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Brazil is taking steps to lower the spiraling cost of accommodations during the United Nations' upcoming conference on sustainable development, the office of President Dilma Rousseff said Wednesday.

The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia is getting ready to reopen after three years of renovations.

Francisco Costa has waited — patiently — to make his big splash.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Michael Wigge left Berlin without a penny and travelled 25,000 miles to Antarctica, hitchhiking, bartering and working his way by ship, plane, car and foot, from Europe to Canada and the U.S. and then through Latin America.

More than one billion tourists will take a trip this year crossing an international boundary, a threshold never before reached, UN officials told a meeting tourism ministers gathering in Mexico this week.

American Airlines, which is operating under bankruptcy protection, is seeking permission to add more flights to Brazil.

Gov. Bev Perdue is proclaiming a day where the North Carolina tourism industry is recognized for its importance to the state's growth and economic stability.

In celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, British Airways has lowered Biz Class/Club World fares for summer travel to both London and Manchester. At $1,952 round-trip, it isn't all that much of a leap from what a seat in Economy would cost you, especially for summer departures from the West Coast.

BIENNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Swatch Group , the world's biggest watchmaker, is expecting high single or double-digit sales growth this year as demand from China and for middle and lower-price products holds up in the face of global economic uncertainty. "We are trying to beat the 8 billion Swiss franc ($8.51 billion) mark this year, which would translate into another record year", Swatch Chief Executive Nick Hayek told reporters on the sidelines of the company's annual general meeting on Wednesday. The company had sales of 7.14 billion francs last year. ...

Fly from Denver to New York for $215 round-trip, nonstop, including all taxes, on Delta Air Lines.

PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - The number of tourists visiting Mauritius from Europe slowed in April, hit by the fallout from the euro zone crisis, official figures showed on Wednesday. Statistics Mauritius said arrivals from Europe, the Indian Ocean island's main tourism market, fell 5.1 percent to 50,050 visitors. Arrivals from France were down 3.4 percent to 24,740. Overall, 79,137 tourists visited Mauritius in April, unchanged from a year ago. Tourism typically generates about 10 percent of gross domestic product for Mauritius' $10 billion economy. ...