While we thought that Yellowstone’s Steamboat Geyser was having a show-stopping performance in 2018 with a record-breaking 32 eruptions, 2019’s eruptions look set to be even more spectacular. The Steamboat Geyser erupts in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Image: George Frey/Getty Images The geyser at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming has already erupted 25 times this […]
Travellers to Thailand may have to buy compulsory travel insurance… for a small price
Thailand is considering making travel insurance compulsory with travellers obliged to purchase a special policy from airports when they arrive. Thailand is considering introducing compulsory travel insurance for tourists. Image by Nopkamon Tanayakorn/Shutterstock Pending approval from the the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports, the new policy – which would cost 20 baht (£0.52/€0.58/US$0.65) for […]
The 5 Best Beach Vacations During Hurricane Season
Tropical vacations should be a time to unwind, and there’s nothing relaxing about extreme weather. By choosing the best beach vacations during hurricane season, you can lower your risk of trip interruption, emergency evacuations, or worse, and instead focus on fruity drinks and beach reading. Unfortunately, the same elements that draw tourists to tropical destinations, […]
Two of Russia’s largest art collections reunited at exhibitions in Moscow and St Petersburg
Sergei Shchukin and Ivan Morozov are pre-revolutionary Russian entrepreneurs, whose names were largely forgotten for the most part of the 20th century. But both of them managed to amass such unique collections of turn-of-the-century art that today they still constitute the bulk of impressionist and post-impressionist collections at Russia’s two major museums: Pushkin Museum in […]