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Mahout charged after elephant kills tourist in Thailand
Thai police have charged a mahout after an elephant in his care killed a Spanish tourist last week. Theerayut Inthaphudkij, 38, was charged with negligence causing death, local authorities said Monday. The tourist – 22-year-old Blanca Ojanguren García – sustained a head injury after being shoved by the elephant while she was bathing the animal.…
Naples, Italy: A Popular Tourist Destination Suffering from Violence and Unemployment
The southern Italian city has become fashionable for tourists, models and actors in a social media age. Yet it remains merciless for many of its youth. The southern Italian city has become fashionable for tourists, models and actors in a social media age. Yet it remains merciless for many of its youth. Mourners for the…
Bodies of British woman and South African fiance found in Vietnam tourist villa
No evidence of physical trauma on Greta Marie Otteson and Arno Els Quinton, who were found in separate rooms The bodies of a British woman and her fiance have been discovered in separate rooms at a tourist villa in Vietnam, police said. The victims were named locally as Greta Marie Otteson, a 33-year-old Briton, and…
Japan urges Australians to head off the beaten track as record numbers flood tourist hotspots
About 807,800 Australians visited Japan between January and November this year, nearly 200,000 more than the previous record in 2019 Japan’s tourism board has urged holidaymakers to swap Tokyo and Kyoto for towns in Tohoku and Kanazawa as Australian tourists flood Japan’s cities in record numbers. About 807,800 Australians visited Japan between January and November…