Tag: slums
New lawsuits filed against Boeing in Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash
Chief Assignment Editor- May 22, 2019 00:35Additional wrongful death lawsuits in the crash of the Boeing 737-8 MAX, operated as Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, were filed in Chicago, IL, in the deaths of Virginia Chimenti, originally ... Read More
Rio de Janeiro promotes slum tourism
editor- August 31, 2010 06:46RIO DE JANEIRO — Tourists usually try to run from Rio's notorious slums. Now officials are inviting them to come visit instead. Read More
Tourists seek mock border crossings, tours of dangerous slums
editor- August 26, 2010 05:06MEXICO CITY — While most travelers flock to Mexico to sip margaritas on white-sand beaches, a hardy few choose lesser-known tourist sites where they are chased down by immigration agents ... Read More
Ryanair CEO says swine flu ‘only a risk to slum dwellers’
editor- April 29, 2009 06:15LONDON - The deadly strain of swine flu spreading rapidly across the globe is only a danger to slum dwellers in Mexico and Asia, the chief executive of Europe's leading ... Read More
Best view in Rio? Pushing limits of slum tourism
editor- March 18, 2009 04:36RIO DE JANEIRO - Rolf Glaser zips his motorbike up the twisting alleyways of Vidigal slum, past a bunch of cheerful, gun-packing drug traffickers, and emerges at a cliffside plateau ... Read More
Slumdog tours: A new travel destination in India?
editor- February 26, 2009 03:19Anything come to mind when you think of traveling to India? The Taj Mahal, perhaps? Wildlife sanctuaries, yoga retreats, samosa stands, beach filled coastline? Read More
Mumbai’s slums charm tourists more than Australia’s sweeping scenery
editor- January 29, 2009 09:00Have film juries and tourists been charmed more by the lure of Mumbai's slums than Australia's scenic vista? Read More