by Suzanne Barbezat



Mexico's booming tourism industry got its start along a stretch of central Pacific coast that included then small towns like Acapulco and Mazatlan. But Puerto Vallarta, on…

I admit I am not much of a critic. I know what I like, and honestly I like just about everything, so don’t expect your standard, everyday review of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Twelfth Night.



I further admit that for me Shakespeare has too often just been words on a page – a cognitive exercise in appreciation of the work of one of the world’s great…

When you visit Malpaís, on Costa Rica’s southern Nicoya Peninsula, be prepared to relax and unwind. This area of the country along the Pacific coast is so laid back that when you’re there it feels as if you’ve left the rest of the world off…

Ready for spring, Disneyland Resort is ready to go with 5 weeks of food, drink and culinary special events. The magic will appear in California Adventure Park with chefs, culinary demonstrations and beverage and lifestyle seminars adding even more to the guests’ interactive experiences.



Celebrity chefs Guy Fieri and Graham Elliot are just a few of the…

There's little doubt that food is a major part of the tourism experience.  If tourism is about seeing new sights and having new and unique experiences, then the culinary world is a major part of the tourism experience.  Because eating is an essential part of living, food or culinary tourism has a broad base of appeal.  In fact, often when visitors return home, one of the first…

A few months ago I found myself face to face with a school of piranhas, and lived to tell the tale. OK, the little buggers were in a tank at Parque Explora in Medellin, Colombia, whose unusual aquarium is devoted to Amazonian fauna. Common throughout the Amazon and its connected rivers – some of which are in Peru and Colombia but most of…

It says something that an entire region is named after France's signature liquor. Only three hours away from Paris by train, the village of Cognac, world famous for its namesake eau-de-vie (water of life) is also the birthplace of King François I, narrow winding streets, the towers of St Jacques' gate, and many large…