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In Antarctica, the impulse to explore clashes with the need to protect 

Environment

More tourists are flocking to Antarctica than ever before, drawn by a sense of urgency as climate change melts its ice caps. But what happens when we turn the last wild places into destinations?

Amid influx of tourists, Greenland’s capital sees strained infrastructure

Business, Economics and Jobs

Japan’s aging population is pushing shrinking cities to grapple with a new reality

Japan in Focus

Japan’s tourism boom presents a special challenge for Kyoto

Japan in Focus

This dying Spanish town is turning to books to put it on the literary map

Arts, Culture & Media

Move over Orlando, Brazil’s Balneário Camboriú is on the rise

Development

Balneário Camboriú is known as Brazil’s Dubai for the rows of skyscrapers that line the beachfront. It’s home to the three tallest buildings in Brazil. But there’s another city that Balneário Camboriú seems to be increasingly emulating: Orlando, Florida, for its theme parks.

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Arts, Culture & Media

The dinosaurs from the TV show Dinosaurs dancing to Notorious B.I.G.’s “Hypnotize” wins the internet this week.

The Statue of Liberty is one of the United States' most-visited tourist attractions.

International travel to the US drops for the first time since 2009

Economics

Total visitors dropped by 2 percent in 2016 from the previous year, and their spending fell by 1 percent.

Pictured here is Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park.

Is ‘last-chance tourism’ good or bad for endangered places?

Science

Planning a visit to see retreating glaciers, the Great Barrier Reef or Machu Picchu? Tread lightly, one travel reporter says.

The World

The Assad regime launches a ‘Syria Always Beautiful’ travel ad

Economics

There is one place that has largely — though not entirely — escaped the carnage seen elsewhere: Tartus, on the sea.