19 JUL: Exactly 30 years after the event, plans were announced at the weekend for a memorial to the 114 people who died when ‘skywalks’ collapsed at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City during a weekly dance party

18 JUL: ‘Interesting one day, boring the next’ is the heading on a Queensland website story today about a perceived lack of tourist attractions in Brisbane.

18 JUL: Just days after WA Tourism chief Kate Lamont was criticised for promoting a tour to France, NSW tourism and major events minister George Souris has been targeted for allegedly spending part of the July school holidays in Greece.

12 JUL: A massive beach resort built by the Nazis on the German island of Rugen has been turned into a youth hostel.

11 JUL: After waiting weeks for the snowfalls needed to start the season, skifield operators on NZ’s South Island found they had too much at the weekend.

11 JUL: Buenos Aires’ official hop-on, hop-off tourist bus service, which makes a three-hour circuit of the city’s main tourist sights every 20 minutes, has become the target for delinquents throwing bags of rubbish, rotten eggs and even stones, London’s Telegraph newspaper reported at the weekend.

8 JUL: Travel writers are generally so busy discussing the perceived attractions of the places they visit that they pay little or no attention to how tourism can benefit communities.

7 JUL: Travellers arriving at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport tomorrow and over the weekend will find immigration procedures are even tighter than usual.

6 JUL: Environmentalists have issued dire warnings about the fate of Venice if tourist numbers aren’t curbed.

5 JUL: Tahiti is seeing a lot more Australians this year.