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Henderson Travel, a black-owned agency founded back in the Civil Rights era, pioneered roots travel to Africa. Its continued success is a testament not just to the popularity of genealogical tourism, but a booming African-American travel market.

Take a page from the books of some experienced travel advisors from around the U.S. before you head out on your next adventure or business trip. We love the suggestion to swap out the hotel room's bar of soap with your favorite from home to start your day at ease.

Nobody wins from The New York Times making a spectacle out of people's dreams and then recommending a trite list of places to visit. The prominence of destination lists also speaks to the bigger problems in travel media.

Tourism grew to one-third of Iceland's economy in 2015, boosting the country's dependency on the sector. But things are likely changing, and it's unclear what comes next.

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Bangkok needs more than rainmakers to be treated seriously as the world's top city destination, and to be a strong contender for medical tourists. Here's what's choking the city and why it's unhealthy for tourism.

The Philippines wants cruise dollars. But Boracay, which has reopened after some rehabilitation, does not. The island is a key cruise stop but can carry only so much. Tourism authorities and cruise lines should work out the sums.

After this week's terror attacks in a Nairobi hotel complex, a question mark hangs over the continued growth of Kenya's lucrative tourism industry. But tourists have been here before, and as long as there are no follow-up attacks, mass cancellations seem unlikely.

Find out what's on the rise and worth tracking in the wellness industry this year with these Megatrends, from mind- and body-focused co-working spaces to health biohacking to the continued buzz around CBD.

Aeromexico's viral video shows how Americans and Mexicans have more in common than you might think.

United President Scott Kirby and Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Nocella, who worked together at US Airways and American Airlines, deserve credit for the airline's turnaround. Then again, when they arrived United was a broken company, so there was probably only one way to go — up.