Tag: Witnesses
Dead whale highlights major faults with octopus fishing industry in False Bay
Chief Assignment Editor- June 13, 2019 19:20Another dead 12-metre Bryde’s whale was found in False Bay near Cape Town last week after becoming entangled in octopus trap ropes. The traps have been in use by a ... Read More
Gourmet tourists love Lyon: Today a bomb went off at Brioche Bakery
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 24, 2019 20:19Lyon is known by gourmet lovers and travelers from all over the world. The Brioche Dorée Bakery is a favorite spot for an urban bakery café built on the simple ... Read More
Fiery plane crash kills 1 in Colorado north of Fort Collins-Loveland Airport
editor- May 15, 2019 23:30A plane crashed about a half mile from the Fort Collins-Loveland Airport in Colorado. Witnesses reported seeing smoke coming from the aircraft before it crashed, said the executive assistant of ... Read More
Attention Airport Officials: Naked man on the tarmac
editor- March 27, 2019 21:08Is this the new way to fly? Naked? A male passenger dressed only in his birthday suit was spotted trying to board his flight completely naked while walking across the ... Read More
Young elephant shot 13 times: Tourists watched in horror
eTN Managing Editor- March 27, 2019 07:54Balule Associated Nature Reserve has justified the killing of a young elephant bull in front of tourists as an 'act of self-defense', backtracking on an original announcement condemning the act ... Read More
Mass Panic during Disneyland Paris “Terror Attack” Today
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 24, 2019 09:07It was a busy and exciting weekend for Disneyland in Paris, France. Terror, shots, and a mass panic was on the list of uncalled adventures today. Disneyland Paris, originally Euro ... Read More
Czech Memorial Scrolls survived the Holocaust and travel to New York City
Dr. Elinor Garely - special to eTN- March 23, 2019 19:11The fact that a few of the 1,564 Czech Memorial Scrolls were all in one place at the same time, was almost a miracle. It took detailed planning and the ... Read More
Double Deadly Terror Attack in New Zealand: “There is blood everywhere”
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 15, 2019 03:08"I'm still in shock at the news coming from Christchurch today. To any Muslims, both in New Zealand and around the world I am sorry. This sick psychopath does not ... Read More
Nearly 100 passengers injured when jetfoil ferry collides with whale in Japan
Chief Assignment Editor- March 9, 2019 16:16According to Japanese authorities, more than 80 people were injured after a jetfoil ferry incident in the East Sea on Saturday. Five people were hospitalized in critical condition. The vessel ... Read More
Maldives former president Gayoom arrested for tourism related crime
Juergen T Steinmetz- February 19, 2019 05:49Maldives investigators found $1 million in former president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom bank account allegedly linked to a deal to lease public islands for tourism development in the Maldives. Abdulla Yameen Abdul ... Read More
American tourists killed in Kenyan plane crash
Chief Assignment Editor- February 13, 2019 23:50According to Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, a light aircraft crashed in Great Rift Valley region of Kenya on Wednesday. Kenyan pilot and four foreigners, including three Americans, died in the ... Read More
A clear and present danger to American Airlines customers
Juergen T Steinmetz- February 7, 2019 21:47Getting on an American Airlines flight may not be the same for some passengers after reading a Letter by Doug Parker, CEO of American Airlines. In a letter for Mr. ... Read More
King Shaka Airport in Durban witnesses double-digit growth
editor- February 1, 2019 01:22King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) in Durban ended 2018 on a record high by growing international passenger numbers by 13% in December. This, together with strong domestic passenger growth of ... Read More
Strong 6.7 earthquake shakes Chile
editor- January 20, 2019 02:51Chile shaken by strong earthquake. Read More
African Tourism Board: Kenya tourism resilience is an example to the world
editor- January 16, 2019 04:37The African Tourism Board strongly condemned the terror attack that occurred today at the luxury Dusit Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. Read More
Hotel history: Hotel Bossert once owned by Jehovah’s Witnesses
editor- January 12, 2019 20:21The Hotel Bossert was built in 1909 by Louis Bossert, a Brooklyn lumber magnate, as a residential hotel in Brooklyn Heights. The historic 14-story, 224-room hotel, once referred to as ... Read More
Foreign tourists flock to Iran’s ancient Shiraz
Chief Assignment Editor- June 13, 2017 19:15Nearly 65 percent of hotels in Iran’s ancient city of Shiraz, the capital city of Fars Province, have been booked by foreign tourists for the last quarter of 2017 as ... Read More