The village of Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture received more than 2 million visitors in 2024, half of whom were overseas tourists. The village is home to Shirakawa-go, a UNESCO World Heritage site that features 114 houses made in the gassho-zukuri style of steeply pitched thatched roofs. Italian touri»»»

Patrick Herminie wins 52.7 percent of the vote, denying incumbent Wavel Ramkalawan a second term in office. Seychelles’s opposition leader, Patrick Herminie, has won the country’s presidential race, defeating incumbent leader Wavel Ramkalawan in a run-off vote, according to the electoral commission»»»

FREETOWN, July 13, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Activist Tommy Garnett's decades of work paid off when Sierra Leone's Tiwai island -- a lush forest home to one of the world's highest concentrations of primates -- landed a spot Sunday on the UN cultural agency's World Heritage list. The 66-year-old and the cons»»»

Prabir Kumar Ghosh who took charge earlier this week said he had given permission to let tourists visit all parts of the campus KOLKATA: Visva Bharati, Bengal’s only central university located at Santiniketan town in Birbhum district will open its gates for tourists, ending a five-year ban, the new»»»

PETALING JAYA, March 21 — Federal lawmakers were the worst offenders in an annual report tracking incidents of racism in Malaysia, representing more than a third of those Pusat Komas noted in its latest annual report released today. Pusat Komas said the statistic illuminated the influence of racial»»»