Active4Adventures and GARMIN designed this amazing itinerary made for those of you looking for adventure and an out of the ordinary biking experience. This is the perfect tour ever. It starts and ends in two UNESCO World Heritage sites, Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert and Carcassonne.

Brazilian police say gunmen have attacked a tourist van and robbed nine German tourists visiting Rio de Janeiro. Police say in a brief statement the incident occurred Thursday.

In the presence of the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have agreed to launch a new public awareness campaign calling on tourists to help reduce demand for illicit goods and services linked to transnational organized crime. Preparations for the campaign were set in motion during the Spring Meeting of the Chief Executive Board of the UN in Madrid.