Here are the top 25 tourist attractions in the world, according to TripAdvisor's millions of users.

By the end of my Contiki tour of Vietnam, it felt like I'd been on the road for weeks - but now that I'm back in the office, it's like a blink of the eye.

He runs one of Instagram's most followed travel accounts, but globetrotting hottie Jeremy Jauncey is still searching for someone special to share it all with.

In-room bars, king-sized beds and a seven-storey staircase lashed in marble. The decision to stay at the Rosewood London hotel should not be taken lightly.

This sinister botanical wonderland is home to 100 of the world's most lethal plants...

It's 6pm and there's something of a party atmosphere at the Uluru sunset viewing area.

No bananas! I couldn't believe there had been no bananas in our entire village and in the middle of a sweat-drenched 10km jungle trek, I was starting to cramp up.

Dizzyingly tall skyscrapers, countless shopping malls, congested streets: I knew Hong Kong was packed with them.

Make a list. What is your holiday priority? Sun, rest and recharge within short-range of New Zealand?

The Tourism Industry Association estimates that in the year to March spending will reach $32.5 billion.

One industry watcher says it's time for NZ hotels to get investment in new properties.

The interesting thing about this exhibition being based in a museum is the balance between science and Hollywood.

With its old mustard coloured buildings, multitudes of lanterns, bicycles and happy looking dogs, Hoi An is definitely our cutest stop yet.

Second stop is Admiral's Arch. It's here we watch honking New Zealand fur seals frolic in the huge washing machine swells.

It's hard not to feel like James Bond stepping off the hovercraft on the crunchy ice of frozen solid Lake Baikal in Siberia.

Well, for one, it's pretty magical to get to experience a white Christmas - sure, it'll be extremely cold, but Europe does Christmas exceptionally well.

Eli Orzessek reports from Contiki's Vietnam Highlights tour.

One of the largest islands in the Gulf of Thailand, Ko Samui is known for palm-fringed sandy beaches, coral reefs and coconut trees.

Singapore Airlines this month celebrates 40 years of flying into Auckland.

I'd been warned about the intense traffic in Vietnam when I had trouble crossing the streets in Taiwan.

The hotel manager offers a broad smile as he guides me down the boat ramp on to the warm sand of the eastern shore of Phi Phi Island (pronounced "PP").

The mountains of East Africa are being dissolved by climate change, Jason Patinkin reports.

Colombia's second-largest city is breaking free from its dark past and undergoing an exciting revival, writes Christina Horsten.

You don't need to be Jay Z or Beyonce to live it up like a star in West Hollywood.

I had been working as a news producer for one of the most-watched commercial television networks in Australia for 18 months, but suddenly I'd had enough.

In January 1966, the first ship carrying "citizen-explorers" arrived in Antarctica and only a handful of leisure travelers had ever considered visiting.

Did you miss me yesterday? I'm sorry, I was delirious in bed and couldn't write.

Where's the best place to watch next year's US eclipse? If you're thinking the grand open spaces of Wyoming, you have plenty of company.