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By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — When asked to recall the first time they met, Japanese chefs Shun Sato and Toru Takano struggle to remember the details. “I was in Australia from 2005 to 2014. So we met sometime in between?” Sato asks his friend. “Maybe in 2009 or 2010?” Takano shrugs

Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Anyone who’s set foot in Italy knows there are unwritten rules that one must abide by – and the most important of all revolve around food. Cappuccino after 11 a.m.? Only for tourists. Spaghetti bolognese? A horrifying thought. Pineapple on your pizza? Heresy – at least, it was until now.

By Jenny Marc, CNN Tanomah, Saudi Arabia – (CNN) — Abdulrahman Alabdu hangs off the side of a cliff, drilling into the rock and placing stainless steel bolts in each hole. In this remote corner of Saudi Arabia, his tools are the only sound piercing the silence. He estimates that just 30 to 50 people from

By Simon Usborne, CNN (CNN) — Gil Dezer has a commanding view from his four-floor penthouse at the top of his 60-story residential tower in Miami. But the billionaire property developer is not that interested in looking out across the beach towards the Bahamas. He prefers to gaze through his large internal windows at 11

By Lilit Marcus, CNN AlUla, Saudi Arabia (CNN) — To find one of the most iconic attractions in Saudi Arabia, don’t look for the building itself – look for the people with selfie sticks and ring lights. Maraya is the largest mirror-covered building in the world, and at certain times of day the structure seems

By Rob Hodgetts, CNN (CNN) — Travelers are running out of new places to discover, but there could be one treasure hidden in plain sight. Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast stretches for more than a thousand miles, from the northern border with Jordan in the Gulf of Aqaba to Yemen in the far south. Much of that,

By Flo Cornall, CNN (CNN) — Looking at an X-ray film you might spot fractured bones or even floating foreign objects — but hidden within the film itself there is a tiny amount of silver. Now, The Royal Mint, the UK’s oldest company and official maker of British coins, is using that silver to create

CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has struck an agreement with Thailand to permanently waive visa requirements for each other’s citizens from March, the latest in a flurry of attempts by Beijing to lure back foreign tourists amid a struggling economy after years of self-imposed Covid isolation. The reciprocal visa-free scheme,

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has struck an agreement with Thailand to permanently waive visa requirements for each other’s citizens from March, the latest in a flurry of attempts by Beijing to lure back foreign tourists amid a struggling economy after years of self-imposed Covid isolation. The reciprocal visa-free scheme, announced

By Irene Nasser, Mayumi Maruyama and Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 flights to and from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport are expected to be canceled on Wednesday following the fiery runway plane collision the day before, according to two Japanese carriers. The flight cancellations will impact an estimated 20,000 passengers, reports state broadcaster NHK.

Analysis by Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Watching the footage of the Japan Airlines collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, it seems miraculous that anyone has emerged unscathed. Yet while, tragically, five of six crew on the Japan Coast Guard Dash 8 plane it struck during landing on Tuesday have died, all 379 passengers and crew

By Fawnia Soo Hoo, CNN (CNN) — For the past decade, Hollywood A-listers, from actors to directors to studio executives, have sought out photographer Mark Seliger to take their portraits in the elaborate pop-up studio he constructs in the middle of the storied “Vanity Fair” Oscars after-party. Whether resembling a rustic sitting room or a

By Silvia Marchetti, CNN Rome (CNN) — A two-year dig to install a solar power plant near Rome has unearthed an ancient Roman necropolis containing 67 skeletons buried in 57 ornate tombs. Archaeologists were baffled by the find — thought to date between the second and fourth centuries — not least because the skeletons were

By Martha Alexander, CNN (CNN) — The first month of the year is traditionally a time of change and resolution. Gym memberships spike, people seek new jobs in record numbers and abstaining from alcohol and meat becomes a popular pastime. But over the past six years, this period has also been marked by “Januhairy,” an

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Passengers on a United Airlines flight hoping to travel back in time for New Year’s got off to an unfortunate start in 2024. Flight UA200 was originally scheduled to depart Guam at 7:35 a.m. on January 1, 2024, and land in Honolulu, Hawaii at 6:50 p.m. on December 31, 2023

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — You wouldn’t be far off if you guessed Italy or France as the country with more of this year’s “World’s 50 Best” restaurants than any other. But no, that distinction goes to Spain, where six restaurants earned honors this summer on the 2023 list. (Italy had five and France

By CNN Travel staff (CNN) — So many places to see in the world. So many people eager to see them. International tourism reached about 90% of pre-pandemic levels in 2023, and the United States issued a record number of passports. And if you visited any popular destination over the summer, you’d probably argue it was

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Venice has announced it will limit tourist walking groups to 25 people and ban the use of loudspeakers in its latest effort to combat mass tourism. Groups will also be prohibited from stopping in narrow streets, on bridges or in passageways. The new regulations, which further restrict

CNN By Angus Watson, CNN (CNN) — Dean Jacobowski stands atop the Sydney Opera House as the first glimmer of the day’s summer sun bounces from the famous white sails. It’s early in the morning, three days before New Year’s Eve. The harbor is Jacobowski’s canvas. He plans to paint it with pyrotechnics. “It’s the

By Angus Watson, CNN (CNN) — Dean Jacobowski stands atop the Sydney Opera House as the first glimmer of the day’s summer sun bounces from the famous white sails. It’s early in the morning, three days before New Year’s Eve. The harbor is Jacobowski’s canvas. He plans to paint it with pyrotechnics. “It’s the most