Read more tourists stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/16254/tourists.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:45:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69794/french-tourist-attacked-near-tiananmen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA French tourist was attacked and injured by a knife-wielding man near Beijing's Tiananmen Square today, raising tensions as the Chinese capital prepares to mark 60 years of Communist rule, the AP reports. Two security guards were killed and at least a dozen other people were injured in another attack...http://www.newser.com/story/69794/french-tourist-attacked-near-tiananmen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 7:56:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66061/iran-charges-american-hikers-with-illegal-entry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIran has charged the three American hikers who stumbled across its border with illegal entry, a security official announced today. “They are definitely Americans. We don’t know whether they are tourists or not. We are questioning them,” he said. Authorities accused the West of using the case for propaganda, and...http://www.newser.com/story/66061/iran-charges-american-hikers-with-illegal-entry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 8:57:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65990/iranian-tv-captured-us-hikers-are-cia-spies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe three American hikers nabbed by Iranian authorities after allegedly crossing the border from Iraq were actually spies, an Iranian TV report claims. The Tehran-based station quotes an Iraqi policeman as saying the three were “working with the CIA.” Hillary Clinton meanwhile asked the Iranian government today for more information...http://www.newser.com/story/65990/iranian-tv-captured-us-hikers-are-cia-spies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 13:01:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65874/family-confirms-us-hikers-arrest-in-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe mother of one of the three Americans detained while hiking near the Iran-Iraq border confirmed that her son has been arrested by Iranian security forces, reports CNN. Joshua Fattal of Pennsylvania and two friends, who were warned by Iraqi police not to hike in the border region, were seized...http://www.newser.com/story/65874/family-confirms-us-hikers-arrest-in-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Aug 2009 6:02:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65832/iran-seizes-3-us-tourists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIran has arrested three American tourists who were hiking near the border in Iraq's Kurdistan region, the BBC reports. Kurdish officials believe the hikers were seized after accidentally straying into Iranian territory. State Department officials say they are investigating and taking the matter very seriously. "It looks like the three...http://www.newser.com/story/65832/iran-seizes-3-us-tourists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Aug 2009 5:51:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64254/reality-tv-puts-la-tourism-on-map.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGone are the days when tourists came to Hollywood to gawk at the stars on the Walk of Fame. The new hot attractions are reality TV locales. And Los Angeles—hurting for visitors, with hotel occupancy rates down 14%—welcomes the attention: “It’s a new element that we are seeing...http://www.newser.com/story/64254/reality-tv-puts-la-tourism-on-map.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Jul 2009 11:46:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63992/french-are-worlds-worst-tourists-survey.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe French are the world’s worst tourists, AFP reports. A global survey asked staff at 40,000 hotels to rate tourists on categories ranging from politeness to generosity to willingness to learn local languages—and the French finished last in several categories. Japanese tourists took honors in just as many...http://www.newser.com/story/63992/french-are-worlds-worst-tourists-survey.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Jul 2009 15:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60846/al-qaeda-murders-british-hostage-held-in-mali.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British hostage held in Mali has been killed by his al-Qaeda captors, the terror group announced on a website. Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned the murder as an "appalling and barbaric act of terrorism," reports the BBC. Edwin Dyer was kidnapped in Niger in January with a group of...http://www.newser.com/story/60846/al-qaeda-murders-british-hostage-held-in-mali.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 3:27:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60291/mexico-devotes-92m-to-luring-back-visitors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMexico’s tourism board is taking a trickle-down approach to luring vacationers back after the swine flu outbreak, Advertising Age reports. It’s kicking off a $92 million campaign by urging Mexicans to counteract the negative perceptions and show visitors “that Mexico is not only a beautiful country but is also strong...http://www.newser.com/story/60291/mexico-devotes-92m-to-luring-back-visitors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 14:19:04 CDT