A controversial deal enabling the long term transfer of EU air passenger data to U.S. authorities as part of the global fight against terror was finally approved Thursday in the European Parliament.

A swimming ban, implemented in the Seychelles following two shark attacks last year, has finally been lifted after six months.

A number of governments have warned against unnecessary travel to the capital of Maldives, Male, after the country’s president resigned during a coup.

Egypt’s coral reefs contribute roughly between a third and a quarter of the country’s total tourist revenues. However, very little of this income is reinvested in the country’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

Spas and massage parlors in the Maldives archipelago must close, the government has ordered , bowing to pressure from islamists in a move that may imperil the mainstay tourism sector.

The UK Government announced that it planned to scrap Portland's search-and-rescue helicopter.