With hindsight, it looks embarrassingly inappropriate, but long before New Zealand’s White Island volcano erupted killing at least 16 people last week, it was once humorously marketed as a fun ...

Sky Lagoon is receiving new attention from tour operators as an alternative to the Blue Lagoon, a temporarily closed major attraction. “When the whole situation with the volcano started, we replaced ...

This is part of Airplane Mode, a series on the business—and pleasure—of travel right now. In June 2023, Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupted, with a crowd of tourists standing less than a mile away. They ...

The deaths of at least six people in the New Zealand volcano eruption this week have fuelled concerns over the safety of so-called “volcano tourism”. The White Island volcano, around 30 miles off the ...

After its eponymous volcano erupted on Monday, ash coated New Zealand’s White Island, smothering the surface. At the time, the tiny speck of land in northeastern New Zealand was full of tourists ...

In a spectacular show of nature’s strength, Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, erupted on June 2, cloaking Sicily in a plume of ash and gas. And while the latest eruption didn’t prompt ...

Costa Rica Park officials are hearing reports of companies using social media to offer illegal tours to Poás Volcano through unauthorized routes, despite the national park’s closure due to ongoing ...

My first day in Iceland this past August was clear and sunny, a vacationer’s dream. And it turned out to be a great day to squeeze in a sightseeing activity I hadn’t initially signed up to do: fly ...

Visitors were allowed to tour the mouth of the White Island volcano despite recent warnings about bursts of gas and steam. By Jamie Tarabay and Damien Cave WHAKATANE, New Zealand — Above the noise of ...