travel

February 14, 2018

Updated

02/28/2018 - 10:00am

The US and Canada share information from their no-fly lists, but there’s very little Canadians can do if they think they’re being flagged and delayed from boarding flights in error. It’s not just an inconvenience — it’s stigmatizing.

Music

An Iranian piano prodigy. A big dream. And an arduous visa process.

PRI's The World

October 05, 2017

Amir Darabi was a child prodigy. He started playing the piano when he was 3 years old. Later, he felt there wasn't enough competition in Iran. But for an Iranian, getting to the US is a Herculean task.

Economics

International travel to the US drops for the first time since 2009

Agence France-Presse

August 11, 2017

Total visitors dropped by 2 percent in 2016 from the previous year, and their spending fell by 1 percent.

Culture

Swimmers flock to a Paris canal as the city cleans up its waterways

PRI's The World

August 07, 2017

The French capital opened a section of canal for swimming after years of cleanup. Now there's talk of swimming in the Seine some day, maybe even at the 2024 Olympics.

Books

Nigerian-American author Teju Cole wants us to rethink what it means to travel

PRI's The World

June 16, 2017

Cole uses text and photography to find connections that might easily be overlooked in 25 locales around the world.

Economics

British Airways cancels all flights out of London after IT failure

Agence France-Presse

May 27, 2017

The airline said it had found "no evidence that it's a cyberattack."

Conflict

The new carry-on device ban is reportedly about al-Qaeda and ISIS bombs

Agence France-Presse

March 22, 2017

Laptops, tablets, cameras and other items larger than cellphones are banned on passenger cabins of direct US-bound flights from certain airports in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, and Jordan. Britain imposed similar restrictions on flights from six countries, while France and Canada said they were considering their own measures.

Justice

A crowdsourced database provides a glimpse of what traveling from Iran to the US is like right now

Global Voices Online

February 02, 2017

As Trump's executive orders on who can and cannot enter the US from seven countries are clarified, an MIT professor has built a repository to help gain clarity for travelers.

Global Politics

What happened to everyone who was going to leave the US if Trump won?

PRI's The World

January 20, 2017

Travel writer Jessica Nabongo, whose blog post “Countries To Move To If Trump Becomes President” became a hit, is keeping her options open.

Business

Rio's best café lets you pay what you want

PRI's The World

December 29, 2016

There are no cashiers. No cash registers. No computers to ring up bills and no credit card machines. Instead, there is just a bowl, into which people drop voluntary cash amounts. Remarkably, the honor system is working, says Curto Café’s owner.

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Arts, Culture & Media

Norwegian seaport

PRI's The World

February 01, 2011

For the Geo Quiz, we're looking for a Norwegian seaport up above the Arctic Circle: It's in the extreme northeast corner of Norway, near the border with Russia. This northern city is also the northern-most stop for the Hurtigruten cruise line.

Arts, Culture & Media

Traveling in Charley's Footsteps

Studio 360

February 04, 2011

In the fall of 1960, John Steinbeck climbed into a camper truck and started driving. He and his standard poodle Charley roamed for ten thousand miles, completing a circuit around the U.S. The result of their exploration was the book "Travels With Charlie"

Arts, Culture & Media

Kunming: One of China's happiest cities

PRI's The World

February 08, 2011

The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports from China on why the southwestern city of Kunming was recently selected as one of the country's happiest cities.

Arts, Culture & Media

Northern sled dog race

PRI's The World

February 09, 2011

For today's Geo Quiz: The Yukon Quest is under way. 25 mushers and their sled dogs left Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon Territory on Sunday. They're headed northwest to Fairbanks, Alaska — 1,000 miles away, as the dogs run. Where's the halfway poi

Arts, Culture & Media

The library at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

PRI's The World

February 16, 2011

Airline passengers are not used to getting something for free. But Amsterdam's Schiphol airport has its own library. Travelers can now kick back with one of its 1,200 books - for nothing - while they wait. The World's Clark Boyd reports.

Arts, Culture & Media

Travels with Charley: New Orleans

Studio 360

February 18, 2011

Arts, Culture & Media

Ice breaks off glacier in New Zealand

PRI's The World

February 22, 2011

Following an earthquake in Christchurch, a 30-million ton chunk of ice broke off the Tasman Glacier into the Tasman Lake. Tourists were on a pontoon boat just as the ice broke off. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the boat's skipper, Mark Bascand.

Arts, Culture & Media

Zero emissions race

PRI's The World

February 24, 2011

You need a pretty big battery to drive an electric car for hundreds of miles a day. That's what participants in the 'Zero Emissions Race' did. The race began last August and ended today in a Swiss city that we want you to name…

Arts, Culture & Media

Baghdisneyland

April 24, 2008

Faith and news analyst Jason Mantzoukas discuss the new amusement park being built in Baghdad by the firm that designed Disneyland.

Environment

Melting at the Top of the World

Living on Earth

January 02, 2009

Global warming is having a dramatic impact in the Himalayas, where the glaciers are melting at a rapid pace. One local mountain climber has started a campaign to educate villagers and trekkers alike about the effects of climate change on the mountains.