According to Japanese news agency Kyodo, a black bear attacked and assaulted nine tourists in a bus terminal in Central Japan. It happened this afternoon according to Japanese Times.

Afghanistan is making efforts to build up its tourism industry as part of its economic recovery, but when will it be that people could consider traveling to Afghanistan safe?

Armenia, which recently has made headlines as an adventure travel destination because of numerous mountains and cheap prices yesterday started it's first international rock climbing festival called Arev.

A small group of adventure travelers chose Iraq as their next tourist destination. A group of eight people, including two Americans traveled Iraq as the country hopes to get back to normalcy by attracting tourists from around the world.

Iraqi officials are planning on having a ferris wheel built as a tourist attraction to the nation's capital, Baghdad. The wheel would be called 'Baghdad Eye' and is planned to sit over 650ft above the Tigris River. This is done in an effort to develope tourism to Baghdad and Iraq to change country's image. After all the countryis sitting on a huge multimillion dollar cash surplus.

Another weekend and I ticked off another lifer and Dubai experiences. Headed west on Friday morning to Ghantoot to see if I could spot some birds at the Polo Club.

I have written in the past how the geography of Egypt was so different to that of Dubai and United Arab Emirates. Green areas along the Nile, alluvial soil, agriculture, etc. But that was not all that was different.

On Saturday for the first time since I arrived in March, I ventured out on to the new Palm Jumeirah.

Armenia has become a popular affordable vacation destination for adventure travelers and for those who like riding horses. Welcomearmenia.com offers new tour package for summer holiday 2008 with horseback riding as an adventure travel in Armenian villages and country-side. Anybody can take the riding tour both beginners and professionals with experienced guides.

A tropical island like Hawaiian Maui has always offered a number of options for exploring its offshore adventure both above and below the surface. Splashing onto the scene more recently is Hina, a Hawaiian outrigger sailing canoe owned by Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Adventures (HSCA).

Imagine you walking in the street in summer heat and suddenly a group of children or teenagers come up to you running and pour pails of water over you. You are astonished, confused and do not know what to do, if you are in Germany, France, Russia or elsewhere. Nevertheless if you are in Armenia, the only thing to do is just smile and laugh from the heart. IT’S VARDAVAR!

Discovery Initiatives, clients of Volcanoes Safaris, the first organization to host mountain gorilla safaris in post-conflict Uganda and Rwanda, have created a gorilla festival in Uganda that warrants some great attention. The Great Gorilla Gathering is designed to provide a stimulating platform from which to track gorillas and also give visitors a unique perspective and insight into the long-term welfare of gorillas.