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Bali bans ‘menstruating tourists’ from temples in strict new rules to crack down on ‘misbehaving’ visitors

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Bali bans ‘menstruating tourists’ from temples in strict new rules to crack down on ‘misbehaving’ visitors

Authorities in Bali, Indonesia have unveiled a new policy banning “menstruating tourists” from entering temples over concerns that “dirty” period blood will contaminate their holy sites. This unorthodox law is included in a list of policies the tropical island’s governor, Wayan Koster, imposed on March 24 to clamp down on “misbehaving tourists” overrunning the paradise, … Read more

Is your home a disgusting dump? Here’s what’s grossing out your visitors — even if they’re not telling you

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Is your home a disgusting dump? Here’s what’s grossing out your visitors — even if they’re not telling you

No one wants to be viewed as a slob kabob. If you’re someone who doesn’t think twice about those dust bunnies living rent-free in the crevices of your home or you don’t bother to panic clean before company comes over — you’re probably being judged by your visitors. A recent Reddit thread asked people things … Read more

Dear Abby: I hate having visitors at my home and the outside world drains me

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Dear Abby: I hate having visitors at my home and the outside world drains me

DEAR ABBY: How do I politely tell people I don’t like having anyone visit me in my home? My home is my safe haven. The energy of the outside world drains me, and I don’t want that feeling inside my home. This includes family members, friends, neighbors, church family and anyone else who might come … Read more

Whopping 64M visitors flocked to NYC in 2024 as Big Apple tourism set to make ‘full recovery’ from COVID by next year

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Whopping 64M visitors flocked to NYC in 2024 as Big Apple tourism set to make ‘full recovery’ from COVID by next year

It’s a tourism de force. The Big Apple ushered in a whopping 64.3 million visitors in 2024 — and is on track to bounce back to pre-COVID tourism levels next year, officials said. This year’s comeback marked the second-highest tourist count in city history, and reflected a 3.5% increase in visitors from 2023, according to … Read more

Popular travel destination sees record-high tourism topping 33M visitors

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Popular travel destination sees record-high tourism topping 33M visitors

Visitors from far and wide are traveling to Japan, resulting in the country breaking a new tourism record. Between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30, projections indicate that nearly 33.4 million travelers visited Japan, according to the country’s government site. Out of the three million travelers who visited Japan in November of this year, 247,500 were … Read more

Mexico to impose tax for cruise ship visitors starting in 2025

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Mexico to impose tax for cruise ship visitors starting in 2025

Mexican officials may be rocking the boat with visitors by introducing a new tourist tax. A $42 immigration levy for every passenger on cruise ships that dock in Mexico was voted in by the country’s congress last week, The Associated Press reported.  Stewart Chiron, a Miami-based cruise industry expert known as “The Cruise Guy,” told … Read more

Alien-like creature washes up on beach, stunning visitors: ‘The freakiest thing I’ve ever seen’

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Alien-like creature washes up on beach, stunning visitors: ‘The freakiest thing I’ve ever seen’

Shuck, shuck, goose? Social media users were shocked over an “alien” creature that washed ashore in Australia with some labeling it the “freakiest thing” they’d ever seen. “I’ve never seen anything quite like this before!” wrote the sea denizen’s discoverer Vicki Evans in a post with a photo on a community Facebook page. “Nature never … Read more

Wild art show has visitors tripping out and staring into strangers’ eyes: ‘It’s amazing’

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Wild art show has visitors tripping out and staring into strangers’ eyes: ‘It’s amazing’

What are you looking at? A mysterious art show is tricking New Yorkers into tripping out — and staring into each other’s eyes. The wild exhibit, “Bobby Anspach: The Beautiful Nothing,” features a pair of kooky contraptions — tangles of wires, lights and colorful pom-poms — that look like something a mad scientist built with … Read more

Remote country opens to American visitors with new flight amid overtourism crisis: ‘The herd is coming’

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Remote country opens to American visitors with new flight amid overtourism crisis: ‘The herd is coming’

Nuuk Nuuk, who’s there? Americans — and a lot of them. The capital city of Greenland, a frigid Nordic lump situated between Atlantic Canada and Iceland, is projected to become the next travel hotspot as a new airport and hotels gear up to welcome travelers looking for an alternative to packed European favorites that have soured … Read more

‘Scariest’ haunted house leaves visitors stripped, shaved — and humiliated: ‘I’m in total shock’

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‘Scariest’ haunted house leaves visitors stripped, shaved — and humiliated: ‘I’m in total shock’

It’s a psychological torture chamber. Ahead of Halloween, a haunted house is hitting headlines for hosting a series of sadistic-seeming experiences, including verbal humiliation and electric shocks. “I’m in total shock, I can’t believe how far things were taken in there,” visitor Liam Gould, 32, told Jam Press, recalling his nightmarish experience in the notorious … Read more

Whitney Museum will soon be free for all visitors 25 and under

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Whitney Museum will soon be free for all visitors 25 and under

The Whitney Museum in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District will soon be free to patrons 25 and younger starting in mid-December to grow the influence of art, the cultural institution announced. “Since its founding, the Whitney has been committed to supporting young and innovative artists, and we now hope to further support younger audiences, too, by addressing … Read more

Aquarium’s star whale shark shocks visitors — because it turned out to be a robot

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Aquarium’s star whale shark shocks visitors — because it turned out to be a robot

It was a whale of a fail. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the water park: A Chinese aquarium was ripped by angry fans after its much-hyped giant shark was revealed to be a robot. The “deep”-fake occurred at the Xiaomeisha Sea World in Shenzhen, which opened on Oct. 1 … Read more

Disney World unveils cheaper pricing — but fans are not satisfied: ‘Anticipate losing visitors’

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Disney World unveils cheaper pricing — but fans are not satisfied: ‘Anticipate losing visitors’

They still think the magic is gone. As Disney attempts to lower astronomical prices after years of being egregiously unaffordable for average American families, irked customers still are avoiding the once happiest place on Earth. Looking ahead to 2025, Disney World launched a three-night, two-day theme park package with a $200 savings discount which is … Read more

I spent a wild night in the Amazon — and awoke to a shredded tent invaded by these horrifying visitors

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I spent a wild night in the Amazon — and awoke to a shredded tent invaded by these horrifying visitors

The ants go munching one-by-one — hurrah, hurrah! Thought ants raiding your picnic was annoying? Paul Rosolie, a US conservationist and explorer of the Amazons, captured the spine-tingling moment when giant ants dismantled his tent during a hellacious night in the jungle. “One of the worst episodes yet of why you think you want my … Read more

Museum opens nudist exhibit — for visitors who also go full-frontal: ‘It’s not so strange’

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Museum opens nudist exhibit — for visitors who also go full-frontal: ‘It’s not so strange’

They went from oui oui to wee-wee. A gorgeous coastal city in France is baring all with a museum exhibit on nudity — which guests can view in the buff themselves, according to The Guardian. A museum in Marseille, France has opened a nudity exhibit that can be viewed naked. AFP via Getty Images The … Read more

Visitors are making peepholes in Mount Fuji barrier designed to stop obnoxious, selfie-taking tourists

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Visitors are making peepholes in Mount Fuji barrier designed to stop obnoxious, selfie-taking tourists

Ain’t no barrier high enough. In Japan, a tourist town’s extravagant effort to block scenic views of Mount Fuji from foreigners has already backfired. Obnoxious travelers have poked peepholes through a towering, mesh barrier shielding them from seeing the mountain unobscured. Tourists have overrun a Japanese town so they can take sweet selfies of Mount … Read more

Bizarre ‘naked’ creature freaks out visitors to Google Street View: ‘Creepy’

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Bizarre ‘naked’ creature freaks out visitors to Google Street View: ‘Creepy’

Was it a sextra-terrestrial? Social media sleuths were left baffled over an eerie Google Street View image that appeared to depict a nearly naked, floppy-armed creature in Utah. The image showed the critter with elongated limbs seemingly sprinting across a field like an interstellar streaker near the Bears Ears Visitor Center in the town of … Read more

Giant Times Square sculpture invites visitors to ‘whisper’ their ‘hopes and dreams’

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Giant Times Square sculpture invites visitors to ‘whisper’ their ‘hopes and dreams’

If you can inflate it here, you can inflate it anywhere. Times Square’s largest-ever art installation was unveiled earlier this week as a beacon for New Yorkers and tourists alike, who are invited to “conjure” up their cathartic thoughts and feelings — and even hopes for the future. Standing at a massive 30 feet tall, … Read more

AI Van Gogh talks suicide, struggles with visitors to Paris museum: ‘Revelation’

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AI Van Gogh talks suicide, struggles with visitors to Paris museum: ‘Revelation’

Lend him an ear. The post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh provides posthumous insight into his life and work as part of a new exhibit that draws on advanced, generative artificial intelligence technology. A virtual avatar of the artist answers questions from visitors to “Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: The Final Months” at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. … Read more

Sunflower field owners beg visitors to stop taking nude photos — after three naughty shoots held in one day

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Sunflower field owners beg visitors to stop taking nude photos — after three naughty shoots held in one day

They are trying to nip them in the buds. The owners of a UK sunflower field are asking their visitors to refrain from taking nude photos at their family-friendly farm. Siblings Sam Wilson and Nette Petley, who run Stoke Fruit Farm on Hayling Island in England, put up signs begging guests to stop stripping down … Read more