan men get their foreskins sliced in public.
Driving a Tank Is a Bizarre Power Trip
Why would anyone want to drive a decommissioned tank around the countryside of what used to be East Germany? Why not?
How a Terror Attack Can Destroy an Entire Tourist Industry
Since the Sousse attacks of 2015, Tunisia's deckchairs have been empty and its hotels abandoned.
How Slum Tourism Can Be a Good Thing
I spoke to Fabian Frenzel who has written a new book arguing about the positive impacts of tourists' fascination with poverty.
Tourists Are Avoiding Lesvos Because of the Refugee Crisis
'We feel like we are being punished': speaking to the hotel owners, NGO workers and residents of the island that became a focal point of the refugee crisis.
How To Go Travelling Without Being a Dick
Your body is a thing of beauty that will not be improved by a picture or a dreamcatcher or your name misspelt in Cantonese.
Ayahuasca Tourism Is Ripping Off Indigenous Amazonians
Some groups are pissed about the influx of Westerners visiting the Amazon to dress up like the indigenous people and bastardize their rituals.